Local Groups Organize Opposition to Safe Harbor LNG Deepwater Port Project
Posted on Jan 22, 2009 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Local Groups Organize Opposition to Safe Harbor LNG Deepwater Port Project
The Independent (Aberdeen, N. J.) reports that a number of local environmental groups met last week to organize opponents of the Safe Harbor LNG deepwater port project and to make plans to attend two upcoming public meetings on the...
LNG Supporters Hold Press Conference at Oregon State Capitol
Posted on Jan 16, 2009 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on LNG Supporters Hold Press Conference at Oregon State Capitol
The Daily Astorian reports that a coalition of business and labor organizations in favor of the LNG projects planned for Oregon held a press conference at the state capitol on Tuesday to launch a “truth offensive,” a campaign to combat efforts of groups opposing the LNG proposals. Meanwhile, opponents of the LNG projects demonstrated outside the state capitol...
MARAD Announces New Location for Safe Harbor LNG Open House
Posted on Jan 16, 2009 in Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on MARAD Announces New Location for Safe Harbor LNG Open House
MARAD announced in today’s Federal Register that it has changed the location for an open house and public meeting scheduled for January 29, 2009, regarding the Safe Harbor LNG deepwater port...
Maryland Governor Disappointed in FERC Decision to Authorize AES Sparrows Point LNG Project
Posted on Jan 16, 2009 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Maryland Governor Disappointed in FERC Decision to Authorize AES Sparrows Point LNG Project
Governor Martin O’Malley (D-Md.) reacted to FERC’s decision to conditionally approve the AES Sparrows Point LNG project and associated pipeline with “sincere disappointment.” Gov. O’Malley went on to say that authorization of the project “flies in the face of every tenet of environmental justice.” Read more in the...
Oregon Gov. Pledges to Challenge FERC’s Authorization of Bradwood Landing LNG in Court
Posted on Jan 16, 2009 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Oregon Gov. Pledges to Challenge FERC’s Authorization of Bradwood Landing LNG in Court
The Associated Press (carried via The Oregonian) reports that Gov. Ted Kulongoski (D-Ore.) has promised to challenge FERC’s conditional authorization of the Bradwood Landing LNG regasification project in federal court, following a FERC order released yesterday denying a rehearing on the matter. Business and labor officials spoke out in support of the latest FERC order....
Environmental Groups Request FERC Revoke Order Authorizing Bradwood Landing
Posted on Jan 15, 2009 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Environmental Groups Request FERC Revoke Order Authorizing Bradwood Landing
Several environmental groups, including Columbia Riverkeeper and the Sierra Club, filed a letter with FERC requesting that the Commission revoke its order authorizing the Bradwood Landing LNG regasification terminal. The groups object to FERC’s granting of an extension to the project’s developers to submit certain environmental information, claiming that it lacks a firm...