Massachusetts to Require New Environmental Impact Report for Revised Weaver’s Cove LNG Plan
Posted on Dec 12, 2008 in Environmental, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Massachusetts to Require New Environmental Impact Report for Revised Weaver’s Cove LNG Plan
EastBayRI.com reports that the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs announced this week that a new environmental impact report must be prepared to address additional environmental issues, such as additional dredging for a ship turning basin, raised by the revised plan for the Weaver’s Cove LNG regasification...
Local LNG Opponents React Favorably to Appointment of Activist by Incoming Ore. Attorney General
Posted on Dec 10, 2008 in Environmental, Policy, Legislation and Politics, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Local LNG Opponents React Favorably to Appointment of Activist by Incoming Ore. Attorney General
The Daily Astorian (Ore.) [subscription required] provides coverage of the favorable reaction by several local LNG opponents to the appointment of Brent Foster, Executive Director of the anti-LNG group Columbia Riverkeeper, to an environmental crimes enforcement and policy position by Oregon’s incoming Attorney General, John Kroger (D). Kroger had campaigned on an anti-LNG...
Ore. Attorney General Appoints Prominent LNG Opponent to Environmental Crimes Enforcement Position
Posted on Dec 9, 2008 in Environmental, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Ore. Attorney General Appoints Prominent LNG Opponent to Environmental Crimes Enforcement Position
The Oregonian reports that the incoming Oregon Attorney General, John Kroger (D), has appointed Brent Foster, an environmental attorney and head of the LNG opposition group Columbia Riverkeeper, to oversee enforcement of environmental crimes in the...
Jordan Cove LNG Opponent Takes Objection to Oregon Supreme Court
Posted on Dec 8, 2008 in Litigation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Jordan Cove LNG Opponent Takes Objection to Oregon Supreme Court
A local opponent of the Jordan Cove LNG proposal has filed a petition for review of the Coos County (Ore.) approval of the project application with the Oregon Supreme Court. The appeal was prompted by the petitioner’s concern that Coos County failed to take into account the risk of tsunamis when it approved the application. Read more in the Coos Bay...
Local Residents Comment on Calais LNG Proposal
Posted on Dec 8, 2008 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Local Residents Comment on Calais LNG Proposal
The Bangor Daily News reports that the majority of local residents who spoke at a hearing convened by FERC regarding the Calais LNG proposal, including the mayor of Calais, expressed support for the project. According to the publication, a number of attendees also spoke in opposition to the...
Texas Environmental Commission and USCG Examine Freeport LNG’s Re-Export Plan
Posted on Dec 8, 2008 in Environmental, Liquefaction, Marine Regulation, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Texas Environmental Commission and USCG Examine Freeport LNG’s Re-Export Plan
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality has determined that emissions associated with Freeport LNG’s proposal to re-export imported LNG “will not exceed the emissions from the applicable state implementation plan.” The Commission’s determination is available under Docket No.CP03-75 in FERC’s eLibrary. Separately, the U.S. Coast Guard has determined that...