Editorial: Mass. Congressional Delegation Should Consider Alternative Sites for Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
Posted on Aug 23, 2010 in Policy, Legislation and Politics, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Editorial: Mass. Congressional Delegation Should Consider Alternative Sites for Weaver’s Cove LNG Project
An editorial published by the Boston Herald argues that given the importance of LNG imports for the U.S. Northeast, members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation should not oppose the Weaver’s Cove LNG project outright, but should be open to alternative sites for the...
Maine Extends Time for Calais LNG to Secure New Financial Support
Posted on Aug 16, 2010 in Financing, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Maine Extends Time for Calais LNG to Secure New Financial Support
Last week the Maine Board of Environmental Protection granted Calais LNG’s request for a one-month extension to secure new investors for the project. The Bangor Daily News reports that an official with Calais LNG said that efforts to securing additional financial support are ongoing and that “[w]e are finding interested...
Weaver’s Cove Energy Objects to Activities of Local LNG Committee
Posted on Aug 12, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Weaver’s Cove Energy Objects to Activities of Local LNG Committee
The Herald News (Fall River, Mass.) reports that Weaver’s Cove Energy has objected by letter to a number of the activities of the LNG Threat Committee established by Jamestown, R.I., and also has submitted a Freedom of Information Act request seeking “all available documents” associated with the committee’s...
Calais LNG Needs More Time to Secure New Financial Backer
Posted on Aug 11, 2010 in Financing, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Calais LNG Needs More Time to Secure New Financial Backer
The Kennebuc Journal (Maine) reports that Calais LNG has requested an additional month to secure a new financial backer for the project. The company notified the Maine Board of Environmental Protection that it needs until September 11, 2010, to line up new financial...
Op-Ed: Fishing and LNG Incompatible in Passamaquoddy Bay
Posted on Aug 10, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-Ed: Fishing and LNG Incompatible in Passamaquoddy Bay
In an op-ed piece carried in the Press Herald (Portland, Maine), an Eastport fisherman argues that commercial fishing and LNG transport are conflicting uses of the Passamaquoddy Bay and that LNG transport through the waterway should not be allowed. The piece notes that Calais LNG has said that it will use Canadian waters for LNG vessel transit in to avoid U.S. fishermen, but the op-ed...
County Commissioners Adopt Hearing Officer’s Report on Pipeline Associated with Jordan Cove LNG Project
Posted on Aug 6, 2010 in Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on County Commissioners Adopt Hearing Officer’s Report on Pipeline Associated with Jordan Cove LNG Project
KCBY News reports that the Coos County Commissioners have adopted, with additional conditions, the report submitted by the county’s hearing officer on the Pacific Connector natural gas pipeline, which is associated with the Jordan Cove LNG...