Op-Ed: Weaver’s Cove LNG Not Appropriate for Mt. Hope Bay
Posted on Apr 20, 2010 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Marine Regulation, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Op-Ed: Weaver’s Cove LNG Not Appropriate for Mt. Hope Bay
Chris Little, a candidate for Rhode Island attorney general, writes in today’s Herald News (Fall River, Mass.) that the Weaver’s Cove LNG project is not appropriate for Mount Hope Bay. He argues that applying the legal principles of the public trust doctrine to the Weaver’s Cove LNG project would result in preventing the project from being built. Separately, the...
Freeport LNG to Receive Environmental Award
Posted on Apr 19, 2010 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Freeport LNG to Receive Environmental Award
Keep Texas Beautiful, a Texas environmental group, will present an award to Freeport LNG this summer which recognizes the company’s environmental policies. The Facts (Brazoria County, Texas) provides further...
Grant from Cove Point LNG Allows Non-Profit to Buy Oyster Shells for Reef Protection
Posted on Apr 16, 2010 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity | Comments Off on Grant from Cove Point LNG Allows Non-Profit to Buy Oyster Shells for Reef Protection
A grant of more than $10,000 from the Dominion Foundation, the charitable arm of Dominion Cove Point LNG, has allowed the Southern Maryland Oyster Cultivation Society to buy 3,000 bushels of oyster shells that will be used to protect and nourish man-made reefs in Calvert County creeks. The Calvert Recorder (via the Washington Post) offers additional...
Jordan Cove LNG Funding Study of Waterway Near Planned Terminal Site
Posted on Apr 16, 2010 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, Vessel Transportation | Comments Off on Jordan Cove LNG Funding Study of Waterway Near Planned Terminal Site
Jordan Cove LNG is funding a study of the aquatic wildlife in the waterway near the planned LNG terminal site. The study will be conducted by Alan Shanks, a professor at Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, and is examining the potential effects of LNG vessel traffic on local aquatic species. The Coos Bay World offers further...
FERC Determines AES Sparrows Point LNG Project Will Conform to Pennsylvania’s Air Quality Standards
Posted on Apr 14, 2010 in Environmental, Federal Regulation, Pipelines, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on FERC Determines AES Sparrows Point LNG Project Will Conform to Pennsylvania’s Air Quality Standards
Yesterday, FERC released its Final General Conformity Determination for Pennsylvania for the AES Sparrows Point LNG terminal and pipeline project. FERC concluded that LNG terminal and associated pipeline would conform to Pennsylvania’s air quality standards. The conformity determination is available in the FERC eLibrary under Docket No....
Oregon’s LUBA Rules in Favor of Opponents on Bradwood Landing LNG Permitting Appeal
Posted on Apr 13, 2010 in Environmental, Regas Terminals & Capacity, State and Local Issues | Comments Off on Oregon’s LUBA Rules in Favor of Opponents on Bradwood Landing LNG Permitting Appeal
Oregon’s Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) remanded the Bradwood Landing LNG import project to Clatsop County on two zoning and environmental issues appealed by opponents of the project. LUBA determined that Clatsop County incorrectly determined that the Bradwood Landing LNG project was a “small or medium” development. The board also determined that further mitigation...