Resources & Links

See also our Documents page, and our Green Coast Resources & Links page.

LNG-related Organizations & Sites
Regional — East Coast of US & Canada
North & East of Gulf of Maine — NL, QC
Gulf of Maine States/Provinces — ME, NH, MA, NB, & NS
Bay of Fundy — ME, NB, & NS
South of Gulf of Maine — RI, CT, NY, NJ, DE, MD, VA, NC, SC, GA
Carribean — PR,
Regional — Gulf of Mexico — FL, AL, MS, LA, TX, Mexico
Regional — West Coast of US, Canada, Mexico — AK, BC, WA, OR, CA
US Territories — PR
Non-US/Non-Canadian — BS, BM, Mexico
National / International
Scientists
Democracy
Education
Energy
Efficiency
LNG-related Companies & Industry Associations
Conservation & Land Trusts
Maine
Environment, Health, & Safety
News Media
Electronic (See also our Sound Files page, for radio archives.)
Print
White Papers
Literature
Documents & Reports
Books & Bookstores
Government
Tribal
     Passamaquoddy
Federal
     Canadian
     US
          Department of Energy
Energy Information Administration (EIA)
        Natural Gas [Consumption] Navigator
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Department of Transportation (DOT)
Maritime Administration (MARAD)
Deepwater Port Licensing - LNG & Oil
          Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
          Homeland Security
               Coast Guard (USCG)
Legislation, Statutes & Agreements
State/Provincial
     Maine
Municipal
     St. Andrews, NB, Canada      

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LNG-related Organizations & Sites

Regional — East Coast of US & Canada
North & East of Gulf of Maine — QC, NL, Atlantic Canada
Gulf of Maine States/Provinces — ME, NH, MA, NB, & NS
     Bay of Fundy — ME, NB, & NS
South of Gulf of Maine — RI, CT, NY, NJ, DE, MD, VA, NC, SC, GA
Carribean — Puerto Rico (PR), Bermuda (BM), Bahamas (BS), Trinidad & Tobago (TT)
Regional — Gulf of Mexico — FL, AL, MS, LA, TX
Regional — West Coast of US & Canada — AK, BC, WA, OR, CA
US Territories — Puerto Rico (PR)
Non-US & Non-Canadian — Bahamas (BS), Bermuda (BM), Mexico
National / International

Regional — East Coast of US & Canada

North & East of Gulf of Maine — NL, QC
Gulf of Maine States/Provinces — ME, NH, MA, NB, & NS
Bay of Fundy — ME, NB, & NS
South of Bay of Fundy — NH, MA
South of Gulf of Maine — RI, CT, NY, NJ, DE, MD, VA, NC, SC, G

North & East of Gulf of Maine, & Atlantic Canada

| Quebec (QC) | Newfoundland & Labrador (NL) | Atlantic Canada |

Atlantic Canada >
Atlantic Coastal Action Program
 
ACAP
A means of mobilizing local Canadian Atlantic coastal communities to address their own environmental and developmental challenges. (See "St. Croix Estuary Project.")
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Gulf of Maine Council & States/Provinces — ME, NH, MA, NB, & NS

Gulf of Maine Council on the Environment
Bay of Fundy — | Sipayik | Maine | New Brunswick | Nova Scotia | New Hampshire |
Quoddy (Passamaquoddy Bay) — | Passamaquoddy Tribe | Maine | New Brunswick|
South of Bay of Fundy — | New Hampshire | Massachusetts |
Gulf of Maine Council on the Environment >
http://www.gulfofmaine.org/
Gulfwatch Contaminants Monitoring Program
http://www.gulfofmaine.org/gulfwatch/
Contaminants > Nitrogen
http://www.gulfofmaine.org/knowledgebase/
nitrogen/overview.asp
Environmental Indicators >
http://www.gulfofmaine.org/knowledgebase/indicators/overview.asp
Nitrogen concentrations in coastal waters

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Quoddy (Passamaquoddy Bay) — | Sipayik | Maine | New Brunswick |
Nova Scotia

Quoddy (Passamaquoddy Bay)

| Sipayik | Maine | New Brunswick |

Passamaquoddy Tribe >
Sipayik / Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Reservation >
 
Nulankeyutomonen Nkihtahkomikumon
("We Take Care of Our Land")
http://www.wetakecareofourland.org/
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Save Passamaquoddy Bay - Robbinston http://www.calaisalumni.org/Bay.htm
Sierra Club — Maine Chapter > http://maine.sierraclub.org/
LNG History
http://maine.sierraclub.org/lng.htm
LNG Links
http://maine.sierraclub.org/LNG%20links.htm
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Penobscot Bay
Penobscot Bay Watch
Maine LNG Watch
LNG-Freedom of Information Act documents.
 
 
http://www.penbay.org/
http://www.penbay.org/lngmaine.html
http://www.penbay.org/searsfoa03.html
Harpswell >
Save Casco Bay, Inc.
Fishing Families for Harpswell Discussion Forum
 
http://www.savecascobay.org/
http://www.fffh.org/forum/viewforum.php?id=8
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Bay of Fundy Connection
http://www.bayoffundy.ca/
LNG, Gas, & Oil
http://www.bayoffundy.ca/lma/lma/LNG,_Gas_&_Oil/
LNG,_Gas_&_Oil.html
LNG Newsfeed — Passamaquoddy Bay
http://www.bayoffundy.ca/LNG.html
LNG Newsfeed — Saint John, NB
http://www.bayoffundy.ca/LNGSJ.html
Charlotte County Guide (NB)
(See "Maine & New Brunswick > Bay of Fundy > Charlotte County > Charlotte County Guide")
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Fog Journal http://www.flickr.com/photos/8550653@N03/
Photographic record of fog near Head Harbour Passage, Campobello Island, NB
New Brunswick > Charlotte County
Charlotte County Guide

http://charlotte.countyguide.ca/

LNG Bulletin Board (ME & NB)
(See "Maine & New Brunswick > Bay of Fundy > Charlotte County Guide > LNG Bulletin Board")
Saint Croix Estuary Project
SCEP
A Community-based organization promoting the wise management of the St. Croix Estuary area and its resources. An ACAP program in southwestern Charlotte County, NB.
Now with a "Quoddy FAQs" kiosk in St. Andrews to inform the public about the important and fragile Quoddy Ecosystem as well as the socio-economic implications of the proposed LNG developments.
LNG page
http://www.scep.org/LNG.html
  • LNG at Saint John vs LNG at Passamaquoddy Bay (shipping lanes)
  • LNG Debate in the House of Commons and Senate
  • Important Habitats Identified by FWS at locations of proposed LNG Terminals
  • It's Time to Write the Prime Minister
  • Petitions Sent to Greg Thompson, Member of Parliament
  • Solidarity Among Local Politicians
  • Third Terminal Proposed Near Devil's Head
  • Did You Know?
Whole Bay Campaign page
http://www.scep.org/WholeBay.html
New Brunswick > Fredericton >
Conservation Council of New Brunswick
 
180 St. John Street, Fredericton, NB, E3B 4A9
(506) 458-8747    Fax: (506) 458-1047
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Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia >
Halifax >
 
Ecology Action Centre
http://ecologyaction.ca/

LNG & Petrochemical Facilities

http://ecologyaction.ca/lng/
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South of Bay of Fundy (US)

| New Hampshire | Massachusetts |

Massachusetts >
Boston >
Boston Fire Department
Training Photographs

 

Why water is not an effective extinguishing agent for Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) fires

Using extinguishers to extinguish a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) fire

Applying fog spray on a natural gas fire

Coalition for an LNG Solution
http://www.lngsolutions.blogspot.com/
(North End, Charlestown, Chelsea, Winthrop, and East Boston)
Fall River >
Coalition for Responsible Siting of LNG Facilities
 
http://www.nolng.org/
Narragansett Bay >
Massachusetts >
Stop Weaver's Cove
 
 
http://www.stopweaverscove.com
Massachusetts & Rhode Island >
Save the Bay
Advocacy: LNG
 
http://www.stopweaverscove.com/default.asp
http://www.stopweaverscove.com/advocacy_LNG.asp
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South of Gulf of Maine (US)

| Rhode Island | Connecticut | New York | New Jersey | Delaware | Maryland | Virginia | North Carolina | South Carolina | Georgia |

Narragansett Bay >
Massachusetts >
Stop Weaver's Cove
 
 
http://www.stopweaverscove.com
Massachusetts & Rhode Island >
Save the Bay
Advocacy: LNG
 
http://www.stopweaverscove.com/default.asp
http://www.stopweaverscove.com/advocacy_LNG.asp

Regional — Carribean

| Puerto Rico (PR) | Bahamas (BS) | Bermuda (BM) |

reEarth: Protecting Our Planet
Say No to LNG in the Bahamas Petition

http://www.reearth.org/


Regional — Gulf of Mexico (US & Mexico)

| Florida | Alabama | Mississippi | Louisiana | Texas | Mexico |

Alabama >
Mobile > Mobile Bay Watch
 
http://www.mobilebaywatch.org/baywatch/home.htm
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Regional — West Coast (US, Canada, Mexico)

| Alaska | British Columbia | Washington | Oregon | California | Mexico |

Tri-national (US, Canada, Mexico)
  • Ratepayers for Affordable Clean Energy (RACE)
 
 
http://www.lngpollutes.org/
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British Columbia >
Texada Island >
    • TexadaLNG *
    • Texada Action Now *
    • Malaspina Communities for Public Power *
* Anti-LNG efforts
 
 
 
http://texadalng.com/  
http://www.texadaactionnow.org/  
(Website pending)
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Washington >
Longview > Landowners and Citizens For a Safe Community
 
http://www.safecommunity.us
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Oregon >
Columbia Estuary >
  • Columbia Riverkeeper
http://www.columbiariverkeeper.org/
Coos Bay >
  • Citizens Against LNG (CAL)
  • No California Pipeline
http://citizensagainstlng.com/
http://www.nocaliforniapipeline.com/
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California >
Eureka > LNG Watch
 
http://www.lngwatch.com/
Long Beach > Long Beach Report (re LNG terminal)

http://www.lbreport.com/reference/reflng.htm

Oxnard > Tim Riley Law
LNG Danger to Our Community 
LNG Breaking News from timrileylaw.com
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US Territories

| Puerto Rico |


Non-US/Non-Canadian

| Bahamas (BS) | Bermuda (BM) | Mexico |

reEarth: Protecting Our Planet
Say No to LNG in the Bahamas Petition

http://www.reearth.org/

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National / International

Coalition for Responsible Siting of LNG Facilities

http://www.nolng.org/
Energy Justice Network
 
Natural Gas Health and Environmental Hazards
http://www.energyjustice.net/naturalgas/
ExxonMobil-Solidarity: LNG Press
http://www.exxonmobil-solidarity.org/LNG.htm
Globe Foundation of Canada
The business of the environment online
http://www.globe-net.ca/
LNG Law Blog
Source for LNG Developments in North American Law, Policy, and News
http://www.lnglawblog.com/
LNG Terminal Siting Standards Organization
Leadership in advocating for government adoption of SIGTTO standards
http://www.lngtss.org/
Pipeline Safety Trust
http://www.pstrust.org/
Safe Pipelines newsletter
http://www.pstrust.org/newsletter/vol1no1/
Public Citizen
http://www.citizen.org/
Contributions to Federal Candidates, plus Lobbying Expenditures by LNG Developers Since 2001
http://www.citizen.org/cmep/energy_enviro_nuclear/
electricity/Oil_and_Gas/lng/articles.cfm?ID=13758
UK P&I Club (Protection & Insurance, marine-related)
http://www.ukpandi.com/
Loss Prevention > Carefully to Carry (periodical)
http://www.ukpandi.com/ukpandi/infopool.nsf/
HTML/LP_Init_Care2Carry
Issue 8 (2005 Feb)
http://www.ukpandi.com/ukpandi/
infopool.nsf/HTML/LPCtC8
  • "The carriage of liquefied gases"
http://www.ukpandi.com/ukpandi/
infopool.nsf/HTML/LPCtC8#a1
  • "Liquefied natural gas"
http://www.ukpandi.com/ukpandi/infopool.nsf/
HTML/LPCtC8#a2
Seamanship International

(See also Literature > Books & Bookstores > Witherbys Publishing Online Bookstore)

  • All LNG terminals in the world
    Google Map aerial views:

http://www.seamanship.co.uk/

  • LNG Import Terminals
http://www.seamanship.co.uk/cm/Ind_resources_
LNG_List_of_LNG_Discharge_ports.htm
  • LNG Export Terminals
http://www.seamanship.co.uk/cm/Ind_resources_
LNG_Load_ports.htm
Yahoo Groups : LNG Safety
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LNGsafety/
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Scientists

James A. Fay, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, MIT
LNG safety expert

Massachusetts Institute of Technoloby (MIT)’s

James A. Fay Personnel Webpage

Jerry Havens, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and Director of the Chemical Hazards Research Center, University of Arkansas

University of Arkansas Faculty

Research Frontiers’ article, "LNG Research"

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (magazine of global security news & analysis)
"LNG: Safety in science" article, 2004 January / February
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Democracy

Public Citizen
http://www.citizen.org/
Downeast LNG
http://www.citizen.org/cmep/energy_enviro_nuclear/electricity/
Oil_and_Gas/lng/articles.cfm?ID=13775#downeast
Quoddy Bay LLC
http://www.citizen.org/cmep/energy_enviro_nuclear/electricity/
Oil_and_Gas/lng/articles.cfm?ID=13775#quoddy
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Education

Maine

Eastport

The Boat School (Husson College)

http://www.husson.edu/index.php?cat_id=1080
Career-oriented education in boat construction, maintenance and repair in boatyards, marinas and in yacht construction.

Friends of The Boat School http://www.theboatschool.org/
A 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to promote education in, and development of, marine trades in the Eastport area, with special emphasis on support and promotion of The Boat School.

Edmunds Township

Cobscook Community Learning Center (CCLC)

http://www.thecclc.org/
Experiential learning, using natural surroundings, cultures and traditions, and the arts.

Energy

Energy Information Administration
Converting Energy Units
http://www.eia.doe.gov/
http://www.eia.doe.gov/basics/conversion_basics.html
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American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
http://aceee.org/
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ABS Consulting
  • Offshore ports & terminals
  • Consulting to government
http://www.absconsulting.com/
American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

(Ship Classification Society)

http://www.eagle.org/

Technical Bulletins

http://www.eagle.org/news/bulletins.html
  • Transporting Compressed Natural Gas (CNG), 2004 March
Adobe PDF documenthttp://www.eagle.org/news/pubs/bulletins/4026.pdf
American Gas Foundation
http://www.gasfoundation.org/
An independent source of information, research, and programs on energy and environmental issues that affect public policy, with an emphasis on natural gas.
Atlantic Coast LNG (LNG Conference — 2004 Oct 25–27) http://www.infocastinc.com/at-lng.html
CLF Conference on LNG Terminal Siting (2004 July 29) http://www.clf.org/programs/cases.asp?id=358
Downeast LNG
  • Dean Girdis
http://www.downeastlng.com/

[Also see our LNG Developers page]

    • Director Gas & Power, PFC Energy
      & President of Downeast LNG
        
http://www.uscc.gov/hearings/2003hearings/
written_testimonies/031030bios/girdisbio.htm
 
    • Curriculum Vitae (in PDF format)
Adobe PDF documenthttp://www.igu.org/WGC2003/
WGC_pdffiles/WS8-2_Girdis_CV.pdf
Mustang Engineering, L.P.

http://www.mustangeng.com/

  • LNG Smart Vaporization" technology
    (uses air — not water — to regassify LNG)
http://www.mustangeng.com/
content.aspx?midstream_lngdemo
Northeast Energy
Formerly known as:
Calais LNG
St. Croix Development
St. Croix Consulting
BP Consulting LLC

No website as of Jan 2008.

  • Ian Emery, Maine State Rep. (R-Cutler)
  • Art Gelber, Gelber & Associates, Houston, TX
http://www.gelbercorp.com/
Quoddy Bay LLC
The company that attempted to put an LNG receiving terminal at Gleason Cove, Pleasant Point Passamaquoddy Reservation, adjacent to Perry, Maine, and is currently proposing a receiving terminal at Split Rock at Pleasant Point (which is stymied due to a lawsuit), and tanks in Robbinston, ME.
http://www.quoddylng.com/

[Also see our LNG Developers page]

Single Buoy Moorings, Inc. http://www.singlebuoy.com/HTML/
NewTech/FieldDev.htm
Makers of floating storage and regasification units, and cryogenic offshore offloading and loading terminals used for mooring offshore LNG terminals.
Smith Cogeneration

Donald Smith executive biography
The "front man" for Quoddy Bay LLC (above)

http://www.smithcogeneration.com/

http://www.smithcogeneration.com/DMSbio.htm 

[Also see our LNG Developers page]

Society of International Gas Terminal & Tanker Operators (SIGTTO)

http://www.sigtto.org/

Non-profit gas-industry organization with membership consisting of over 90% of the world's LNG capacity. SIGTTO establishes best practices standards for the gas/LNG industry, and has available over 50 publications on those standards.
  • Google aerial views of all LNG facilities in the world
http://www.seamanship.co.uk/cm/Ind_resources_
LNG_List_of_LNG_Discharge_ports.htm
WhisprWave

http://www.whisprwave.com/

Makers of small craft barriers for LNG tankers, plants, and terminals
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Conservation & Land Trusts

Maine

Whiting

Quoddy Regional Land Trust
http://www.qrlt.org/
Passamaquoddy Bay-area land trust.
Help save the Quoddy Region’s extraordinary landscape by joining the Quoddy Regional Land Trust today! Conserving lands in eastern Washington County, Maine, since 1987.
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Environment, Health, & Safety

See also, Government > US > Environmental Protection Agency

American Institute of Chemical Engineers
http://www.aiche.org/
Conferences & Workshops
http://www.aiche.org/conferences/
  • 2005 Sep 11 Workshop: "LNG: The Environmental and Safety Agenda"
http://www.aiche.org/conferences/
LNG/index.htm
    • Abstracts
http://www.aiche.org/conferences/
LNG/abstracts.htm
Center for Biological Diversity
The Center for Biological Diversity works through science, law, and creative media to secure a future for all species, great or small, hovering on the brink of extinction.
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/
Environment, Health & Safety Online

http://www.ehso.com/

How to Respond to Chemical Spills:
Cryogenic Gases: Water, foam, and fog cannot extinguish a cryogenic fire.
http://www.ehso.com/
EmergencyResponseOverall.htm

See (on this page):
Government — Federal > Government — US > US Department of Transportation > Office of Hazardous Materials Safety

Institution of Chemic