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U.S., Canada dispute intensifies over LNG terminals, WSJ says — Bloomberg.com
Tankers heading toward the planned terminals would have to sail a narrow strait between two Canadian islands in Passamaquoddy Bay, raising Canadian concern about the impact on shipping lanes, whale watching, and potentially explosive cargo, the Journal said. The ships would be escorted by armed guards to protect against terrorist attack, interfering with Canadian boat traffic, the newspaper said.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and other U.S. officials have said Canada's position violates the Law of the Sea Treaty, the newspaper reported. (Dec 22)
Webmaster's Comments: Since the US isn't a party to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, it can expect no rights or protections under that treaty, and can expect no resolution via the United Nations. What the State Department is saying with respect to this issue in Passamaquoddy Bay, essentially is, "You have to respect our rights [rights that don't exist, but that we claim], but we don't have to respect yours."
Risk of LNG minimal, benefits clear [Op-ed column] — South Coast Today, New Bedford, MA
Weaver's Cove Energy has proposed to invest over $500 million to build an LNG terminal in Fall River. We looked at dozens of sites throughout New England, and determined that Fall River offered the best mix of ingredients needed for a successful LNG terminal: a deep-water port, proximity to the natural gas pipeline system, and a site large enough to meet or exceed federally mandated safety measures.
Criticism of our project generally comes from two directions. One is the fear of explosion, a fear which opponents use to scare the public and drown any meaningful discussion of the issues.
The second argument is that it is better to place LNG terminals offshore. However, offshore LNG technology is neither technically nor commercially proven. [Red and bold emphasis added.] (Dec 22)
Webmaster's Comments: It's amazing how many LNG terminal developers sound so much alike, while at the same time ignoring their own industry standards (see SIGTTO).
The de facto (SIGTTO) world standards for LNG terminal siting includes:
- Terminal siting — including the LNG ship transit — must be located where LNG vapors from a spill cannot harm civilians. The industry standards do not allow for "small-probability" risk — the risk is simply not allowable, meaning, "keep LNG tanker routes and terminals well away from people." That strategy is to protect the industry, since any catastrophe that harms the public will harm the industry, by resulting in the probable halt of LNG importation. (Source: "Site Selection and Design for LNG Ports and Jetties," SIGTTO, 1997.)
Our view: LNG plan's dangers outweigh savings [Editorial] — South Coast Today, New Bedford, MA
[T]he last thing SouthCoast needs is old-order energy infrastructure at a time when energy science is evolving at breakneck speed. We won't be a dumping ground. (Dec 20)
Webmaster's Comments: Although the editorial uses the term "explosion" excessively, and perhaps inappropriately, a fireball from an LNG spill would still burn people up to a mile away. In addition, if there were no initial "explosion" or fireball, the drifting gas could freeze, asphyxiate, or burn civilians; or could explode in confinement, such as in a building.
Although the LNG developers like to accuse opponents of "fear mongering," the LNG industry, itself, through its standards-development organization, SIGTTO, warns against locating LNG terminals and LNG shipping lanes where vapor from an LNG spill would harm civilians. That warning isn't entirely benevolent; by ensuring safety to everyone, the future of the LNG industry is protected.
Rogue LNG developers like Weavers Cove Energy, Downeast LNG, and Quoddy Bay LNG, are a clear threat to the future of the industry, by ignoring the industry's sensible, fact-based standards established from over 20-years of research and experience.
Year in review: Around town — The Dundalk Eagle, Dundalk, MD
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Just like in 2006, Dundalk-Edgemere went through a year of activity in the attempt by Virginia-based AES Sparrows Point to build a $400 million liquefied natural gas facility at the site of the former Bethlehem Steel Shipyard. (Dec 27)
Island petition has signatures of most citizens — Powell River Peak, Powell River, BC
Texada Action Now (TAN), a local community association formed to help combat the proposal, has collected the signatures of 84% of the adult population of Texada Island on a petition opposing the LNG plant. "The known risks that come with the tankers and the LNG project are not acceptable to Texada Islanders," said Chuck Childress, TAN chairman. "We consider Texada an affordable paradise and want to keep it that way. This project is not wanted, not needed, and certainly not green." (Dec 20)
The top 10 stories of the year — News-Register, McMinnville, OR
4. Opposition swells over big pipeline proposal
This is a battle that's just warming up; expect it to be one of next year's top stories, too. The issue has united some odd bedfellows — property rights advocates and environmentalists who otherwise are often at odds — to fight both proposals.
Each company has made preliminary applications with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which held an emotionally wrought public hearing in Forest Grove in which FERC officials acted as if a brick wall separated them from the audience, and another in McMinnville for the so-called Palomar line, which was unusual for the high degree of interaction between policy-makers and the public. [Red emphasis added.]
LNG terminal carries long-term threats [Op-ed] — The Hillsboro Argus, Hillsboro, OR
[Op-ed writer] Don B. Hennig is a professional engineer. In 1973, he was responsible for review and evaluation of environmental and public safety issues associated with proposed importation of LNG to Staten Island for the New York State Public Service Commission. (Dec 27)
Anger boils over at Banks pipeline meeting — The Hillsboro Argus, Hillsboro, OR
It was clear that this Federal Energy Regulatory Commission-mandated open house wasn't Hansen's favorite way to spread information about his project.
"We're more comfortable doing this in a small group where we come out and visit with them," Hansen said. "This is not rocket science, it's just people working together." (Dec 24)
Webmaster's Comments: It isn't "people working together," it's big money - big energy attempting to manipulate the public. At the Banks meeting the public was having none of it.
Pipelines split owners and properties — News-Register, McMinnville, OR
Auerbach recently founded the Northwest Property Rights Coalition to fight the use of eminent domain in the federal pipeline siting process. The group already has 50 members. [Red emphasis added.] (Dec 27)
Potential LNG conflict concerns fed commission — The World, Coos Bay, OR
ASTORIA (AP) — Federal officials say they are concerned about a potential conflict of interest with an environmental consulting group that’s working on two linked energy projects in the northern Oregon Coast.
Staff from the Natural Resource Group is working on both the Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas project and the Palomar Gas Transmission pipeline.
“NRG’s work on the Palomar pipeline could appear to provide it with a financial interest in seeing that the Bradwood Landing LNG Project gets approved,” [FERC's Richard Hoffman] wrote. (Dec 25)
Canadian natural gas vs LNG — The Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON
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LNG imports in the U.S. are low right now because the benchmark gas price in the country is at about $7 per thousand cubic feet (U.S.). By comparison, LNG producers selling their product in Asia can get as much as double that rate. [Red emphasis added.] (Dec 26)
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USCG denies reconsideration of Waterway Suitability Assessment — LNG Law Blog, Washington, DC
Capt. Roy Nash, U.S. Coast Guard, issued a point-by-point denial of Weaver's Cove LNG's request for reconsideration of the agency's decision to declare the proposed tanker route to Weaver's Cove LNG "unsuitable" for LNG vessel traffic.
LNG official anticipates long court battle — Standard-Times, New Bedford, MA
Gordon Shearer, president and CEO of Weaver's Cove/Hess LNG Inc., told The Standard-Times editorial board that he would have been surprised if Coast Guard Capt. Roy A. Nash had reversed his sharp denial of a navigation permit in the brief appeal period after his original October ruling against the company.
[P]ilots, who would be employed on the shipping of LNG tankers up Narragansett and Mount Hope bays and then the Taunton River to Fall River, held that the river is navigable for the LNG tanker ships. That view was rejected by Capt. Nash, who maintained in his latest letter to Hess that there is simply no room for human error at any time along the route.
"I've never seen the Coast Guard ever question a pilots' report," Mr. Shearer said.
Webmaster's Comments: Kudos to US Coast Guard Capt. Roy Nash for standing up for safety, even when "cowboy" pilots are blinded by greed. The Weaver's Cove/Hess LNG Inc/Fall River LNG terminal project fails industry LNG terminal siting safety standards (SIGTTO).
Shearer's dismissal of offshore LNG terminals as "unproven" feigns ignorance regarding the LNG terminal 116 miles offshore from Louisiana that offloaded its entire LNG cargo during Hurricane Katrina. That offshore technology has been in use in the North Sea for over 20 years.
SIGTTO member Weaver's Cove Energy is proving to be an irresponsible member, threatening the reputation of the industry.
FERC also is at fault for issuing a permit for this project in the face of obvious industry safety violations.
Exxon Mobil to seek LNG facility off Jersey coast — Aberdeen Independent, Freehold, NJ
SEA BRIGHT - After Exxon Mobil Corp. announced plans to seek regulatory approval for a floating liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal off the coast of New Jersey Dec. 11, state officials and local activists are speaking out against the plan.
Coalition protests gas plant — The Nanaimo Daily News, Vancouver Island, Nanaimo, BC
…Deborah Conner of the Nanaimo-based Georgia Strait Alliance says the project is not consistent with the province's evolving energy policies.
Conner said at a time when the provincial government is setting legislated targets to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the project would move the province in the wrong direction. (Dec 18)
Kulongoski supports LNG terminals, knocks site analysis — KATU-TV, Portland, OR
The proposal fails to fully consider the safety of local communities, or Oregon's role in preparing for emergencies, the governor added. And there are no assurances that Northern Star will make up for emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, or set aside enough money to retire the terminal when its life is done or if it goes bankrupt.
Kulongoski said state agencies were already analyzing the proposal when Congress passed the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which took authority for that process away from states and gave it to FERC. [Bold emphasis added.]
Webmaster's Comments: Unlike Maine's Governor Baldacci, Oregon's Governor Kulongoski is responsibly opposing unsafe LNG terminal siting, even though he doesn't oppose LNG.
LNG planning 'flawed,' governor says — The Oregonian, Portland, OR
FERC representatives have indicated in public meetings that the agency isn't in the business of analyzing the need for natural gas or choosing between competing proposals. It leaves that decision to the market.
Carrier said [FERC's] position -- if FERC sticks to it -- is inconsistent with federal law. Carrier said the state will press the case for a comprehensive need analysis as part of FERC's final environmental review, to be completed in the spring.
"That's a complete abdication of their responsibility," Carrier said. "Any environmental impact statement begins with a needs justification. It's fundamental to us that they have a need to justify the action." [Bold and red emphasis added.]
Webmaster's Comments: Natural gas pipelines are considered by FERC to be necessary for "public convenience" — something that implies "need." FERC's argument that they aren't "in the business of analyzing the need for natural gas" is flawed.
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Editorial: Invest in 'quality of place' — Bangor Daily News, Bangor, ME
Valuing and investing in the quality of place is a new way of thinking for Maine. "In the old way, Maine’s surroundings were nice but not relevant to economic development. Today, Maine’s surroundings remain nice, but are now the very key to our economic future,’’ the report concludes. Much can be done to sustain the quality of place without spending much money — land use planning, tax credits for downtown and historic structure development, negotiating conservation easements on key properties come to mind — but new spending is necessary to move this work along.
Webmaster's Comments: This editorial is a refreshing reversal by the Bangor Daily News editorial staff. They have previously advocated the "Wall-mart" and "LNG" mentality, welcoming any promise of any jobs by any kind of business — even when those businesses are destructive to economy and way of life.
Annual energy outlook 2008 (early release): Energy trends to 2030 — US Energy Information Administration (EIA), Washington, DC
Key energy market changes identified by EIA analysts and reflected in AEO2008 include:
Webmaster's Comments: Downeast LNG and Quoddy Bay LNG prospects are looking even more dreary, given this US Government analysis.
Annual energy outlook 2008 (early release): Energy Prices — US Energy Information Administration (EIA), Washington, DC
AEO2008 projects higher energy prices to consumers for most delivered fuels. For example, in 2030, the average delivered price for natural gas (in 2006 dollars) is more than $1 higher in the AEO2008 reference case than was projected in AEO2007. In part, the higher prices are a result of higher prices paid to fossil fuel producers at the wellhead or minemouth; but they also result from updates made to assumptions about the costs to transport, distribute, and refine the fuels to make them more consistent with recent trends. For example, the margins between the delivered and wellhead prices of natural gas are higher than previously projected, as a result of declining use per customer and the cost of bringing supplies from new regions to market.
[Bold red emphasis added.] (Dec 2007)
Webmaster's Comments: Even more bad news for Downeast LNG and Quoddy Bay LNG.
Annual energy outlook 2008 (early release): Energy Consumption — US Energy Information Administration (EIA), Washington, DC
The projection for natural gas consumption in the AEO2008 reference case is sharply lower than in AEO2007.
Consumption is lower in all sectors, and particularly in the industrial and electricity power sectors.
…a result of higher delivered natural gas prices, lower economic growth, and a reassessment of natural gas use in the energy-intensive industries.
[Bold red emphasis added.] (Dec 2007)
Webmaster's Comments: Downeast LNG's and Quoddy Bay LNG's argument that their projects are needed, and that they will bring down the cost of natural gas, is debunked by LNG industry experts, FERC personnel (former FERC Chairman Wood), and now by US Government projections.
Economist rips Rabaska tax deal — The Gazette, Montreal, QC
A Université Laval economist testified yesterday that the $11 million a year the Rabaska consortium proposes to pay the city of Lévis would be less than $2 million a year by the time their 50-year agreement comes to a close.
Freeport LNG to amend Waterway Suitability Assessment — LNG Law Blog, Washington, DC
As designed, Freeport LNG’s facilities [at Quintana, Texas] could accommodate Q-Max vessels, but Freeport notes that the shipping channel is currently too small to receive such large ships. However, Port Freeport and the Army Corps of Engineers have proposed to widen the ship channel….
Gas leak spurs evacuation of dialysis center — Chicago Tribune, Chicago, IL
Frigid temperatures might have caused the 6-inch pipe to crack and expel gas fumes, Peoples Energy officials said.
The temperature at Midway Airport around the time of the leak was 20 degrees, said Chris Gitro, a National Weather Service meteorologist. (Dec 17)
Webmaster's Comments: This is discomforting news to anyone who lives, works, or travels near a natural gas pipeline anywhere that temperatures drop all the way down to +20°F — like Maine, for instance.
Louisiana pipeline blast kills one — Reuters
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A motorist was killed and another was injured when the Columbia Gulf natural gas pipeline in northeast Louisiana exploded on Friday afternoon near an interstate highway, said a Louisiana State Police spokeswoman. (Dec 14)
Webmaster's Comments: Apparently, natural gas pipelines, often located near people, aren't as safe as FERC and the Department of Transportation would like people to believe.
Columbia Gulf gas line explodes in Louisiana, I-20 shut: sheriff — Platts [Registration required]
"The pipeline caught fire and shook people's houses for miles around," said the deputy, who asked not to be identified. She had no further details. (Dec 14)
Webmaster's Comments: This report makes one wonder how unconfined natural gas — something that the LNG industry and FERC says can't explode — exploded, according to news accounts, and exploded enough to shake houses miles away. (Natural gas confined in a pipeline can't explode, since the pipe contains no oxygen.)
There is an average of one US natural gas pipeline "incident" every three days, according to data from the US DOT Office of Pipeline Safety.
U.S. Renewable Energy Use to Double by 2030 — Renewable Energy Law Blog, Shems Dunkiel Kassel & Saunders, Burlington, VT
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) released its annual long-term U.S. energy forecast yesterday (large pdf).
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Law of Sea Treaty, Head Harbour Passage and reaction — WQDY-FM, Calais, ME
Coast Guard Capt. Charles D. Michel, chief of the Office of Maritime and International Law, cited Head Harbour Passage as a "close to home example" of how failure to accede to the [UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)] treaty could negatively affect American consumers near the U.S./Canada border. (Dec 14)
Webmaster's Comments: Quoddy Bay LNG's Brian Smith needs to break his habit of misinformation. He ought to ask international maritime law experts whether or not the US can claim rights under UNCLOS.
Ted MacDorman, the attorney who provided Downeast LNG with his opinion regarding Head Harbour Passage, answered that question at a maritime law panel in 2006, saying that the US has no rights under UNCLOS. Treaty rights require both affected parties to agree. So far, the US hasn't agreed to the treaty; thus, it has no rights under that treaty. LNG vessels for the Quoddy Bay LNG and Downeast LNG projects have no rights under UNCLOS.
CG Capt. Michel made the false assertion that the proposed Quoddy Bay LNG and Downeast LNG projects are actually needed and would be approved by the Coast Guard, by FERC, by the State of Maine, and by the Army Corps of Engineers. Capt. Michel has pre-judged and politicized the Coast Guard's own Waterway Suitability Assessment — something that the Coast Guard previously said would not happen. In addition, he ignored the US statutory requirements for the Coast Guard to prevent LNG transits in waterways that are unsuitable for that purpose. If the US has that authority, then so does Canada, and Canada has exercised that authority.
Otherwise, Capt. Michel is arguing that the US Coast Guard has no authority to prevent LNG UNCLOS-defined "innocent passage" transits in unsuitable waters — even though Congress requires the Coast Guard to prevent such passage. Capt. Michel appears to be arguing that the Coast Guard should defy Congress!
Hub councilors dump on storm response — The Boston Herald, Boston, MA
The snow-driven gridlock that brought Boston to its knees for almost an entire day proves the city is helpless in the face of genuine disasters such as LNG explosions or dirty-bomb attacks, city councilors say. (Dec 15)
AES is asked to reroute LNG pipeline in PA. — Dundalk Eagle, Dundalk, MD
“We are writing [FERC] to compel [the] AES Corporation to thoroughly investigate an alternate route of a small section of the proposed Sparrows Point pipeline in Upper Uwchlan Township,” said the letter, dated Nov. 28. “Within [four] properties, there is a point where three pipelines intersect, a stream with surrounding wetlands needs to be crossed and a woodline leads right to a 300-year-old oak tree. ... We continue to pursue a solution that would have the least impact to residential properties.” (Dec 13)
Oil officials expect liquefied-gas plans to aid economy, air — NorthJersey.com, NJ
He added that the new supplies of natural gas would reduce the region's air emissions by lessening the need for coal-fired power generation, and would be "in line with the state's new energy master plan."
The Crown Landing project is on hold, pending the outcome of a legal battle between New Jersey and Delaware over the proposed location for the terminal. The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case last month. (Dec 13)
Webmaster's Comments: How does burning more hydrocarbon fuel add up to less polution?
Exxon eyes floating LNG terminal off N.J. — ISA (The Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society), The Research Triangle Park, NC
It plans to anchor the terminal, which it calls BlueOcean Energy, about 20 miles off the New Jersey coast and 30 miles offshore from New York. (Dec 13)
A better LNG option for BP consideration [Opinion] — The News Journal, Wilmington, DE
The [Exxon Mobil BlueOcean Energy] proposal is the seemingly sensible answer to BP's ill-advised idea of putting a LNG facility on the Delaware River shore of New Jersey, not just illegally in the State of Delaware's territory but also presenting safety concerns to tens of thousands of residents.
The idea of building a terminal far away from populations is a reasonable way to meet the ever increasing demand for LNG, used to generate electricity, heat homes and serve as raw material in a number of industrial uses. [Bold emphasis added.]
4Gas has purchased Vista del Sol LNG project — LNG Law Blog, Washington, DC
The Vista del Sol LNG project, to be located near Ingleside, Texas, has already received the necessary regulatory approvals but was shelved by Exxon so that the company could focus on its Golden Pass LNG import terminal project.
Alaska delegation vows to block gas pipeline plan backed by China — Anchorage Daily News, Anchorage, AK
The delegation said this week it would do everything possible to keep Alaska's proposed gas pipeline contract from going to Sinopec ZPEB, a joint venture of two oil-industry companies backed by the Chinese government.
"I will tell the Chinese they have no possible hope of getting gas from us," said U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, who sits on the China-U.S. Interparliamentary Conference. "I don't see it happening. With the shortage of natural gas in the United States, that gas is not going to be allowed to be exported." (Dec 13)
Webmaster's Comments: Finally, someone recognizes the folly of shipping Alaskan natural gas (in LNG form) overseas. Will Alaska also stop shipping LNG to Japan?
Oregon LNG completes navigation and docking simulation [News release] — PRNewswire, Yahoo Finance
"The simulation confirms that our site is well-suited for even the largest vessels, such as the Q-Max," said Peter Hansen, Oregon LNG chief executive officer. "The simulation also shows that the tankers can safely navigate the Columbia River Bar."
The location of the project site has other advantages. Because the site and the tanker transit route are distant from population centers, bridges and other major infrastructures, "the site is ideal from a safety and security standpoint," Hansen added.
Webmaster's Comments: Contrary to the Oregon LNG's news release, the simulation indicates only that navigating to the site could be easy. The problem is that the proposed site's LNG ships' three hazard zones (Sandia National Laboratories'-defined "Zones of Concern") engulf nearly the entire City of Warrenton. In addition, the proposed pier is exposed to other heavily-laden shipping traffic in the nearby shipping lane. Both problems violate LNG industry SIGTTO best practices.
Storm blows county off guard on LNG — The Daily Astorian, Astoria, OR
The draft said all other vessels would be expected to move outside the 500-foot security exclusion zone for 15 minutes or more before resuming their position. And commercial fishermen might face longer delays. "This is not true" was his written response. [Joe Desmond, NorthernStar's senior vice president for external affairs,] said "exclusion zones" don't exist. (Dec 24)
Webmaster's Comments: This is an example of an LNG developer telling half-truths. It's strictly correct that there are no "exclusion zones" around LNG vessels; however, there are "Safety and Security Zones" that exclude other vessels from approaching or being near LNG vessels and their transit route.
County embraces LNG — The Daily Astorian, Astoria, OR
The decision rejected staff arguments that the project is too large and too disruptive to the environment and dashed the hopes of liquefied natural gas opponents, many of whom are organizing to challenge the ruling in court.
Before the final vote, Patrick urged commissioners to slow down and wait for Bradwood's cost-sharing agreement to be completed. (Dec 14)
Webmaster's Comments: The county's approval, in an information vacuum and in the face of staff advice against the project, is puzzling.
County OKs three LNG requests — The Daily Astorian, Astoria, OR
By a vote of 3-2, with commissioners Patricia Roberts and Sam Patrick against, the board agreed that the Bradwood LNG project, proposed for a site 20 miles east of Astoria on the Columbia River, is "small- to medium-scale" as required by county land-use laws. (Dec 13)
LNG terminal clears hurdle in Clatsop — The Oregonian, Portland, OR
"Frankly, they've reached a conclusion that appears to defy the law of physics," said Brent Foster, executive director of Columbia Riverkeepers. "This is one of the largest industrial projects in Oregon in three decades. This decision doesn't even really pass the laugh test." (Dec 14)
Anti-LNG protesters call on Governor to oppose LNG — Willamette Week, Portland, OR
About 150 people opposed to a liquefied natural gas pipeline that would cut across Oregon gathered Wednesday outside NW Natural's headquarters in Portland and called on Gov. Ted Kulongoski (who considers his political legacy to depend upon his record on climate change) to oppose the pipeline and the LNG terminals proposed on the Oregon Coast. (Dec 13)
California Energy Commission report predicts lower gas prices in short term — LNG Law Blog, Washington, DC
Platts LNG Daily [subscription required] reports that the California Energy Commission's 2007 Integrated Energy Policy Report predicts that natural gas prices for California consumers will fall in the short term, but rise to $7/Mcf by 2017. (Dec 14)
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United States: Homeland Security alert: DHS triggers reporting requirement with list of "Chemicals of Interest" — MONDAQ
On November 2, 2007, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published its finalized list of "chemicals of interest," thereby triggering the 60-day reporting requirement under the DHS’s Chemical Facility Anti-Terrorism Standards (CFATS),1 for myriad businesses, colleges and universities that possess any of the identified chemicals at or above the screening threshold amounts.
In 2005 and 2006, the Secretary of Homeland Security identified the need for legislation authorizing DHS to develop and implement a framework to regulate the security of high-risk chemical facilities in the United States. (Dec 4)
Webmaster's Comments: The Department of Homeland Security list of high-risk chemicals includes methane — natural gas, the principle component of LNG. See page 9 for the "methane" listing in the following DHS document:
Proposed pipeline connecting Rockies Express to Northeastern markets may transport LNG (sic) from the Gulf — LNG Law Blog, Washington, DC
The pipeline is expected … to transport regasified LNG from terminals in the Gulf region to the Northeast. (Dec 11)
Webmaster's Comments: More bad news for Downeast LNG and Quoddy Bay LNG.
Note: The headline erroneously states that the pipeline would contain LNG. The article clarifies that it would contain regasified LNG — natural gas. Due to LNG's transient cryogenic nature, there are no LNG pipelines anywhere in the world.
Groups mobilize against floating, liquefied gas terminal — Staten Island Advance, Staten Island, NY
State Sen. Andrew Lanza (R-South Shore), who has championed a state ban on building LNG facilities in any New York city of 1 million or more people, said ExxonMobile's plan seems sound, especially given the great distance from land.
Webmaster's Comments: While the proposed offshore terminal location might possibly be an appropriate location, Sen. Lanza apes FERC's lack of respect for lives in small communities.
Exxon Mobil plan may harm Broadwater's chances — Newsday, New York, NY
Exxon's proposed site, 20 miles off the New Jersey coast, is less environmentally objectionable, opponents say.
A leading opponent of the Broadwater project, Adrienne Esposito, executive director of Citizens Campaign for the Environment, said in an e-mail: "This just proves our point that there are alternative locations other than the middle of Long Island Sound. ... Looks like the Broadwater barge is sinking under the competition."
Port Arthur hearing being held on route of pipeline — The Beaumont Enterprise, Beaumont, TX
A 42-inch pipeline running from the Golden Pass LNG facility through Port Arthur en route to Calcasieu parish will be the subject of a public hearing at 9 a.m. on Jan. 2 at City Hall, council members voted Tuesday.
Island hard to evacuate [Letter to the editor] — Powell River Peak, Powell River, BC
If WestPac LNG were honest about health and safety concerns and the burdens that would be placed on Texada residents, they would scrap their proposal to build an LNG plant on Texada Island.
Group protests plans for three — The Oregonian, Portland, OR
LNG terminals across Oregon Farmers, fishermen and environmentalists thronged the Portland headquarters of Northwest Natural Gas Co. Wednesday to protest three proposed liquefied natural gas terminals near the coast and related pipelines that would snake across hundreds of miles of Oregon countryside.
Opponents sound off about proposed LNG (sic) pipeline — Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) News, Portland, OR
Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Portland Wednesday to voice opposition to a proposed pipeline that would carry Liquefied Natural Gas or LNG. (Dec 12)
Webmaster's Comments: The pipeline would not carry LNG, but would carry natural gas (regasified from LNG) away from LNG terminals. Because of LNG's transient cryogenic nature, there are no LNG pipelines anywhere in the world.
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