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28 September 2006 |
Prime Minister Harper: No LNG in Head Harbour Passage — Hansard, House of Commons, Ottowa, ON
Right Hon. Stephen Harper (Prime Minister, CPC): "This government believes that the waters of Passamaquoddy Bay are Canadian waters. We have defended that position for a long time. We oppose the passage of LNG tanker traffic through Head Harbour and we will continue to do so." [Bold emphasis added.] (Sep 26)
Anti-LNG group adds to steering committee — Quoddy Tides, Eastport, ME
Save the bay auction far exceeds goal — Quoddy Tides, Eastport, ME
2 more LNG pipeline routes proposed — Bangor Daily News, Bangor, ME
FERC set a deadline of Oct. 18 for comments.
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: The ultimate measure to avoid environmental impacts is the project's destiny: approval failure, and being denied LNG carrier passage by Canada.
LNG site break-in prompts concern — Boston Globe, Boston, MA
Canadians, too, spurn urban LNG terminals [Letter to the editor] — Providence Journal, Providence, RI
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: The majority of people living around Passamaquoddy Bay and approaches staunchly oppose the local LNG projects.
Officials Renew Opposition To Broadwater — Shore Publishing, Madison, CT
Web site set for LNG — World, Coos Bay, OR
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: While the website posts questions and answers, they are presented in PDF format, rather than as Web pages, making access and reference to particular topics awkward.
For instance, it would have been nice to be able to link to the following question that has an incomplete and unsatisfactory answer:
Q: “What safeguards are in place to assure that the people of Oregon do not pay one cent for the US government directed security of the LNG developer’s LNG or natural gas product, including the US Coast Guard incurred costs to the taxpayers?” A: The answer goes into detail about the US Coast Guard, it's purpose and funding, and then concludes... “Inferring that Oregon residents be exempted from obligations assigned to the Coast Guard in matters of security is illogical given that a significant segment of the Oregon economy is dependent on international maritime commerce.”
The answer doesn't address the additional $ millions that will likely be required for all the non-Coast Guard related security and emergency preparedness outside of the terminal itself -- in the host community: police, fire, ambulance, and hospital requirements -- with no FERC-required reimbursement to the community by the developer.
Sempra considers delaying Texas gas project: Lack of supply pushes completion date to '08 — Union-Tribune, San Diego, CA
Sempra says the industry is experiencing a worldwide slowdown in the development of liquefaction plants, which diminishes the need for processing plants on the receiving end. [Bold emphasis added.]
Imperial eyes LNG instead of gas pipeline — National Post, Don Mills, ON
26 September 2006 |
New Brunswick pipeline plan opens East Coast rift — Globe and Mail, Toronto, ON
Nova Scotia's Premier fears a proposed pipeline to ship liquid natural gas from near Saint John directly to the U.S. border could scuttle proposals for natural gas projects in his province.
Report on gas terminal on L.I. Sound stokes more opposition — Boston Globe, Boston, MA
[U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn.] said she sees "virtually no chance" Congress will approve more money for what the Coast Guard says would need to be done. [Bold emphasis added.] (Sep 25)
LNG supplies, solutions lacking — Boston Globe, Boston, MA
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: Once again, Kelliher dismisses regional LNG terminal site planning because regional siting hasn't worked for storing radioactive waste. "We tried that, and it doesn't work" is an old, closed-minded excuse that has no place in thoughtful, responsible, and critical decision making.
25 September 2006 |
Judge says Bureau of Indian Affairs ‘playing hide and seek’ with info request — Bangor Daily News, Bangor, ME
"First the BIA said, ‘We don’t have it,’" Woodcock stated as the two-hour hearing in U.S. District Court in Bangor got under way. "Then, it said, ‘You’ve already got it.’ And when they asked again, the answer was ‘You don’t have a right to it and if you think you do, you’re going to have to sue us to get it.’" (Sep 23)WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: The US Department of Justice attorney representing the BIA was not smiling when she sat down after being severly reproached for over five minutes by Judge Woodcock.
The BIA has a long history of Indian trust abuse. Example: The 10-year-long Cobell v Norton case of BIA Indian Trust Account abuse. There are over a half-million members of the plaintiff-class in that case. Over 3,000 filings have been made to the court docket. BIA negligence has resulted in restraining orders preventing the BIA from Internet presence. (As of this writing, the BIA still has no website or email.) The court even issued a civil contempt order to the Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of the Treasury, and Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs.
Quotes from Case 1:96-cv-01285-RCL (PDF, 222.3 KB), Filed 07/12/2005 [bold emphasis added]:
After all these years, our government still treats Native American Indians as if they were somehow less than deserving of the respect that should be afforded to everyone in a society where all people are supposed to be equal.
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Despite Interior’s near wholesale abdication of its trust duties, the vast majority of the Indian beneficiaries remain unaware that anything is out of order.
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These findings—and the realization that former Secretaries of the Interior and Treasury, along with an Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, had mislead the Court with respect thereto—prompted the Court to cite those individuals for civil contempt.
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Interior’s unremitting neglect and mismanagement of the Indian trust has left it in such a shambles that recovery may prove impossible.
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The entire record in this case tells the dreary story of Interior’s degenerate tenure as Trustee-Delegate for the Indian trust—a story shot through with bureaucratic blunders, flubs, goofs and foul-ups, and peppered with scandals, deception, dirty tricks and outright villainy—the end of which is nowhere in sight.
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Alas, our “modern” Interior department has time and again demonstrated that it is a dinosaur—the morally and culturally oblivious hand-me-down of a disgracefully racist and imperialist government that should have been buried a century ago, the last pathetic outpost of the indifference and anglocentrism we thought we had left behind.
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While it is undeniable that Interior has failed as a Trustee-Delegate, it is nevertheless difficult to conjure plausible hypotheses to explain Interior’s default. Perhaps Interior’s past and present leaders have been evil people, deriving their pleasure from inflicting harm on society’s most vulnerable. Interior may be consistently populated with apathetic people who just cannot muster the necessary energy or emotion to avoid complicity in the Department’s grossly negligent administration of the Indian trust. Or maybe Interior’s officials are cowardly people who dodge their responsibilities out of a childish fear of the magnitude of effort involved in reforming a degenerate system. Perhaps Interior as an institution is so badly broken that even the most well-intentioned initiatives are polluted and warped by the processes of implementation.
— Royce C. Lamberth, United States District Judge
Hopefully, the current case before Judge Woodcock will resolve quickly. The likely decision is that the BIA violated its statutory obligations by approving the lease agreement between the Pleasant Point Tribal Government and Quoddy Bay LLC without executing several required studies related to Split Rock.
Such a court decision will invalidate Quoddy Bay LLC's lease, meaning that Quoddy Bay LLC doesn't have access to the land they need. Since FERC requires applicants to have unencumbered access to the land required for their proposed projects, Quoddy Bay LLC would be disqualified from the application process.
LNG fears answered, if not eased — Tauton Gazette, Tauton, MA
Another strike against LNG plant [Opinion] — Connecticut Post, Bridgeport, CT
McMoRan's $1 billion LNG terminal gets major boost — KATC-TV, Lafayette, LA
UPDATE-1-Exxon says drops plans for 2nd Texas LNG terminal — Reuters
"There was a supply issue with building two terminals," [Exxon Mobil spokesman Bob Davis] said.
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: Another LNG terminal project bites the dust over lack of LNG supply. Downeast LNG & Quoddy Bay LNG also don't have a supply.
20 September 2006 |
Pipeline capacity contract awarded [...sort of] — Quoddy Bay LNG, Perry, ME
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: Quoddy Bay created yet another company to do business with itself (Quoddy Bay, LLC; Quoddy Bay LNG; Quoddy Bay LNG, LLC; Quoddy Bay Pipeline, LLC; and now, Quoddy Bay Capacity). No one else was interested in bidding on Quoddy Bay LNG's pipeline capacity. What does that say about the likelihood of a "real" New England customer other than Quoddy Bay, itself, for Quoddy Bay LNG's natural gas?
Input on gas plant accepted until October — Chronicle Herald, Halifax, NS
USA. Coast Guard to release Broadwater liquefied natural gas safety & security report — BYM News, Gibralter
Meet the project manager for Waterbury's liquified natural gas tank — RepublicanAmerican, Waterbury, CT
Bill to require divulging of ties to LNG builders — Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD
Sabine Pass celebrates start of LNG project — Enterprise, Beaumont, TX
Hollywood A-listers take on BHP Billiton over LNG terminal — Antara News, Indonesia
Los Angeles — A who's who of A-List celebrities, including Tom Hanks, Charlize Theron, Barbra Streisand, and Cher, have launched a high-profile campaign in the US to halt Australian resources giant BHP Billiton's $5 billion plan to build a massive LNG terminal off the coast of the Los Angeles seaside community of Malibu.
LNG forum next week in Bandon — World, Coos Bay, OR
LNG: Enough -- or too much? — BSR News, Boseman, MT
Theoretically, LNG is competitive above $4/Mcf, but $5/Mcf is a more realistic price floor.
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: LNG pricing is now at, or below, the competitive price floor; it isn't profitable at the current price, according to the above authors.
U.S. missing renewable energy opportunities — Environment News Service, Washington, DC
17 September 2006 |
Doyle elected in close race at Pleasant Point — Quoddy Tides, Eastport, ME
LNG forum speaker challenges FERC on public safety focus — Quoddy Tides, Eastport, ME
"Look long and hard before you store concentrated energy near communities," urged Goudey. (Sep 8)
Maritimes & Northeast terminates Bear Head LNG transportation contracts — LNG Law Blog, Washington, DC
Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline will revisit the issue if an LNG supply is found. (Sep 15)
Council lays down law on LNG tanks — Daily Item, Lynn, MA
KeySpan answers questions about LNG security — WCVB-TV, Boston, MA
LNG’s breach of trust: Officials say security still lax after running their own test — Boston Herald, Boston, MA
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: This demonstrates FERC's lack of veracity when they tell the public that LNG facilities are operated safely and securely.
6 million cubic yards of muck — Enterprise, Beaumont, TX
The project also includes a 70-mile pipeline from the terminal to Starks, La., where it will be distributed to users in the Northeast and elsewhere. (Sep 16)WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: Here's one more LNG terminal that will send natural gas to the Northeast, further mooting the already-redundant Downeast LNG & Quoddy Bay LLC projects.
Baltimore County official says ethanol better than LNG — LNG Law Blog, Washington, DC
He said that an ethanol plant does not pose the same security risks as an LNG terminal.... (Sep 13)
LNG group to foot bill for county's review costs — Daily News, Longview, WA
Brosnan protests planned gas terminal — Star-Gazette, Elmira, NY
Bond takes on LNG — VC Reporter, Ventura, CA
City unanimously adopts resolution to oppose LNG and co-hosts fundraiser screening to oppose Cabrillo Port — PCH Press, Malibu, CA
US SEC files fraud charges against Native American gas company — Platts [Free registration required]
Pipeline experts probe [yet another!] BP spill — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, CA
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: Let's count up the recent BP "incidents":
- September 2006 Long Beach oil gas spill;
- March 2006 Prudhoe Bay oil spill;
- August 2006 BP crude oil and gas price fixing charges, with criminal investigation;
- March 2005 Texas City, TX, deadly refinery explosion, including a federal criminal investigation.
Note: See "BP leads nation in refinery fatalities" — 22 fatalities since 1995, including three separate fatal accidents at the BP Texas City facility, and seven fatal accidents at BP facilities during the 1995–2005 decade.
And yet, FERC doesn't think BP's wilfull safety violations, poor infrastructure maintenance, and price fixing should be considered during FERC's BP LNG terminal siting process.
FERC is badly broken, and Congress needs to fix it.
FERC staff questions Calhoun LNG's plan for spill impoundment — LNG Law Blog, Washington, DC
Global competition impedes growth of U.S. LNG industry — LNG Law Blog, Washington, DC
Increasing global competition for LNG is hindering the development of a robust U.S. LNG industry.... (Sep 15)
Henry Hub spot gas price falls to $4.90/MMBtu, lowest in 2 years — Platts [Free registration required]
Analyst says U.S. LNG not hurt by gas plunge — Reuters
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: Downeast LNG & Quoddy Bay LLC aren't major players, don't have access to LNG supply, and don't have a market, so the gas price plunge does reduce their already-low probability of success.
NYK seafarers training program meets SIGTTO standards — JCN Newswire, Japan
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: Japan's LNG industry and Det Norske Veritas adhere to SIGTTO standards. Although SIGTTO has offered assistance to FERC, FERC has been ignoring SIGTTO, to the detriment of United States' energy security, to United States' public safety, and to United States' civilian assets. Congress needs to require that FERC apply SIGTTO standards to the LNG and gas industries.
11 September 2006 |
Red Head landowners fight expropriation in court — CBC News, New Brunswick
Their land was expropriated to build a road to the Irving-Repsol liquified natural gas terminal. (Sep 6)
Despite millions spent, Boston is vulnerable — Boston Globe, Boston, MA
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: Mr. Hightower of Sandia National Laboratories is correct: LNG isn't the only hazardous material to be concerned about; however, in Passmaquoddy Bay, LNG is the largest potential threat.
Abandoned truck spurs security alert at LNG site — Boston Globe, Boston, MA
Officials take step to stop proposed Fall River LNG terminal — Boston Globe, Boston, MA
LNG tank near proposed development — Sentinel & Enterprise, Fitchburg, MA
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: FERC and LNG developer assurances to the contrary, here's an example of an LNG facility that hasn't been abiding by the law to keep the public safe.
Town Council hears from Weaver's Cove LNG reps — Jamestown Press, Jamestown, RI
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: Weaver's Cove Energy CEO Shearer says that offshore LNG terminal technology is "unproven." Shearer must somehow be isolated from the rest of the LNG industry, or he'd know that offshore submerged buoy systems are better technology than an offshore "platform," and have been successfully in use in the North Sea for 20 years. The same technology is in use at the Excelerate Energy 100+ miles offshore LNG terminal that regasified LNG and offloaded the cargo throughout Hurricane Katrina. Excelerate Energy is currently in the permitting process for another submerged buoy LNG import system off Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Weaver's Cove Gordon Shearer proves that truthfulness is not a characteristic that is commonly associated with LNG developers.
Journal twists liquified-natural-gas facts [Letter to the editor] — Providence Journal, Providence, RI
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: While this letter writer is correct that LNG infrastructure is over-built, his assumption is overstating his case in saying that the LNG projects in Passamaquoddy Bay were approved by the local populations. The majority of the area population is adamantly opposed to the LNG projects in Passamaquoddy Bay, as has been demonstrated multiple times by the numbers of Save Passamaquoddy Bay supporters who have attended the anti-LNG events around the Bay — many times the number of people who have voted in favor of the projects.
Ship-to-ship LNG transfer — Marine Log, New York, NY [Free registration required]
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: Excelerate Energy offshore submerged buoy LNG terminal technology voids the requirement for shoreside LNG terminals, eliminating LNG hazards to the public, and voids the requirement for protected harbors. Ship-to-ship transfer of LNG allows standard LNG carriers to efficiently offload cargo, and to return to liquifaction facilities for another load, while the receiving vessel — containing regasification facilities — converts the received LNG into natural gas, sending it via submerged buoy and undersea pipeline into the natural gas pipeline grid.
LNG plant opponent will co-chair state task force — Baltimore Examiner, Baltimore, MD
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: It's doubtful that FERC's bias in favor of the LNG projects will draw complaint from AES.
DMR to hear from public on LNG facility — Mississippi Business Journal, Jackson, MS
Northern Star running behind — Daily Astorian, Astoria, OR
Bradwood LNG fails to file data on time; company dealt blow by FERC.
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: Downeast LNG's and Quoddy Bay LLC's failures to meet FERC's Resource Report Deadline puts them with the same slow crowd as Northern Star's Bradwood LNG.
Northern Star opens the door partially — Daily Astorian, Astoria, OR
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: Resource Report 13 also contains thermal radiation hazard calculations — the distance from terminals and LNG vessels in which people would be burned. Other similar information that is in the public's interest is contained in Resource Report 13.
County supervisor blasts LNG proposal — Malibu Times, Malibu, CA
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: Yaroslavsky shoots holes through the argument that LNG is a "clean alternative fuel." Even Quoddy Bay LLC's Brian Smith stated that they'd be a major source of "noxious emissions."
Russia agency sues to stop Shell project — AP, Dallas Morning News, Dallas, TX
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: Sakhalin oil and LNG projects have wasted the indigenous people's environment on that Russian island, reducing the people's ability to fish for a living and for subsistence.
5 September 2006 |
Liberals attack LNG — Saint Croix Courier, St. Stephen, NB
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: The Conservatives, and now the Liberals, have stated that they will fight LNG in Passamaquoddy Bay.
[Another] Right whale killed by collision with ship — CBC News New Brunswick
A four-year-old North Atlantic right whale found dead in the Bay of Fundy had been hit by a ship, federal fisheries experts say.This is the second female right whale to be struck by a vessel in the Bay of Fundy this summer.
Dangers of LNG "underplayed" says MIT engineer — Saint Croix Courier, St. Stephen, NB
It's a nasty game, but I've rarely met a politician I didn't like [Opinion column] — Saint Croix Courier, St. Stephen, NB
1 September 2006 |
Risks of LNG [Letter to the editor] — Working Waterfront, Rockland, ME
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: SIGTTO develops world-class gas-industry standards, including shipping, terminal siting, and terminal-operating standards for the LNG industry.
State to let dredge deal die to stop LNG terminal — Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD
Assembly panel kills bill requiring LNG site rankings — Ventura County Star, Ventura, CA
Factions split over LNG ‘advisory' vote — World, Coos Bay, OR
“It's just very frustrating that they just sit back,” McCaffree said. (Aug 31)
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: The situation in Oregon turns out to be no different than in Maine.
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: This is the third investigation in just over a year of BP "incidents." Two of those investigations are for criminal conduct. This third investigation may well result in a criminal investigation. How eager should people be to have such loose cannons building energy infrastructure next to their homes, schools, and businesses?
FBI Probes Office of Sen. Stevens' Son — New York Times, New York, NY [free registration required]
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: There's that pesky "BP," again — FERC's LNG darling. FERC doesn't care if LNG developers are sleazy or criminally insane*, so long as they "follow FERC's siting procedures" during the permitting process. (FERC representatives have publicly stated that they'd even grant an LNG terminal permit to the likes of Adolf Hitler, Idi Amin, or Charles Manson.)
Russia threatens to shut down Sakhalin-II oil production — MarketWatch.com
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS: Sakhalin is another example of Indigenous Peoples exploitation by energy companies.
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