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Feds oppose gas terminal in Long Island Sound

The U.S. Commerce Department on Monday announced its opposition to a proposed massive floating liquefied natural gas terminal in Long Island Sound.

Shell, PetroChina set 20-year LNG deal

Royal Dutch Shell PLC and PetroChina have signed an agreement for China to buy up to 40 million tons of liquefied natural gas over 20 years, Shell said Tuesday.

Palin backs shipping Alaskan LNG to Japan

On the campaign trail, Sarah Palin says repeatedly that America must tap its own natural gas and oil reserves to become energy-independent.

House deals blow to proposed Mass. LNG terminal

The House on Wednesday approved extending federal "wild and scenic" environmental protection to the lower Taunton River in Massachusetts, dealing a blow to developers who want to build a liquefied natural gas terminal on an urbanized stretch of riverbank.

LNG Business Ramps Up on Gulf Coast

Days after New York and Connecticut leaders opposed plans to build a massive liquefied natural gas terminal in Long Island Sound, the Gulf Coast is welcoming two new LNG terminals — the first such land-based ports to open in the U.S. in roughly a quarter-century.

Feds OK Gas Terminal Between L.I., Conn.

Federal energy regulators on Thursday approved a $700 million liquefied natural gas terminal proposed for Long Island Sound, a facility opposed by the state of Connecticut and other critics who say it would damage the environment and be vulnerable to a terrorist attack.

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World's Largest Landfill Gas to LNG Plant Opens in California
Source: Earth2Tech

Waste Management, one of the country's largest landfill operators, today is opening what it says it the world's largest facility to convert landfill gas to liquefied natural gas (LNG).

Australian Trade Minister Crean (wrongly) calls methane LNG "clean fuel", "clean energy"
Source: Simon Crean website

In relation to an Australian A$50 billion (US$41 billion) Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) deal with China, Trade Minister Crean incorrectly calls GHG methane and methane LNG "clean fuel" and "clean energy" (it generates GHG CO2).

Australia signs A$75 billion LNG to China, India & FALSELY claims LNG is "clean energy"
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World leading per capita GHG polluter Australia has signed LNG deals with China and India worth A$50 billion and $25 billion, respectively & its Energy Minister Martin Ferguson FALSELY claims that LNG is "clean energy".

Origin gas project likely to create 5000 jobs
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

Anti-LNG film warns of death and destruction
Source: eastbayri.com

Activists show film to educate and alarm, and to recruit opposition to newest LNG proposal on the Mt. Hope Bay.

Oregon appeals approval of LNG site on ColumbiaJournal
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The state of Oregon has asked a federal appeals court to overturn the approval of a site for a liquefied natural gas terminal along the Columbia River. The request could send the Bradwood Landing proposal back to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, where opponents of the p …

Solving the gas flaring problem in the delta
Source: Naijablog

Gas flaring in Nigeria: Towards an alternative solution

Ratepayers for Affordable Clean Energy : NorthernStar LNG Project Gets Hit With Double Blows
Source: lngpollutes.org

NorthernStar LNG Project Gets Hit With Double Blows from Clatsop County Voters and Oregon State Lands Official

Why you should care about the housing crisis
Source: msnbc.com

You may have heard something about it.� Congress is talking about spending $300 billion on it.� The president has threatened to veto it. But why does it matter to you?

Analysis: EU eyes Gazprom's Nigeria play. By Stefan Nicola. April 11, 2008 at 7:02 AM
Source: United Press International

Russia's Gazprom is making sure it keeps its dominance of the European gas market, observers say, by trying to influence a potential alternative supplier to Europe -- Nigeria.

Global Gas Flaring Satellite Survey Reveals Oil's Hidden Costs
Source: TreeHugger

The first recently unveiled global satellite survey of gas flaring — a process commonly used to dispose of natural gas freed during oil production — has shown what many have now suspected for years: it is an extremely wasteful, costly problem that has helped contribute to glo …

Oregon Governor ups ante against LNG sites
Source: OregonLive.com

Gov. Ted Kulongoski insisted Thursday that federal regulators halt all reviews of proposals to build liquefied-natural-gas terminals in Oregon until they study all alternatives for supplying natural gas to the region.

Why kill salmon for California?
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If we needed more evidence of the ignorance and haste in the Clatsop County Courthouse we got it on Jan. 21. The Oregon office of the National Marine Fisheries Service wrote the U.S.

Feds find seven reasons to say no to LNG
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The National Marine Fisheries Service wants the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to deny a critical permit for the Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas project.

Federal fisheries agency opposes dredging for LNG terminal
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The National Marine Fisheries Service has said a plan to build a liquefied natural gas terminal on the Columbia River likely would harm valuable salmon habitat.

Columbia River ports wary of LNG plans
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The shipping vessels that travel the Columbia River can cost as much as $60,000 each day to operate, said Larry Paulson, the Port of Vancouver's executive director.

Selling out the river for California
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Two events separated by five days describe the inadequacy of the Clatsop County Commission's grasp of the prospective liquefied natural gas terminal at Bradwood. On Thursday, the commission voted 4-1 to approve the land-use application for the LNG terminal. On Tuesday, Oregon Gov.

Gas project must meet Oregon's standards
Source: OregonLive.com

F ederal energy regulators and Texas speculators are sprinting down the homestretch in a race to site a liquefied natural gas operation on the lower Columbia River, a massive project based on studies that Oregon officials say fail to meet state standards.

James Ridgeway: Homeland Insecurity: Floating Targets
Source: MotherJones.com

An attack on a liquefied natural gas tanker could cause a massive explosion. Is enough being done to protect American ports from this devastating risk? Second in a seven-part series on the lessons of 9/11.

Liquefied Natural Gas
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According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the U.S. could face a gap in supply of natural gas of about six trillion cubic feet (Tcf) by 2030.

Arnie terminates BHP-Billiton natural gas project
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

The NIMBY syndrome is alive and well in Malibu.

Gas exporters to eye forming a cartel
Source: AFP - Wire stories

The world's biggest gas exporting countries begin a two-day meeting here Monday to discuss proposals to form a cartel -- an idea that has consumer nations worried even if it does not appear imminent.

U.S. LNG Imports – The Next Wave
Source: Energy Information Administration

The Energy Information Administration (EAI) released a supplement to their Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) called "U.S. LNG imports – The Next Wave." The report estimates that liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports to the U.S. will show strong growth over the next two years.

Oil Shortages Look Certain by 2007
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The situation has not changed much since this article first appeared. The next couple years should tell how acurate this analysis is.

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