Environmental

Several popular Bahamian musical artists have signed on to plans by environmental group reEarth for a concert Dec. 2 to oppose plans for an LNG (liquefied natural gas) regasification facility at Ocean Cay in the Bahamas.

Meeting the challenge of the “cultural issues” involved in business development amidst expanding population and environmental concerns, Canadian producers are underwriting a neutral dispute resolution agency, Synergy Alberta, and have hired an executive from the Canadian Red Cross to head it up.

FERC has given the environmental go-ahead for a project proposed by Trunkline LNG Co. LLC that would use ambient heat to reduce the amount of fuel gas needed in the vaporization of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at its import terminal in Lake Charles, LA.

FERC has given the environmental go-ahead for a project proposed by Trunkline LNG Co. LLC that would use ambient heat to reduce the amount of fuel gas needed in the vaporization of liquefied natural gas (LNG) at its import terminal in Lake Charles, LA.

A final environmental impact report (EIR) for the proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in Long Beach, CA, harbor has been pushed back to November, a spokesperson for the Port of Long Beach told NGI Wednesday, noting that the public comments were more extensive than previously expected. A final EIR was scheduled for release this month.

A report in NGI’s Daily Gas Price Index Wednesday on local opposition to the environmental review of BHP Billiton’s proposed offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in the Pacific Ocean off Southern California mistakenly linked the Australian company to a competing offshore LNG proposal in the same general area. The other project in the area, the Clearwater Port, which is backed by NorthernStar Natural Gas Inc., proposes to transform an idle offshore oil rig into an LNG terminal. The local opposition pertains to BHP Billiton’s proposed terminal, Cabrillo Port, which would be a floating terminal. In addition, among references to proposed air emission mitigation measures proposed by BHP, NGI erroneously reported that the project would involve the conversion of existing polluting diesel-powered tugboats to natural gas. According to a Houston-based BHP Billiton spokesperson, the company has proposed changing out those tugboats to run on state-of-the-art clean diesel engines — not natural gas-fired ones. NGI regrets the errors.

Environmental groups are targeting Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) in a series of print and radio advertisements for his decision to support a GOP-crafted compromise that would establish a 125-mile, no-drill buffer zone around Florida in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

Environmental groups are targeting Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL) in a series of print and radio advertisements for his decision to support a GOP-crafted compromise that would establish a 125-mile, no-drill buffer zone around Florida in the eastern Gulf of Mexico.

FERC staff, in a notice issued Friday, said it has cooperated in a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the Northeast Gateway offshore LNG project planned by Excelerate Energy LLC, with a 16-mile, 24-inch diameter pipeline to be built by Algonquin Gas Transmission to connect the proposed LNG facility with the HubLine pipeline in Massachusetts.