Threat

Richard Clarke, former anti-terrorism czar for both the Bush and Clinton administrations, is preparing a threat analysis of the proposed marine transport of liquefied natural gas (LNG) through Narragansett Bay, said Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch. The U.S. Coast Guard has requested a copy of the analysis, which is due to be completed by mid-April.

Richard Clarke, former anti-terrorism czar for both the Bush and Clinton administrations, is preparing a threat analysis of the proposed marine transport of liquefied natural gas (LNG) through Narragansett Bay, said Rhode Island Attorney General Patrick C. Lynch. The U.S. Coast Guard has requested a copy of the analysis, which is due to be completed by mid-April.

This third winter of high natural gas prices could strain the finances of local distribution companies, especially if regulators fail to allow the timely pass-through of gas costs, according to a Standard and Poor’s report.

This third winter of high natural gas prices could strain the finances of local distribution companies, especially if regulators fail to allow the timely pass-through of gas costs, according to a Standard and Poor’s report.

As Ivan draws closer to the Gulf of Mexico, posing a threat to both the electrical and natural gas infrastructures along the coast, FERC Chairman Patrick Wood on Wednesday said the agency will give regulated energy companies more time to report infractions of the Commission’s standards of conduct that may occur during their efforts to maintain system reliability.

Just one day after it appeared that the central Gulf of Mexico would receive the brunt of Hurricane Ivan’s wrath, new forecasts now suggest instead that Florida might be forced to brace for its third powerful storm in a month’s time. The forecast sent natural gas futures sharply lower in afternoon trading Wednesday.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. told regional water quality officials in Southern California that the utility will begin early this month installing a larger pump to draw chromium 6-tainted groundwater out of the desert floor around the Colorado River at the California-Arizona border, preventing it from reaching the river waters, which are a major source of drinking water in the southern end of California.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. told regional water quality officials in Southern California that the utility will begin early this month installing a larger pump to draw chromium 6-tainted groundwater out of the desert floor around the Colorado River at the California-Arizona border, preventing it from reaching the river waters, which are a major source of drinking water in the southern end of California.

A yet-to-be-published federal report that is unfavorable to liquefied natural gas (LNG) is causing quite a stir in Massachusetts, prompting Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino to renew his call for a ban on LNG tanker traffic in Boston Harbor, and the mayor of Fall River, MA, to claim the report adds fuel to his campaign to block a proposed LNG facility from being sited in his city.