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Around the Nation:
Community Web Sites from Around the US - many provide further links.
Passamaquoddy Bay
http://www.savepassamaquoddybay.org/
Save Passamaquoddy Bay: A Three-Nation Action to Save Passamaquoddy Bay.
Please visit us at http://www.quoddyloop.com/
http://www.bayoffundy.ca/LNG/slideshow/
This slide show presentation lays out the reasons why
local communities are opposing LNG terminals.
Casco Bay, ME
http://www.savecascobay.org/
This organization and site have been created because Hope Island, Harpswell,
Cousins Island, and other Casco Bay islands were being considered as sites
for an LNG facility. Good source for news and links. From the site: "At this point there is a tendency to feel the crisis is
over for a terminal in Casco Bay. However, as we all know there is still
discussion and the possibly that another site will be identified. After much
consideration, the
Board of Directors of Save Casco Bay does not feel we are in the clear.
Until the pipeline in Maine reaches its full potential we are not free from
an LNG threat to our bay."
Harpswell, ME
www.fairplayforharpswell.org
Harpswell, Maine has been targeted as a proposed LNG
site. This
community web site was created over concerns about the proposal.
www.harpswellanchor.com
In addition to
the above Harpswell site there is the Anchor Community Forum. Very active
discussion including a review of the contract currently being considered.
www.FFFH.org
Fishing Families for Harpswell is a non-profit
organization comprised of Harpswell, Maine area fisherman, their families
and supporters. FFFH was founded in direct response to, and in opposition
of, the proposed pipeline and liquefied natural gas plant known as "Fairwinds".
Searsport, ME
We Take
Care of Our Land
Penobscot Bay in Searsport Maine web site in opposition
to the proposed Sears Island LNG facility.
Northeast (MA, RI, etc.)
http://www.nolng.org/
The Coalition for Responsible Siting of LNG Facilities
is a broad based organization fighting against the foolish siting of LNG
facilities in heavily populated areas. Currently the city of Fall River
Massachusetts has been targeted by Weaver's Cove Energy to site a huge LNG
facility only feet away from a residential neighborhood, a school, at least
2 nursing homes, and family development. This site would also impact a
residential neighborhood.
New Jersey
http://www.gsenet.org/host/lng-logan
LNG Community Focus (New Jersey); emaill newsletter
available.
California
www.vallejocpr.org
Vallejo, California was targeted by Shell and Bechtel
as a proposed site in 2002. This web site is the result of an active
community opposition.
Other Nongovernmental Organizations
http://healthygulf.org/lng.htm
The Gulf Restoration Network (GRN) is a network of
environmental, social justice, and citizens' groups and individuals
committed to restoring the Gulf of Mexico to an ecologically and
biologically sustainable condition.
http://www.naruc.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=313
The National Association of Regulatory Utility
Commissioners (NARUC) is a non-profit organization founded in 1889. Its
members include the governmental agencies that are engaged in the regulation
of utilities and carriers in the fifty States, the District of Columbia,
Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. NARUC's member agencies regulate the
activities of telecommunications, energy, and water utilities.
www.borderpowerplants.org
The BPPWG advocates for the development of
environmentally sustainable energy facilities in the U.S.-Mexico border
region. For the liquified natural gas (LNG) regasification terminals
proposed for the Baja California coast this signifies: offshore and no use
of seawater for regasification.
http://www.borderpowerplants.org/news_and_events.htm.
Global LNG Summit held in San Diego on June 1, 2004.
Presentations and general information about the Summit
LNG Lawyers
www.timrileylaw.com
We cordially welcome all those concerned visitors from
communities facing this imminent peril: Malibu, Oxnard, Port Hueneme,
Ventura, Santa Barbara, Long Beach, and Humboldt Bay area in Eureka,
California; Cherry Point, Washington; Mobile, Alabama; Fall River,
Massachusetts; Harpswell and Sears Island area in Maine; Providence, Rhode
Island; Crown Landing area bordering New Jersey and Delaware; Louisiana;
Texas; and from all the other communities threatened by LNG. Contact us at:
info@LNGwatch.com
http://timrileylaw.com/LNG.htm
Consumer Protection Attorney Tim Riley Warns About
Liquefied Natural Gas
Watchdogs
http://www.exxonmobil-solidarity.org/LNG.htm
LNG Watch
http://store.publicintegrity.org/oil/report.aspx?aid=430&sid=100
Center for Public Inntgrity report on The Politics of
Oil. Appealing to a Higher Authority; Federal energy regulators smooth the
way for liquefied natural gas terminals
National Sierra Club
http://www.sierraclub.org/policy/conservation/index.asp
Sierra Club members are urged to join in and take action to support Sierra
Club's national policies. For more information, view Energy Facilities
Siting (under the Energy column), and Environmental Justice, available on
the Sierra Club web-site listed above.
Federal Government
http://www.fossil.energy.gov/ or
try
http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/oilgas/index.html
The US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy-funded project
aims to enhance communication between critical energy stakeholders to ensure
the responsible development and deployment of LNG. In the first phase of the
project, NARUC will begin a series of regional and national dialogues that
will lead to the production of three documents:
1...A comprehensive LNG white paper for state public utility commissions.
2... A draft LNG communication plan for a "case study" state which could be
adapted to other states.
3... A comprehensive LNG primer for state energy and environmental officials.
http://www.ferc.gov/industries/gas/indus-act/lng-what.asp
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission -- factsheets, siting/permitting
process, reports, documents.
http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/dhc/lng/lng_ws.htm
Workshop on Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Facilities. April 28, 2004 NOAA
Fisheries. Southeast Regional Office, St. Petersburg, Florida
Industry
http://www.aga.org/
American Gas Association
http://www.naturalgas.org/lng/lng.asp
The Center for Liquefied Natural Gas has attracted more than 50 members,
including LNG asset owners and operators, gas transporter and natural gas
end users. The members are committed to market-based policies and the
importance of expanding and diversifying natural gas supplies. The Center's
overall goals are to:
a... Enhance public education and LNG acceptance by serving as a clearinghouse
for LNG information.
b... Promote efficient regulation for permitting, siting, as well as the
building and operation of LNG facilities and infrastructure.
c... Work toward continued safe and secure operations, stressing industry
guidelines and best practices.
http://www.globalpublicmedia.com/INTERVIEWS/
MATT.SIMMONS/mattsimmons.13points.2004-04.php
Matt Simmons on the State of the Energy Industry and his 13 Points of Light
(Matthew R Simmons, Chairman of Simmons & Co. International (SCI), the
world's foremost energy banker)
http://www.mtburr.com/Images/PUR/LNG-Rising.pdf
Public Utilities Reports, Inc.
http://www.lngexpress.com/index.asp
LNG Express (by subscription) focuses on opportunities,
competition, government actions and technical breakthroughs in the global
LNG industry. Each issue covers the critical aspects LNG professionals need
to stay abreast of in the industry to make effective decisions. News,
analysis and features are presented in a concise and objective manner.
Assessments are made from a business perspective.
US Congress
http://www.house.gov/markey/LNGsec.htm
Updates actions by Cong. Ed Markey and other New England Congressionals
regarding siting of LNG terminals.
http://www.house.gov/frank/LNGAmicus2005.pdf
A coalition of 18 Members of Congress from coastal
areas, including Mike Michaud of Maine, filed a legal
brief stating that a provision accompanying the recently passed omnibus
appropriations bill should not be interpreted as giving the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC) sole power to approve the location of Liquefied
Natural Gas (LNG) facilities. FERC has made that claim in a case before the
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in California involving a proposed LNG plant
in Long Beach.
Press
http://www.al.com/news/mobileregister/index.ssf?/base
/news/109757270533150.xml
Mobile (Alabama) Register series, e.g. 2004 Fire threat
in LNG ships; Top U.S. security officials now admit that insulation in
vessels is highly flammable.
http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=18181
The Patriot Ax, William J. Kelly, AlterNet, March 19,
2004
The risks of planned liquefied natural gas terminals
are being kept secret from residents where terminals are planned because of
recent federal rules issued under the U.S.A. Patriot Act. Local and state
officials on both
coasts and in the Gulf, who are just becoming familiar with the rules, may
be kept from gaining full access to the safety studies -- as well as
residents in affected areas.
http://www.fishermensvoice.com/
Fishermen's Voice (Maine)
Listserv
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LNGsafety/
The Pipeline Safety Trust started this open list after
consulting with people around the country; list manager makes no attempt to
limit who can join. There are now about 100 people on the list, a third of
them fromindustry and government.
For purpose of the list see website
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LNGsafety/.
Feel free to share your information and opinions, but guard your secrets.
Archives may be viewed at
the website.
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