Tag: Liquefied Natural Gas
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16 Environmental Groups Implore Obama to End Fracked Gas Exports
The heads of 16 national and regional climate advocacy groups don’t see how exporting fracked and liquefied natural gas (LNG) fits into a climate change agenda. The group says proposals to expand the country’s fracking exports would undermine President Barack Obama’s efforts to battle climate change. They let him know as much in a jointly signed letter…
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800+ Rally Against Fracked Gas Export Terminal in Largest Environmental Protest in Baltimore History
Yesterday, as a key state permit hearing began in downtown Baltimore, MD, activists from every corner of the state and from across the Mid-Atlantic marched to the doorstep of the Public Service Commission to send one clear message to state leaders: “Stop Cove Point.” [caption id="attachment_322547" align="alignnone" width="500"] Photo credit: Chesapeake Climate Action Network’s Facebook…
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50,000+ Demand DEC Withdraw Flawed LNG Regulations
On the last day for public comment on the Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) regulations, New Yorkers Against Fracking, New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPRIG), Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter, Catskills Citizens for Safe Energy, Catskill Mountainkeeper, Food & Water Watch, Frack Action, United For Action and others delivered tens of…
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Liquefied Natural Gas Facility Application Suspended for Insufficient Information
The U.S. Coast Guard just announced a 90-day hold on processing the proposed Liberty LNG Port Ambrose offshore deepwater liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility due to a lack of critically important information, several major application deficiencies and many unaddressed federal requirements. [caption id="attachment_310171" align="alignnone" width="500"] The U.S. Coast Guard cited more than 100 new “data…
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New Yorkers Rally Against Fracking Infrastructure and Flawed LNG Regulations
On Wednesday, Oct. 30, hundreds of New Yorkers from across the state came to Albany to expose Gov. Cuomo (D-NY) and the Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) proposed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) regulations for what they are: fatally flawed, a danger to public health and our wellbeing and supportive of a massive fracking infrastructure build…