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Groups Vow To Fight Federal Approval Of Cove Point

October 8, 2014 John Zangas, www.facebook.com , , , ,
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved energy giant Dominion Resources’ application to build the controversial Cove Point Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) plant and associated projects in Lusby, Maryland. Environmental and community groups who condemn the decision will protest at FERC headquarters in Washington, D.C., and at the Cove Point facility this Friday at 10am. Advocates for green energy expressed “deep disappointment” and say they’ll appeal the decision. They have 30 days to file an appeal with FERC to deny approval of the $3.8 billion project. Dominion’s plan to build the LNG plant at Cove Point sets it in close proximity to the estimated 24,000 residents of Lusby, raising safety concerns of residents and advocacy groups. Over 600 homes and 2,400 residents are located within a mile of the plant. Residents are concerned because they are pinned between a two lane road which borders the plant for ¾ mile, and the Chesapeake Bay, the only exit from Cove Point area. Residents, fear for their safety because they say that if there is a gas release, explosion, or fire, their only recourse would be to evacuate along the road next to the proposed LNG facility.

What FERC’s Approval Of Cove Point LNG Tells Us

October 3, 2014 The Lucie, www.coolrevolution.net , , , ,
On September 29, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission put its stamp of approval on the Cove Point LNG project, Dominion Resources’ bid to convert its liquefied natural gas import terminal on the Chesapeake Bay into an export facility. It’s the fourth approval FERC has granted to build an export facility, and the first on the Atlantic Coast. The first three are located on the Gulf Coast. Why is Cove Point important? Some have been calling it “the next Keystone XL.” If Cove Point is built, it would be the conduit for natural gas obtained by fracking the Marcellus Shale to be delivered to Asia.

Former State Health Employees Silenced On Drilling

June 27, 2014 Katie Colaneri, www.stateimpact.npr.org , , ,
Two retirees from the Pennsylvania Department of Health say its employees were silenced on the issue of Marcellus Shale drilling. One veteran employee says she was instructed not to return phone calls from residents who expressed health concerns about natural gas development. “We were absolutely not allowed to talk to them,” said Tammi Stuck, who worked as a community health nurse in Fayette County for nearly 36 years. Another retired employee, Marshall P. Deasy III, confirmed that. Deasy, a former program specialist with the Bureau of Epidemiology, said the department also began requiring field staff to get permission to attend any meetings outside the department. This happened, he said, after an agency consultant made comments about drilling at a community meeting. In the more than 20 years he worked for the department, Deasy said, “community health wasn’t told to be silent on any other topic that I can think of.”
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