PERRY – Police are investigating complaints from four businesses that rocks and pieces of asphalt were hurled through their windows sometime Tuesday morning. Maine State Police Trooper Miles Carpenter said Wednesday that the rock-throwing involves a business on state Route 191 and three on U.S. Read More
    BOSTON – A proposed liquefied natural gas terminal 13 miles off Gloucester, which would be New England’s first offshore LNG facility, has won initial approval. Excelerate Energy LLC still faces a host of state and federal regulatory hurtles before it could start construction on the… Read More
    PERRY – A recall ordinance petition, allegations of bogus signatures, questions about spending money not approved by the town and a selectman lashing out at a resident summed up a selectmen’s meeting Monday night. It started with questions about truck weight on town roads and… Read More
    Federal regulators have scheduled a site visit for one of the proposed liquefied natural gas terminals in Washington County. Officials from Federal Energy Regulatory Commission are scheduled to be in Perry on Thursday, July 13, in order to tour the sites where Quoddy Bay LLC… Read More
    PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A company attempting to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in Fall River, Mass., alleges that Rhode Island agencies are dragging their feet instead of issuing permits needed to complete the project. Weaver’s Cove Energy received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory… Read More
    One of the companies that has applied to federal regulators for permission to build a liquefied natural gas terminal on Passamaquoddy Bay is nearing completion of another phase of the lengthy permitting process. Quoddy Bay LLC has submitted 12 resource reports with the Federal Energy… Read More
    A study of Passamaquoddy Bay commissioned by a local group opposed to the construction of liquefied natural gas terminals on the bay indicates that such development likely would have an overall harmful effect on the area’s economy. A report from the study, conducted by Yellow… Read More
    Downeast LNG, Washington, D.C., founded in 2004. PROPOSED SITE: LNG terminal and storage facility at Mill Cove, Robbinston. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes = []; var has_banner = false; for (var i = 0; i < slot_sizes.length; i++)… Read More
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    The primary opponent in Maine to the development of liquefied natural gas terminals on Passamaquoddy Bay has been the group Save Passamaquoddy Bay, which was formed in response to developer interest in building in eastern Washington County. Save Passamaquoddy Bay consists of residents of the… Read More
    The Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline has filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to expand its U.S. pipeline system to connect with markets in the Northeast. The company made the announcement Tuesday. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes =… Read More
    PLEASANT POINT – A financial dispute between the Passamaquoddy Tribe and an Oklahoma-based developer of a proposed liquefied natural gas facility on tribal land may lead to arbitration, officials on both sides said Tuesday. Passamaquoddy officials say Quoddy Bay LLC owes the tribe $350,000 in… Read More
    Besides the Maine Bureau of Parks and Lands and the anti-LNG development group Save Passamaquoddy Bay, many other individuals and organizations have submitted public comments to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission about the LNG terminals proposed for Passamaquoddy Bay. Organizations based in Washington County that have… Read More
    WASHINGTON – New England lawmakers on Wednesday urged Department of Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman to adopt a new regional approach to siting liquefied natural gas terminals, saying the current process is seriously flawed. “The current process is broken, costly and just plain dumb,” said U.S. Read More
    CUTLER – If a rising tide raises all ships, it one day could generate electricity in a local bay and float liquefied natural gas tankers as they come and go from a terminal adjacent to a local Navy-owned property. An entity called Tidewalker Associates, headed… Read More
    PERRY – LNG issues continue to split this small town of about 900 people, and now a serious rift has developed between some members of the Board of Selectmen and planning board. The fracture has led to claims of secret meetings and a call by… Read More
    FALL RIVER, Mass. – Top-ranking Democrats rallied outside the proposed site of a liquefied natural gas terminal Monday and promised the project won’t go forward, despite approval from federal regulators. “There may be water on these glasses, but I can still see a stupid proposal,”… Read More
    Liquefied natural gas is a hot topic Down East and faceless people at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in Washington D.C., are accepting volumes of documents that the authors hope will influence the commission’s decision. The federal agency has authority over the siting of at… Read More
    MACHIAS – The first company to announce plans to bring a liquefied natural gas facility to Washington County presented the project’s details on Tuesday to the Sunrise County Economic Council – which months ago had backed a second, rival project with a letter of support. Read More
    PERRY – LNG turned a selectmen’s meeting into a mini-battle field Monday that pitted neighbors against neighbors. It all began last week when some members of the planning board asked David Turner, the newly elected chairman of the Board of Selectmen, to sign an application… Read More
    WASHINGTON – Federal regulators on Monday upheld their earlier approval of a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in Fall River, Mass., handing a setback to opponents of the project. Fall River officials and other project foes had asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reconsider… Read More
    PORTLAND – How the Maine Supreme Judicial Court defines the functions of governing most likely will determine when Maine’s Indian tribes are subject to the state’s Freedom of Access Act, justices on the state’s high court indicated Wednesday. Justices asked pointed questions Wednesday about what… Read More
    PERRY – A public relations spokesman for Quoddy Bay LNG Tuesday denied that the developer’s natural gas pipeline would “pass through” the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge. Cary Weston said that information submitted last week by Roger Fleming of the Conservation Law Foundation of Brunswick to… Read More
    New England may need to expand its natural gas supply, but the area’s largest regional environmental advocacy group says doing so raises “significant public safety and marine and coastal environmental issues.” The Brunswick-based Conservation Law Foundation is calling for a regional approach for siting of… Read More
    PERRY – The prospect of a large company building a liquefied natural gas facility Down East has split communities, families and friends. That message was loud and clear as Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staffers sought input on one of the three LNG facilities proposed for… Read More
    FREDERICTON – New Brunswick’s senior minister in the federal Cabinet says Ottawa views liquefied natural gas as dangerous cargo that can be banned from transport in Canadian waters. Veterans Affairs Minister Greg Thompson said March 31 that the federal conservative government has made it clear… Read More
    PLEASANT POINT – Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staffers will be on the reservation tonight and in Perry on Thursday to hear comments on a proposed $500 million liquefied natural gas facility at Split Rock. Last year, the Passamaquoddy Tribe entered into an agreement with the… Read More
    EASTPORT – It’s up to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to decide if an LNG terminal should be built at Split Rock near Route 190. But it’s the residents of this seaside community who will have to deal with the fallout from that Washington, D.C.-based… Read More
    ROBBINSTON – Federal officials had their first peek at the place where Downeast LNG hopes to build a $400 million liquefied natural gas facility. And Mother Nature cooperated Tuesday by providing sunshine. The 80-acre site is just off Route 1, near Pulpit Rock. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    ROBBINSTON – Staff members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will be in this community on Tuesday, March 28, to visit the site where Downeast LNG hopes to build a $400 million liquefied natural gas terminal. Anyone who might like to join the FERC staff… Read More
    Mr. Greg Thompson’s appointment as Minister of Veterans Affairs in the Canadian Cabinet sparked controversy last month when he asserted his opposition to certain LNG projects (that is, only those in Maine but not those in New Brunswick or Nova Scotia). Although Mr. Thompson was unavailable following his… Read More
    EASTPORT – Police are investigating a threat and vandalism apparently aimed at opponents of a proposed liquefied natural gas facility at Split Rock at Pleasant Point. Linda and Robert Godfrey discovered Thursday morning that two of their car tires had been punctured in the driveway… Read More
    EASTPORT – This bay is my bay, this bay is your bay … That’s the tune many will be singing Saturday afternoon at a rally against the liquefied natural gas facilities that are proposed for Passamaquoddy Bay, according to organizers. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define… Read More
    PLEASANT POINT – A former Passamaquoddy lieutenant governor said in a program that aired over the reservation’s cable network on the weekend that the tribe is broke and only a liquefied natural gas terminal at Split Rock would save tribal members from a life of spiraling welfare dependency. Read More
    CALAIS – The city’s leaders, in a letter to developers, have thrown support behind what could become the first and only tribally owned liquefied natural gas facility in the country. The Passamaquoddy Tribe hopes to build a $500 million facility in the Red Beach area… Read More
    ELLSWORTH – U.S. Coast Guard officials, with help from state agencies and other interested parties, started work Wednesday on weighing the safety and security concerns posed by two proposed liquefied natural gas terminals on Passamaquoddy Bay. Approximately 30 people gathered Wednesday morning in a meeting… Read More
    WASHINGTON – New England lawmakers, including Maine Reps. Tom Allen and Michael Michaud, are calling for a new regional approach to siting liquefied natural gas facilities, pointedly urging federal regulators to adopt a “rational process” for approving new projects. The congressmen, who are seeking a… Read More
    PLEASANT POINT – The Oklahoma-based developers who have big plans to build a liquefied natural gas terminal on Passamaquoddy tribal land at Split Rock have made their plans even bigger. Though Quoddy Bay LLC originally proposed to build a project that could handle 500 million… Read More
    PLEASANT POINT – A plan to create “one of the largest LNG terminals in North America” has people Down East concerned. The developers, the Oklahoma-based Quoddy Bay LLC, at first talked about a pier and storage tanks, and now is talking about a two-berth pier,… Read More
    ROBBINSTON – It was a nuts-and-bolts kind of meeting Thursday and when it was over the Planning Board gave Downeast LNG approval – contingent on it getting the necessary state and federal permits – to seek the rest of the permits it needs to build a multi-million-dollar liquefied… Read More
    EASTPORT – “Bring on your comments and concerns” was the message delivered Tuesday evening by the environmental project manager that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has assigned to Quoddy Bay LLC’s proposed liquefied natural gas project for the Pleasant Point reservation. “We will use your… Read More
    PLEASANT POINT – The Passamaquoddy Joint Tribal Council says it’s not interested in giving an Oklahoma-based liquefied natural gas developer tax exempt status as he pursues building a $500 million liquefied natural gas facility at Split Rock. And the Joint Tribal Council made its feelings… Read More
    PLEASANT POINT – If siting a liquefied natural gas terminal Down East was a horse race, then Quoddy Bay LLC is ahead of the pack. Project Manager Brian Smith announced Wednesday that Quoddy Bay had filed its first resource report with the Federal Energy Regulatory… Read More
    CALAIS – It could become the first and only tribally owned liquefied natural gas facility in the country, and the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township hopes that this city will be its partner. At a joint meeting of the Calais City Council and planning board… Read More
    BOSTON – Opponents of a proposed natural gas terminal in Fall River have filed an appeal with the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston, charging safety and legal issues were not considered when a federal commission approved its construction. The appeal was filed… Read More
    ST. STEPHEN, New Brunswick – For years Member of Parliament Greg Thompson was in the federal government’s minority party in Canada, but no more. On Monday, Thompson’s Conservative Party, led by Stephen Harper, walked away with the majority after a national election, and Thompson promises… Read More
    An Oklahoma City company that hopes to build a liquefied natural gas terminal on Passamaquoddy Bay announced Wednesday that its pre-filing application request has been approved by federal regulators. In a prepared statement, Quoddy Bay LLC indicated that its preliminary proposal to build an LNG… Read More
    ROBBINSTON – Voters Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a referendum question that now gives a Washington D.C.-based liquefied natural gas developer the green light to move forward with plans to build a $400 million terminal in this Washington County community. The vote was 227-83. googletag.cmd.push(function () {… Read More
    AUGUSTA – Now that an Oklahoma developer has prefiled with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission its application to build a liquefied natural gas import terminal on Passamaquoddy tribal land, state agencies are gearing up to respond to an aggressive schedule of filing formalities. Gov. John… Read More
    AUGUSTA – With a map of Passamaquoddy Bay looming behind him, Donald M. Smith cast modesty aside Tuesday as he outlined plans for the construction of Maine’s first liquefied natural gas terminal. “It is going to be the most reliable source of natural gas that… Read More
    An article in Tuesday’s State section about the liquefied natural gas project proposed for the Passamaquoddy Tribe’s Pleasant Point reservation indicated that attorney Craig Francis is no longer the legal counsel for the tribe. While Francis has taken a position with private law firm Jensen Baird Gardner &… Read More
    PERRY – The million-dollars-a-year offer from an Oklahoma developer is back on the table – if the town of Perry is willing to support a liquefied natural gas facility. But the signatures on the offer this time around are not those of the town’s three… Read More
    According to a recent state report on improving the economy of Washington County, one of the most promising areas is energy, including liquefied natural gas. Although not the sole answer, an LNG terminal, it said, would bring jobs to the area. Done right, such a facility could be… Read More
    ROBBINSTON – A vote next month should turn up the heat on whether a liquefied natural gas terminal will be built Down East. Faced with dueling petitions – one asking for a delay in an up or down vote on the project, the other asking… Read More
    Like any other developers, those who would bring liquefied natural gas terminals to Down East Maine likely would list three factors they consider when looking for a place to build. Location, location, location. googletag.cmd.push(function () { // Define Slot var slot_sizes = [[300,250]]; var new_slot_sizes… Read More
    ST. ANDREWS, New Brunswick – Canadians just want those “developers from away” to be a little more neighborly and listen to their concerns about plans to build liquefied natural gas terminals in Passamaquoddy Bay. A portion of the bay is in their backyard. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    According to Tamara Young-Allen, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s spokeswoman for LNG, none of the three developers who have publicly announced intentions to build LNG terminals in Washington County has filed any paperwork with the federal agency. A development company seeking to build a liquefied… Read More
    Just as there are two sides of Passamaquoddy Bay there are two sides to the liquefied natural gas story. In the Nov. 26-27 op-ed by Peter Norris much reference is made to the opposition in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, to apparently any LNG proposal facility in the bay… Read More
    PLEASANT POINT – The state Bureau of Parks and Lands has asked an Oklahoma developer of a proposed liquefied natural gas facility to “table” its application for a submerged lands lease on the Pleasant Point Reservation until that company is better prepared to go forward. Read More
    Among those discussing the merits or otherwise of siting liquefied natural gas facilities on the Maine coast of the Passamaquoddy Bay, the rare references to Canada’s position have tended to focus on whether it can stop LNG tankers passing through its territorial waters at Head Harbor. Read More
    PROVIDENCE, R.I. – In just a few short years, New England may run short of natural gas. Energy analysts predict that by 2010, and perhaps sooner, there won’t be enough supply to fulfill the region’s energy needs. But plans to ensure supplies don’t run short… Read More
    MACHIAS – Three proposals to introduce liquefied natural gas to Washington County present challenges and opportunities and would boost the region’s economy, concludes a report on options for Down East Maine prepared for Gov. John Baldacci. Tapped by the governor to assess economic options for… Read More
    EASTPORT – Believers in the Passamaquoddy Bay’s economic engine are putting their money where their mouths are – and they hope that the public and even private developers seeking to position heavy industry on the bay will join them. They have commissioned a comprehensive study… Read More
    PLEASANT POINT – A civil lawsuit filed in federal court Wednesday by six members of the Passamaquoddy Tribe contends that four federal laws were broken when the Bureau of Indian Affairs approved a land lease agreement with an Oklahoma developer who wants to build a liquefied natural gas… Read More
    BANGOR – Six members of the Passamaquoddy Tribe at Pleasant Point said they will file a federal lawsuit involving liquefied natural gas development issues today against the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the U.S. Secretary of the Interior at U.S. District Court in Bangor. The… Read More
    CALAIS – The question of whether Canada can prevent ships carrying liquefied natural gas from traveling through its waters near Campobello Island left area residents scratching their heads Wednesday night. And it was clear from U.S. Coast Guard officials that high-ranking federal officials are trying… Read More
    Many questions remain about the prospects for liquefied natural gas facilities in Washington County. Some of them may be answered this week when officials from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Coast Guard come to Calais for a public information session. It will be helpful to hear… Read More
    PERRY – Some residents who have resurrected the Perry Improvement Association have set their sights on a very ambitious project – luring storage tanks for a liquefied natural gas facility to this Washington County town. An Oklahoma developer who is pressing to locate a proposed… Read More
    BAILEYVILLE – Local liquefied natural gas developers met with town officials to talk about their company’s plans to site a facility near Calais. BP Consulting LLC founders state tribal Rep. Fred Moore Jr., and state Rep. Ian Emery, R-Cutler, unveiled their plan at the Town… Read More
    PLEASANT POINT – Developers of the proposed Quoddy Bay LLC liquefied natural gas facility on Passamaquoddy tribal land have released a 54-page study that covers safety, security and navigational issues and, according to its promoters, concludes that “no major issues, obstacles or concerns” should keep the project from… Read More
    ST. STEPHEN, New Brunswick – People gathered around maps and pictures Wednesday, and area residents could trace the path of a proposed $30 million Canadian underground pipeline extension stretching from New Brunswick to Maine. Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline held an open house to preview its… Read More
    ST. ANDREWS, New Brunswick – The executive director of the Sierra Club of Canada spoke to a receptive audience Tuesday night as she offered tips on how to keep three proposed liquefied natural gas terminals from being built in Passamaquoddy Bay. Elizabeth May offered observations… Read More
    PLEASANT POINT – Oklahoma-based Quoddy Bay LLC said Tuesday it has applied to the state for a submerged-lands lease in connection with its plans for a liquefied natural gas import facility at Split Rock. Earlier this year, the company signed a land lease agreement with… Read More
    BOSTON – A Virginia energy company on Friday proposed building a liquefied natural gas terminal on an uninhabited island in Boston Harbor, pitching it as an alternative to bringing tankers near the city or a proposed facility in Fall River that’s met heavy public opposition. Read More
    PROVIDENCE, R.I. – The company that plans to build a liquefied natural gas facility in Fall River, Mass., said two recent studies predicting the project would cause major traffic backups and hurt Rhode Island’s marine economy were flawed. Ted Gehrig, president of Weaver’s Cove Energy,… Read More
    ST. ANDREWS, New Brunswick – Oklahoma-based Quoddy Bay LLC has people in this seaside community scratching their heads now that company officials have said they would not appear before the public later this month because of “security concerns.” Two liquefied natural gas developers – Quoddy… Read More
    PERRY – Now that an Oklahoma developer of liquefied natural gas facilities has told residents of a second Washington County town that $1 million per year could be theirs if they allow the developer to build there, residents of the first town to get the offer are wondering… Read More
    CALAIS – For the past 24 hours Down East, it has been LNG, LNG and more LNG. Even the U.S. ambassador to Canada, David Wilkins, got an earful during a visit Friday about plans to build two liquefied natural gas terminals in eastern Washington County. Read More
    ST. ANDREWS, New Brunswick – American liquefied natural gas developers may need to spend more time courting their Canadian neighbors if they hope to site LNG terminals in Washington County. Some Canadians are adamantly opposed to having LNG supertankers sailing through their waters. googletag.cmd.push(function ()… Read More
    MACHIAS – A presentation by two representatives of Save Passamaquoddy Bay at a special meeting of the board of directors of the Sunrise County Economic Council evolved into a spirited dialogue Tuesday about what’s possible for Washington County in terms of economic development. Nancy Asante… Read More
    ROBBINSTON – The town’s five-man planning board listened to the newest liquefied natural gas proposal for an hour Thursday, then agreed the matter should go before selectmen and residents before the panel considers it any further. “This is all new to everybody,” Dan Merryfield, chairman… Read More
    ROBBINSTON – Already proposed as a site for a liquefied natural gas import facility, this bay-side Washington County town was identified Monday as the proposed site for an entirely different LNG structure, a three-tank storage facility built by a rival developer. Quoddy Bay LLC is… Read More