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Editorial: Coast Guard, reassures, alarms

Approval does not address whether LNG is appropriate for river, or needed
It is possible to feel both reassured and alarmed by the U.S. Coast Guard's approval, with conditions, of two liquefied natural gas terminals on the Lower Columbia River.

Reassurance comes in the form of secure knowledge that one of the federal government's most reliably competent agencies can certainly be trusted to safeguard the public to its utmost ability. The Coast Guard will operate with its usual smooth efficiency in making certain that LNG ships and terminals comply with the rules and avoid physically endangering anyone.
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April 30, 2009 in Coast Guard | Permalink

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