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Clatsop County won't join Bradwood on LNG appeal

By CASSANDRA PROFITA
The Daily Astorian

Clatsop County won't be joining liquefied natural gas developer Bradwood Landing in challengin the recent Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals ruling.

County leaders are opting out of the appeal by default, according to County Manager Duane Cole.

The deadline for the county to enter the company's appeal to the Oregon Court of Appeals is 5 p.m. Monday.

"The deadline is going to pass by and we're just not going to take it up," Cole said. "We're not deciding, we're just not going to consider it further."

Cole said in 30 years the county has never participated with an applicant in a legal challenge of land-use issues to the Court of Appeals.

Full story: http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?FromHome=1&TypeID=1&ArticleID=69951&SectionID=2&SubSectionID=398

Members of Passamaquoddy Tribe Keep LNG Terminal Off Tribal Land

SOUTH ROYALTON, Vermont, April 28, 2010 (ENS) - The federal Bureau of Indian Affairs has canceled the developer's lease of Passamaquoddy tribal land in Maine where the company wanted to build a liquefied natural gas terminal.

On Friday, the BIA gave a group of Passamaquoddy Tribe members the outcome they had battled for in court for the past five years and cancelled the tribe's 50 year lease with an Oklahoma-based company, Quoddy Bay LNG.

"The health of the bay's unique ecosystems depends upon sound decision-making," Francis said. "Quite unlike many other cultures, ours is a history enlivened by a bay rich in marine life, tides and beauty. We are the original occupants of this land, and it is our responsibility to keep it that way."

Full story:  http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/apr2010/2010-04-28-092.html

U.S. May Sell LNG to China on Surplus, Standard Chartered Says

April 28, 2010, 3:54 AM EDT  

By Dinakar Sethuraman

April 28 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. may supply liquefied natural gas to China as cheaper output costs outweigh transportation charges, making the U.S.-produced fuel competitive, Standard Chartered Plc said.

China, the world’s second-biggest energy user, may have paid about $10 per million British thermal units in recent LNG contracts compared with about $6.35 for the three year-average at Henry Hub, the U.S. gas price benchmark, the bank said in a report today. China has agreements to buy LNG from Qatar and Australia.

“The likelihood of U.S.-produced gas being shipped to Asia on a profitable basis is increasing,” said Singapore-based analyst, Han Pin Hsi. “

More: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2010-04-28/u-s-may-sell-lng-to-china-on-surplus-standard-chartered-says.html

Natural gas supply, jobs and technique debate booming

Updated 2h 30m ago

By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY

Robert Myers spends a lot of time hiking and fishing
in state forests, "places where my grandfather went
hunting," he says.

But the hiking grounds for this Lock Haven, Pa.,
English professor and local activist are changing
with what some critics say is the threat to the
environment that comes as part of the latest boom:
the hunt for natural gas. And Myers hates what it's
doing to the Eastern forests. "It sickens me what the
gas wells are doing to the places I love."

More: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/environment/2010-04-28-naturalgas28_CV_N.htm?csp=YahooModule_Tech

It's a small world after all!

Please see and read the article on this website, we should learn from other people's predicament.  To ignore history is ............ well we repeat it.

http://landownersandcitizensforasafecommunity.com/

Financing remains top issue in developing new LNG facilities

  Future LNG facilities that could be developed throughout Latin America will have to make careful plans to attract financing in a volatile market, Michelle Foss, chief energy economist at the University of Texas at Austin's center for energy economics, told BNamericas.

"We're looking at endless supplies of gas," she said. "The US has four times the amount of LNG capacity that it needs, and that's probably a conservative estimate. So the challenge will be to see how you can finance that capacity. How do you keep it going when you won't need to bring in LNG cargos?"

http://www.bnamericas.com/news/oilandgas/Financing_remains_top_issue_in_developing_new_LNG_facilities

This article pertains to the Latin-America market with the US/Canada used as a comparative, (blogger)

Landowners upset about Oregon LNG

Is this an indicator of long-term relationship with this company?
In all the hue and cry over Oregon LNG's plans for a massive industrial facility on the Warrenton waterfront and its heavy-handed legal maneuvers, reactions to the firm's proposed 117-mile pipeline have been relatively muted ... until last Wednesday.

In what might be charitably regarded as a good break for the company, only about a dozen people attended an administrative proceeding to complain about negative experiences with Oregon LNG over pipeline issues. It's difficult to know whether their concerns are isolated or represent broader problems along the route.
More: http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=23&SubSectionID=392&ArticleID=69853

Natural gas — Lawsuit still pending, LUBA remands again, many locals remain opposed to plan to site pipes on rural land

• By: Amanda Newman  
• Published: 4/24/2010 12:00:00 PM

 Efforts to bring liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Oregon are moving right along, but area residents continue to be concerned about the potential impacts.
   There are two completely separate projects in the works, each with two components. The Palomar project, a natural gas pipeline that would run through the state and Yamhill County to connect with a mainline in Molalla, coming within miles of St. Paul and possibly Dundee, would connect with Bradwood Landing, a proposed LNG terminal that would be cited near the mouth of the Columbia River.

More: http://www.newberggraphic.com/news/2010/April/23/Local.News/lng.saga.continues/news.aspx

LNG developer to appeal state ruling on two key issues

By CASSANDRA PROFITA
The Daily Astorian

Liquefied natural gas opponents declared victory last week when the Oregon Land Use Board of Appeals rejected Clatsop County's Bradwood Landing approval for the second time.

Not so fast, says project developer NorthernStar Natural Gas Inc.

The company has challenged LUBA's ruling to the Oregon Court of Appeals, opening the door for the county's original approval to be reinstated.

Other county land-use permits needed by the company have been put on hold until the 2008 approval issues are resolved.

NorthernStar cannot begin construction on its $650 million LNG facility 25 miles east of Astoria on the Columbia River until all appeals of permitting decisions have been exhausted.

The LUBA decision sent two of the 2008 approvals back to Clatsop County for further work, ruling that the county hadn't shown the project fits within the size limitations for the Bradwood site, nor that it adequately protects threatened and endangered fish and traditional fishing grounds as required by law. More: http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=395&ArticleID=69795

Bradbury takes on LNG terminal in new campaign ad

By Jeff Mapes, The Oregonian

April 22, 2010, 4:52PM

Former Secretary of State Bill Bradbury has made a lot of his staunch opposition to liquefied natural gas terminals in Oregon.  Now, he's turned it into a new television commercial being launched by his campaign for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination.

It may not be the biggest environmental issue in the state, but it's one where the Bradbury campaign believes it has some daylight with his main Democratic rival, former Gov. John Kitzhaber.  The former governor says he won't completely rule out the future use of liquefied natural gas if domestic supplies turn out to be inadequate.