The Biden administration won't overturn Oregon's decision to block a controversial $10 billion liquefied natural gas export project on the state's shoreline after finding developers hadn't shown the project is consistent with coastal zone management plans.
For the second time this year, the federal government has refused to overrule the state of Oregon regarding a state-level decision against the Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas project.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, through a decision signed by a U.S. Department of Commerce official this week, declined to override a February 2020 decision by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development determining the project hasnât demonstrated it would comply with Oregon Coastal Management Program.
The $10 billion Jordan Cove project would be located in Coos Bay, Oregon, and is being pursued by Canada-based Pembina Pipeline Corp. It would produce up to 7.8 million metric tons per year of LNG for export overseas, particularly to Asia. It includes a 229-mile pipeline in Oregon that would connect it to existing pipelines tapping gas from producing basins in Canada and the Rocky Mountains, including western Coloradoâs Piceance Basin, where the project is
Jordan Cove Energy Project and the Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline can’t skirt the permits Oregon denied, the federal government affirmed Monday.
A Canadian company wants to construct and operate a liquefied natural gas export terminal in Coos Bay, Oregon. (Photo by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons)
(CN) Another death knell sounded Monday for the controversial natural gas pipeline and export terminal proposed by a Canadian company for southern Oregon.
The U.S. Department of Commerce on Monday upheld Oregon’s denial of a key permit in the project a consistency review under the Coastal Zone Management Act. That could be game over for the project, since its main federal permit, issued by the Federal Energy Regulatory Authority in March last year, requires the Canadian company behind the project to obtain all necessary state permits before beginning construction.
Panel: Ocean acidification threatens lucrative shellfish sector
Colin A. Young
BOSTON As a result of climate change and direct human factors, the waters of the Atlantic Ocean off Massachusetts are becoming more acidic, making them a less friendly habitat for the shellfish that drive a key industry here.
With no action, many of the scallops, clams, mollusks and lobsters at the bottom of the ocean in the Gulf of Maine will begin to dissolve by 2060 and new ones will struggle to form, imperiling an industry that supports thousands of people in the Bay State, a special commission said in a report Tuesday.
Colin A. Young
State House News Service
As a result of climate change and direct human factors, the waters of the Atlantic Ocean off Massachusetts are becoming more acidic, making them a less friendly habitat for the shellfish that drive a key industry here.
With no action, many of the scallops, clams, mollusks and lobsters at the bottom of the ocean in the Gulf of Maine will begin to dissolve by 2060 and new ones will struggle to form, imperiling an industry that supports thousands of people in the Bay State, a special commission said in a report Tuesday.
The Special Legislative Commission on Ocean Acidification recommended that Massachusetts establish a broad ocean acidification monitoring system and funnel more money into existing programs that address some of the things that are making the ocean more acidic, like residential and agricultural runoff, septic discharges and the deterioration of natural wetlands.