Drilling for Gas in the Marcellus Shale Raises Concerns About New York City Water Supply – NYTimes.com: “Upstate, the push by energy companies to explore drilling under a broad swath of western and southern New York State have provoked alarm and protest among environmentalists and others. But in New York City, opponents say that city
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Broadwater fate is out of Bush’s hands: Decision on appeal will be made by Obama administration | The Riverhead News-Review: “The fate of Broadwater’s proposed floating natural gas terminal in Long Island Sound will not be decided by the Bush administration, after all. A decision on Broadwater’s appeal of New York’s rejection of its plan
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Statement of Governor M. Jodi Rell on U.S. Supreme Court Action Concerning Islander East | CT Environmental Headlines: Gov. M. Jodi Rell today issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal filed by Islander East Company, LLC in a case involving a certificate needed for construction of a natural
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NY AG Andrew Cuomo sues FERC over Broadwater permits | Civiletti.blogspot.com: “(Nov. 26) Two New York agencies are asking a federal court to review the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval of Broadwater Energy’s application to site, build and operate a liquefied natural gas terminal in L.I. Sound.” Provided by www.CTEnvironmentalHeadlines.com

N.Y. sues feds over Broadwater: Challenges FERC permit approval policy for LNG terminals | The Suffolk Times: “Two New York agencies are asking a federal court to review the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s approval of Broadwater Energy’s application to site, build and operate a liquefied natural gas terminal in L.I. Sound … Broadwater has asked
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Everyone has the right to clean and accessible water, adequate for the health and well-being of the individual and family, and no one shall be deprived of such access or quality of water due to individual economic circumstance. Read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights here. Global Family, In 1948, the 30 articles of the
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Broadwater's plan not dead yet — Newsday.com: “Houston-based Broadwater still is pursuing regulatory channels in hopes of getting the project permitted. The joint venture between Shell and TransCanada had wanted to have its proposed 1,200-foot-long, 200-foot-wide floating terminal in operation 9.2 miles north of Wading River in 2011.” Provided by www.CTEnvironmentalHeadlines.com

FERC refuses to reconsider Broadwater permit: Towns will challenge FERC in federal court | The Suffolk Times: “Federal regulators last Thursday refused multiple requests by state, county and town officials to reconsider their March 20 approvals of Broadwater Energy’s floating liquefied natural gas terminal and subsea pipeline in Long Island Sound.” Provided by www.CTEnvironmentalHeadlines.com

Is FERC acting lawfully or exceeding its administrative authority? | civiletti: “I know I’m a wonk. That’s the only way to explain why I find these things so intriguing and downright exciting. But there are some interesting legal issues to explore on the Broadwater front. (See the article we’ve published today about FERC’s denial of
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LETTER: Shared goals – The Advocate: “… While Chris Shays has waffled on a plan for a massive liquid natural gas terminal in Long Island Sound, Jim Himes has vowed to protect the Sound and vigorously oppose the Broadwater plant.” Provided by www.CTEnvironmentalHeadlines.com

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 5, 2008 Contact: Juliet ManalanConnecticut Fund for the Environment 203.787.0646 ext 128860.841.5759 (mobile) SAVE THE SOUND UNIMPRESSED BY NEWEST FERC DECISION: Rehearing on Broadwater Denied NEW HAVEN – Save the Sound, a regional program of Connecticut Fund for the Environment (CFE), strongly faulted the order released last night by the Federal
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FERC: Broadwater approval stands – The New Haven Register: “The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has turned down a request by state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and the state Department of Environmental Protection to rehear and reconsider its March decision in favor of Broadwater Energy’s application to build a floating liquefied natural gas plant in Long
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Broadwater, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, FERC, liquified natural gas, LNG, Long Island Sound, barge — Newsday.com: “Federal energy regulators have refused to reconsider their March approval of the proposed Broadwater Energy liquefied natural gas barge in Long Island Sound. But New York State’s rejection of the project on April 10 still blocks it.” Provided by
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Broadwater rehearing denied by feds: FERC says its March 20 ruling stands | The Suffolk Times: “The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday denied requests by New York, Connecticut, Suffolk County and the towns of Riverhead, Southold, Brookhaven, East Hampton and Huntington to reconsider its approval of Broadwater Energy’s permits to construct and operate a
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Broadwater Back? – The Sound: “Broadwater, the company that sought to build a liquefied natural gas offload platform and pipeline in the middle of Long Island Sound, is currently seeking a decision from the federal Department of Commerce DOC for an override of the denial earlier this summer by New York in which it denied
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Broadwater Energy: ‘Like a factory in Yosemite’: State Broadwater brief argues against industrialization of Sound | The Suffolk Times: “Broadwater Energy’s proposed floating liquefied natural gas terminal in Long Island Sound ‘would create an immense floating industrial complex obstructing currently open public waters in the Sound,’ which would be ‘the equivalent’ of ‘the construction of
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Attorney General, In Formal Brief, Fights Request That Dept. Of Commerce Override NY Denial Of Broadwater: “Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, in a brief filed today, urged the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) to reject Broadwater Energy’s request that it override New York’s denial of a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Long Island Sound.”
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Conn. AG supports N.Y. brief in Broadwater issue | LegalNewsline: “HARTFORD, Conn. (Legal Newsline) – Broadwater Energy is asking the U.S. Department of Commerce to allow it to construct a liquefied natural gas facility in Long Island Sound. Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, a longtime critic of the project’s, said Friday that U.S. Commerce Secretary
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A cooperative effort — Newsday.com: “Now that the proposed Broadwater liquefied natural gas project has sunk into the Sound, and the wind park off Jones Beach has blown away, Long Island needs to start thinking positively about how to get more power to our shores. In that spirit, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy’s energy summit
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Coast Guard Issues Report On Broadwater | wstcwnlk.com: “The Coast Guard has issued a letter of recommendation outlining more than a dozen factors needing remedy if the Broadwater project were to go forward.” Provided by www.CTEnvironmentalHeadlines.com