US revision praised
March 29 (LNGJ) – Two energy industry groups in Washington DC, the US Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA) and the US Center for Liquefied Natural Gas (CLNG), released statements on the rescinding by a White House order of speculative estimates on environmental issues limiting energy projects. Dena E. Wiggins, President and Chief Executive of the NGSA, said: “The existing National Environmental Policy Act project review process is already stringent, extensive and thorough. By attempting to include unquantifiable and speculative upstream impacts in an expanded guidance, the Council on Environmental Quality risked hindering development of the very infrastructure that has enabled natural gas to reduce emissions.”
US Senate appoints members to consolidate bills containing provisions to progress LNG projects
The US Senate voted to appoint seven members to a conference committee with the House of Representatives to reconcile corresponding energy bills affecting liquefied natural gas export projects.
US LNG industry applauds court rulings to reject repeated environmental challenges to projects
The Center for Liquefied Natural Gas, a Washington-based industry lobbying group has praised a court’s rejection of repeated challenges by the environmental group, the Sierra Club, to the nation’s LNG export projects.
