Although this is listed on my events story of the day, it’s worth a new mention. Oregon DEQ is holding a public meeting tonight in Astoria about the Bradwood Landing LNG project.
Also, I’ve learned a little bit more about the Wyden-Merkley LNG bill.
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Bradwood Landing LNG
Oregon’s Department of Environmental Quality heads to Astoria this evening for a public meeting on the Bradwood Landing LNG project. Could be interesting. DEQ is reviewing Clean Air, Clean Water and other permits that Bradwood needs before it can be built. It will explain that process at the meeting.
A recent letter from...
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It’s no surprise that Brett VandenHeuvel of Columbia Riverkeeper is pleased with the new Wyden-Merkley bill that would return decision making over LNG projects back to the states.
Columbia Riverkeeper is one of the main groups opposing two proposed LNG projects near Astoria – Bradwood Landing and Oregon LNG. It’s also involved in efforts to...
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Oregon’s two Senators are joining forces on a bill that could bring LNG projects in our state to a grinding halt.
Wyden and Merkley want to take away control over LNG projects from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). They’ve introduced a bill that would return that power to the states.
Whether or not Wyden and...
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Oregon LNG wants the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to drop plans for a series of public meetings in Northwest Oregon. The purpose of the meetings was to hear complaints about how Oregon LNG employees and contractors conducted themselves during a December site visit with landowners along a proposed pipeline route.
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Barring any surprises, it appears the Legislature has avoided dealing with LNG issues during the special session. Two bills dealing with LNG have been dropped from the calendar.
One would have made things easier for LNG developers by speeding up part of the permitting process. The other would have made things harder, requiring the state...
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Some updates to pass along on three bills we’re following in the special session.
Bills to ban offshore drilling and plastic bags are hanging in there. The plastic bag ban even received an unexpected boost. Then there’s a bill that would make it harder for LNG projects to win state approval. That bill has finally...
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The fight over the Bradwood Landing LNG project enters a new phase as all sides get ready for arguments before the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals.
No court date has been set yet. But an important deadline just passed as some of the the groups suing to stop Bradwood filed legal briefs with the court....
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One of the key players in Oregon’s energy future was in Portland this morning.
FERC Chairman Jon Wellinghoff spoke to the Green Professionals Conference at the DoubleTree hotel near Lloyd Center.
For the most part, he avoided talking about controversial issues or giving us a sense of what kind of changes he hopes to create in...
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has put out a special request for more information about the complaints being lodged against Oregon LNG.
As we reported last week, FERC will hold a series of town meetings in Northwest Oregon to hear those complaints. But before those meetings are scheduled, FERC Deputy Chief Administrative Law Judge Bobbie...
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