Confusion delays LNG hearing
A federal official has offered one reason why local liquefied natural gas developers haven t received a hearing before federal regulators. The chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission remains silent on the matter, but a project manager in...
 2.7K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 212.0 Port, Jordan Cove pressure FERC
Local port officials are calling on federal regulators to decide and soon whether to allow a liquefied natural gas terminal on Coos Bay s North Spit. Lawyers for the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay submitted a letter to the Federal Energy R...
4.6K - Oct. 18, 2009; scored 170.0 Port, Jordan Cove pressure FERC
Local port officials are calling on federal regulators to decide and soon whether to allow a liquefied natural gas terminal on Coos Bay s North Spit. Lawyers for the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay submitted a letter to the Federal Energy R...
4.6K - Oct. 17, 2009; scored 170.0 Port to hire new adviser
COOS BAY Port officials plan to hire a Georgia consulting firm to identify businesses that might be interested in the area if a liquefied natural gas terminal is built on Coos Bay s North Spit. The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay commissioner...
2.0K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 219.0 Deadline extended for LNG comments
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Portland District is giving people more time to comment on the waterway aspect of the proposed liquefied natural gas pipeline at Coos Bay. The deadline now will be Dec. 27. The agency is taking comments on the applic...
1.7K - Sep. 29, 2009; scored 816.0 Hot, windy weather stokes California blaze
MOORPARK, Calif. (AP) Crews planned heavy air attacks today at daybreak to halt the spread of a Southern California wildfire that has chewed through more than 25 square miles of bone dry brush, threatening hundreds of homes as well as a multimillio...
2.9K - Sep. 24, 2009; scored 124.0 County OK's flooding Kentuck Golf Course
COQUILLE - Developers of a local liquefied natural gas terminal have cleared another hurdle in addressing environmental concerns, as they try to move forward with the project. The Coos County Commissioners approved a zone change Tuesday for the Kentu...
5.0K - Sep. 23, 2009; scored 219.0 Army Corps seeks input on gas terminal
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is seeking comments on the liquefied natural gas terminal proposed for Coos Bay s North Spit. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a final environmental impact statement in May, stating the project would ha...
1.7K - Aug. 21, 2009; scored 170.0 Feds fine Williams over pipeline blast
APPOMATTOX, Va. (AP) Federal regulators have fined a natural gas pipeline company nearly $1 million for safety violations in connection with an explosion in Virginia last year. The U.S. Department of Transportation s Pipeline and Hazardous ...
1.3K - Aug. 12, 2009; scored 260.0 World's LNG bias is patronizingly clear
The editorial Check Your Rhetoric at the Door, (The World, July 22), was the third time The World has seen fit to advise its readers of their rights and best practices relative to the liquefied natural gas issue. Regardless of The World s adv...
1.8K - Aug. 8, 2009; scored 124.0 Politics is all about persuasion
The story was what journalism s old-timers call a coffee spitter. We imagine readers choking at the news that politicians in San Francisco were poking their noses into the Coos Bay area s liquefied natural gas issue. But the story really isn t so o...
2.1K - Aug. 5, 2009; scored 170.0 Politics is all about persuasion
The story was what journalism s old-timers call a coffee spitter. We imagine readers choking at the news that politicians in San Francisco were poking their noses into the Coos Bay area s liquefied natural gas issue. But the story really isn t so o...
2.3K - Aug. 4, 2009; scored 170.0 California officials blast Coos Bay LNG proposal
Local opponents of developing a liquefied natural gas project and an ancillary pipeline have found allies in another Bay Area. San Francisco's Board of Supervisors unanimously passed a resolution this week asking Pacific Gas Electric Corp. to withd...
5.6K - Jul. 31, 2009; scored 505.0 Let's shed some light on LNG
LNG is a natural gas that has been transformed into a liquid state so it can be shipped between areas without an overland gas pipeline connection. LNG, therefore, requires import/export terminals where it can be transferred from transport ships to la...
2.5K - Jul. 9, 2009; scored 341.0 Natural gas prices fall
SALEM Oregon s natural gas companies say customers will see double-digit reductions in their heating bills this fall and winter, mainly as a result of a struggling economy that has lessened demand for gas. At a briefing Tuesday, the three companies...
2.0K - Jul. 8, 2009; scored 379.0 Port joins plan to buy golf course
The Oregon International Port of Coos Bay has joined Jordan Cove Energy Project in an option contract to purchase either half or all of the Kentuck Golf Course on the north end of the bay. The port commission met this morning with members David Krons...
1.1K - Jun. 8, 2009; scored 124.0 Locked out on LNG
Federal officials could decide whether to approve the siting of a liquefied natural gas terminal in Coos County as early as June 18. Or it could be several more months before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gets around deciding on the local ...
4.9K - Jun. 8, 2009; scored 239.0 A pile of permits
Jordan Cove Energy Project's proposed liquefied natural gas terminal and connecting pipeline projects are far from done deals. Many agencies are reviewing permits. Some still are weighing comments from the public. Here's a list of agencies. Federal a...
2.7K - Jun. 6, 2009; scored 206.0 Locked out on LNG
Federal officials could decide whether to approve the siting of a liquefied natural gas terminal in Coos County as early as June 18. Or it could be several more months before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission gets around deciding on the local ...
5.0K - Jun. 6, 2009; scored 239.0 Gov. criticizes LNG report
Oregon s governor is taking federal officials to task again. This time Ted Kulongoski is speaking out over the feds analysis of environmental impacts posed by building a liquefied natural gas terminal at Coos Bay. He has a problem with the final EIS ...
2.0K - Jun. 2, 2009; scored 124.0 | 
