Zombie LNG – Revived Proposal a Direct Challenge to Gov. Christie

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Bill Wolfe

Did Christie Kill Off Shore LNG?

Or Has He Changed Position?

Christie gets hugs at the shore (prior to Sandy)

Let’s just say, paraphrasing Cool Hand Luke – we have a failure to communicate here!

Here’s the headline news from back on Earth Day 2010:

Gov. Christie issues potentially fatal blow to liquified natural gas proposals

Friday, April 23, 2010

BY JAMES M. O’NEILL

The Record

STAFF WRITER

Governor Christie used Earth Day on Thursday to issue a potentially fatal blow to private investors who want to build a $2.2 billion artificial island 20 miles off Sandy Hook for ships to unload liquefied natural gas.

Christie expressed opposition to any facilities for liquefied natural gas off New Jersey’s coast, saying they “are not the answer for New Jersey’s needs.” […]

Asked for clarification of the governor’s comments, deputy Christie spokesman Sean L. Conner said, “We’re against all LNG.”

But, in a direct challenge to the Governor, here’s a June 15, 2013 headline from the Asbury Park Press:

Plan for gas terminal off N.J., N.Y. shores revived by company

 

A company that withdrew its plan to build a liquefied natural gas terminal off the New Jersey and New York shorelines has revived the project.

Liberty Natural Gas has applied to federal authorities for permission to build a port in the ocean 17 miles off Jones Beach, N.Y., and 24 miles off Long Branch, N.J.

Notice of the application to the Maritime Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard was published Friday in the Federal Register.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie vetoed the plan in 2011, saying it was too risky to the state’s crucial tourism and fishing industries. The company withdrew the application but said it would move forward with a new one. The new proposal is called Port Ambrose.

Some intrepid reporter needs to pin down the Governor on this.

Does Chrisite still stand behind his prior veto?

Why are coastal advocates not demanding that he do so, publicly, right now?

 

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