Developer Pulls Plug on Maine LNG Terminal
December 16, 2010
The Kennebec Journal: Two days before a showdown with state regulators, the company that wanted to build a $1 billion liquefied natural gas terminal in Calais (Maine) is putting the project on hold.
In a letter today to the Maine Board of Environmental Protection, Calais LNG said it was withdrawing its permit applications. It blamed “the meltdown of the financial markets,” for the action.
“It is our firm belief that, but for the extreme turbulence of the capital markets,” Maine would be well on its way toward having an LNG facility in Washington County…” wrote Harold Ian Emery, one of the developers.
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Related Information:
- New England Boating Article – September 24, 2010
- Save Passamaquoddy Bay Organization
- Save Passamaquoddy Bay: The Robbinston Group
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