When Will DOE Approve Cove Point, MD LNG Export Facility?

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In early August the U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) approved a project to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) via a facility along the Gulf Coast--in Lake Charles, LA (see Third Houston company gets LNG export approval). No doubt the DOE's newly minted secretary, Ernest "Hair" Moniz, had a great deal to do with it (we affectionately call him Hair, if you've seen his picture, you know why). So far, Lake Charles is the third LNG export facility to receive a green light from the Obama administration over the past two years--all of them along the Gulf Coast. What about a little LNG action along the East Coast--so we can export some of this abundant (and cheap!) Marcellus Shale gas? Dominion is still waiting for a green light from the DOE for their Cove Point, MD LNG project--a project heavily protested by the likes of the Sierra Club and other anti-fossil fuel groups. Japan and India--two good allies of the U.S.--are lined up and waiting, ready to buy the entire output of the Cove Point facility when/if it starts to ship...

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