Opponents of the fossil fuel extraction process called hydraulic fracturing rallied on January 8 at the Murphy Court of Appeals in Annapolis, MD, as oral arguments were presented in a lawsuit concerning the proposed expansion of the Cove Point Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) terminal.
They also appealed to state legislators on the first day of the General Assembly session to prevent the fracking industry from coming to Maryland.
In court, Dominion Resources, owner of the Cove Point LNG facility in Calvert County, fought to uphold a lower court ruling against environmental organization Sierra Club. Dominion is disputing the Cove Point Natural Heritage Trust, a 35-year-old agreement which gives Sierra Club authority to mitigate the impacts of any changes to the facility.
And why any energy company would give the Sierra Club authority over any aspect of its operations is truly a worthy question. Naivete?
“What this comes down to at the end of the day is something really simple: Does this settlement give us the right to veto this project?” said Josh Tulkin, director of the Maryland chapter of Sierra Club.
It's a really biased article, but then it is Truth Out!, which in progressive speak means "Be Prepared to be Lied To."
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