LNG terminals

Stumptown Earth First! banner on Burnside Bridge (over Willamette in Portland) (April 1, 2008).

In a ruling earlier this week which may give some support to LNG terminal opponents in Oregon, the US Supreme Court sided with the State of Delaware. DE had refused to permit a four mile long liquid natural gas (LNG) terminal proposed by energy giant BP on the New Jersey side of the Delaware River. The terminal would receive 150 or more ships yearly, each carrying a large cargo of super-chilled fuel. The case was unusual in several ways, and may have limited impact in other disputes.