Greenfield LNG Import Terminal Approvals
Article from: OGEL 1 (2006), in Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
Introduction
It used to be NIMBY -- "Not In My Back Yard." Today, two of the slogans bantered about include NOPE ("Not On Planet Earth") [1] and BANANA ("Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anything") [2]. As the new slogans suggest, public opinion against development of greenfield LNG import projects -- fueled principally by misinformation and/or lack of information in regard to the properties and propensities of LNG and the excellent safety record of the LNG industry -- is perhaps more important today than it was in the past. Across a number of locales and jurisdictions, public opinion ...