LNG Fact Check Video: Jonathan Stone part I

Posted on 22 July 2010 Tags: America's Cup &bull bridge closures &bull Coast Guard &bull dredging &bull exclusion zones &bull lng shipping &bull nighttime transits &bull pilots &bull recreational boating &bull safety &bull Save The Bay

Save The Bay Executive Director Jonathan Stone has publicly made a number of factually incorrect and highly misleading statements regarding proposed LNG shipments in Narragansett Bay. This LNG Fact Check Video is the first of a series that documents Mr. Stone’s public statements and sets the record straight regarding the safety, security, environmental impacts, and impacts on other bay users of Weaver’s Cove Energy’s proposed offshore berth in Mount Hope Bay and onshore LNG storage facility in Fall River.

LNG Fact Check Video: Jonathan Stone part I:

Sources cited:

• January 30, 2009 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Offshore Berth Project Filing – Resource Report 1
• August 3, 2009 letter from Hess LNG CEO Gordon Shearer to Save The Bay Executive Director Jonathan Stone
• July 30, 2009 Coast Guard Letter of Recommendation for Weaver’s Cove Energy
• April 7, 2010 email from the U.S. Coast Guard to Grow Smart Rhode Island

View part II of this LNG Fact Check video.