In a Viewpoint letter appearing in the Jamestown Press, Weaver’s Cove Energy President and Chief Executive Officer Ted Gehrig rebuts inaccurate claims made by Jamestown Committee on LNG Threat member Dick Lynn regarding LNG vessels and the U.S. Coast Guard’s plans to update commercial vessel anchorage areas off of Rhode Island. – Destinations of LNG [...]

On July 30, 2009, US Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP), Sector Southeastern New England, issued a Letter of Recommendation (LOR) for the Weaver’s Cove Energy Offshore Berth Project. In that positive LOR, the COTP determined that the applicable portions of Narragansett Bay and Mt. Hope Bay are suitable for the type and frequency [...]

An editorial in today’s Providence Journal comments on the safety of LNG shipping and the poor precedent that would be set by efforts to defund the FERC regulatory process for Weaver’s Cove Energy’s proposed offshore berth in Mount Hope Bay and onshore LNG storage facility in Fall River: Editorial: LNG: Public over politics It may [...]

An editorial in the Providence Journal notes that the Port of Providence in Narragansett Bay has long been host to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tankers which operate under the same safety and security procedures as LNG ships: Since 1990, there have been 320 transits of tankers carrying liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) into the Port of [...]

On September 1, 2010 the U.S. Coast Guard issued a denial of an appeal filed by Weaver’s Cove on January 7, 2008. Two days later, on September 3rd , members of Rhode Island’s Congressional Delegation issued a press release suggesting that the Coast Guard’s denial “affirmed that the waterway is navigationally unsuitable for LNG shipments [...]

On September 8th, a a “Congress of Councils” for area elected officials will be hosted by the Jamestown LNG Threat Committee.  Because representatives of Weaver’s Cove Energy have not been invited to participate in either the LNG Threat Committee meetings or the upcoming Congress of Council sessions, the letter and video fact check below are [...]

In 2009, Congress passed legislation requiring the United States Coast Guard to evaluate the potential navigational safety and security impacts to vessel traffic for both recreational and commercial waterways users associated with Weaver’s Cove’s LNG project. The Coast Guard recently completed and published its report entitled “Impact of Fall River, MA Liquefied Natural Gas Facility [...]

In an August 12, 2010 letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the Rhode Island Congressional Delegation requests that FERC Commissioners visit Rhode Island and tour the site of our proposed facility. Weaver’s Cove agrees with the Delegation and supports just such a tour. Once Delegation members see and hear the facts, they will [...]

Fall River Herald News | August 18, 2010 GUEST OPINION: Weaver’s Cove request was painted unfairly In an Aug. 11, Herald News article, Jamestown State Rep. Deborah Ruggiero characterized Weaver’s Cove Energy’s efforts to review public documents considered and developed by the Jamestown LNG Threat Committee as a form of “corporate intimidation.” This accusation is [...]

In part II of our LNG Fact Check Video of Save The Bay Executive Director Jonathan Stone, Weaver’s Cove Energy sets the record straight regarding Mr. Stone’s factually incorrect and highly misleading claims regarding the supposed use of private security forces for LNG transits, bay closures, bridge closures, unannounced LNG ship visits, and the impact [...]