Ambassador says little Canada can do to stop Maine LNG terminals [View All]

[MaineDem]

FREDERICTON, New Brunswick — Canadian opponents of proposed liquefied natural gas terminals in Maine say U.S. Ambassador David Wilkins is wrong when he says Ottawa could do little to stop the controversial projects.

Reaction was swift Thursday after Wilkins told a Moncton, New Brunswick, newspaper that if the three LNG terminals proposed for the Maine side of Passamaquoddy Bay, near New Brunswick, clear U.S. regulatory hurdles, they can operate.

Greg Thompson, a Conservative member of parliament whose New Brunswick district includes communities near the proposed terminals, said Canada simply has to block access to LNG supertankers through the Canadian waters leading to the Maine terminals.

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