Attorney General's Statement On Broadwater Appeal To U.S. Department Of Commerce
Shell Oil is once again turning to friends - appealing to the Big Energy Bush Administration's U.S. Department of Commerce. This federal administration and its Secretary of Commerce are short lived and certainly will not have the final say on Broadwater. If they fail to respect the law - which Broadwater would clearly violate - the courts can overrule them.
(Media-Newswire.com) - "Broadwater is about to embark on a long, costly and doomed legal battle against a coalition of determined states. Connecticut and New York have joined forces in a dogged, resolute fight to kill this threatened assault on Long Island Sound.
"Shell Oil is once again turning to friends - appealing to the Big Energy Bush Administration's U.S. Department of Commerce. This federal administration and its Secretary of Commerce are short lived and certainly will not have the final say on Broadwater. If they fail to respect the law - which Broadwater would clearly violate - the courts can overrule them.
"My office will aggressively battle Broadwater before the Department of Commerce, FERC and in the courts. Broadwater should surrender now or waste years and money in court for a needless project when several safer and saner natural gas supply alternatives have already been proposed.
"Connecticut and New York are well aware of their energy needs, and support the many common-sense alternatives to Broadwater."
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