A Review of Energy and Environmental Policy for Offshore Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminals

The Maritime Transportation Security Act of 2002 amended the Deepwater Port Act of 1974 allowing energy industries to construct offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals. The industry friendly amendments weakened environmental regulations resulting in quick approval of several terminals that utilize environmentally damaging open-loop regasification systems. The objectives of this case study are to determine what influences national energy security and energy industries have in offshore LNG policy development and what energy policy tactics are utilized by the George W. Bush administration. Senate testimony, industry publications, federal legislation, and permit case studies reveal the prominence of concerns for national energy security and industry complaints over terminal siting and permitting process delays. An eco-Marxist argument is visible when the Bush Administration centralizes the policy process by working cooperatively with energy industry elites to promote energy development and attempts to limit the role of certain federal and state agencies and citizens.

Name thesis:degree_name

M.A.

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Sociology

Year

2006

Author dc:creator

• Whitmore, William D.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Baxter, Vern
• Mann, Susan
• Laska, Shirley

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/401

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholarworks.uno.edu:td-1422