BALTIMORE—The continuing drama of organized labor's conflict with the environmental movement, especially notable in the controversy surrounding the Keystone XL pipeline project (http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/12552/afl-cios_trumka_acknowledges_labors_divisions_over_keystone_pipeline/), is readying for another round as a coalition of green groups (http://www.americansagainstfracking.org/about-the-coalition/members/#Maryland) launches a campaign to stop the proposed construction of a Maryland natural gas export terminal linked to increased fracking in the region.
The fight in Maryland was put into motion last year, when Richmond, Va.-based energy giant Dominion Resources Inc. (https://www.dom.com/business/gas-transmission/cove-point/) suggested converting its existing liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal at Cove Point in Lusby, Md., to a much larger export terminal. According to Dominion, the rapid expansion of natural gas production inside the United States in recent years has all but eliminated the need to import LNG—by contrast, market demand to export the gas to places like India and Japan is expected to rise dramatically.
Dominion therefore proposed spending some $3.8 billion to modify the Cove Point terminal with construction of a new liquefaction plant, electricity-generating station and related facilities to handle the LNG exports. The U.S. Department of Energy gave its qualified approval (http://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-authorizes-dominion-s-proposed-cove-point-facility-export-liquefied) for the project last month.


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Here again we have the dilemma of labor pursuing it's purpose to the detriment of society at large. Inevitible that this should occur in capitalist society and points out our dependency upon those bastards for our sustanance until we kick them out of the loop. The current employment situation does not help, these worker's options are limited.