To the editor:
I wanted to write to clarify a few of the points made in Jean Palmer’s Jan. 23 letter to the editor regarding gas pipelines in the state. There is actually no natural gas exported by ships out of Massachusetts or the Northeast. The one active LNG terminal in Massachusetts (in Everett) is actually to import natural gas, and supplies about 20 percent of New England’s natural gas. Thus, any natural gas pipelines from Pennsylvania to Massachusetts are to supply the region’s demand and could reduce the need for imports. There is currently only one facility in Louisiana that is exporting LNG by ship; the rest of natural gas exports occur via pipeline to Canada and Mexico.
Sincerely,
Marian Swain
Berkeley, CA (143 S. Great Rd. from 1990-2012)
marianswain@gmail.com
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