NEW ORLEANS A federal appellate court in New Orleans has ruled against a coalition of environmental and fishermen groups that sought to stop the Shell Oil Company from building a liquefied natural gas terminal off Louisiana’s coast.
The 5th U-S Circuit Court of Appeals says the U-S Department of Transportation “did not act arbitrarily or capriciously” when it issued a license for the terminal. The ruling was dated yesterday.
The three-judge appeals panel included Judges Patrick E. Higginbotham, W- Eugene Davis and Carl E. Stewart. Davis wrote the opinion.
Since 1993, when a slew of L-N-G companies looked to the Gulf of Mexico as the next frontier, the development of offshore terminals has become a burning topic.
Fishermen and environmentalists held rallies, protests and sponsored forums depicting the L-N-G terminals as “fish killers.”
Opposition to the facilities has derailed several projects. The latest came today with the announcement by Alabama Governor Bob Riley that ConocoPhillips has withdrawn its application to build a terminal off that state’s coast.
Shell, though, beat its competitors by submitting its application for a license before the outcry got rolling. The ruling clears the way for the company to pursue the project.
Shell insists that its facility, called Gulf Landing L-L-C, will not harm the Gulf’s fish stocks and marine environment. The company reissued that pledge today.
Copyright 2006 Associated Press.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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