New Haven Register - Gas plant opinions vary at sea, ashore: "NEW HAVEN — Broadwater Energy hired a marine service vessel to take media out to the middle of Long Island Sound Monday to show that the floating liquefied natural gas plant the company wants to build 10.5 miles off the Connecticut shoreline would be safe.
But when the boat returned to the dock across the Mill River from the former United Illuminating power plant, one thing hadn’t changed: state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal was waiting for them.
So was Curt Johnson, program director and senior attorney for Connecticut Fund for the Environment and Save the Sound.
The message they carried differed markedly from the one Broadwater, led by company Vice President John Hritcko Sr., had worked so hard to put across.
Hritcko called Broadwater 'an important piece of the puzzle to solve Connecticut’s energy challenges.'
Blumenthal called it 'a dinosaur' that will no longer be needed even before it is built. 'I think what will ultimately defeat this is the economics of building a dinosaur,' he said. ..."
