Oxnard Lawyer Tim Riley's jihad on LNG Challenged

One of the obvious benefits for Sempra and ChevronTexaco seeking to locate their LNG terminals in Mexico are the less-stringent environmental regulations and less litigious society. Along the Ventura County Coast, Oxnard lawyer Tim Riley has made a name for himself opposing LNG...but it isn't necessarily a good one as Bill Saracino explains:

If you get past the crude graphic and pursue the link, you will find as exhibit A in the case against LNG an explosion that struck Cleveland, Ohio. I thought the pictures looked a bit dated so I read further into the story and eventually discovered that this explosion occurred in 1944. Seems like just yesterday, I guess, when you’re busy holding back the tide of progress.

To be fair, exhibit B is an LNG accident that occurred this year ... in Algeria. Algiers being a well-known high-tech center, I am confident they have all the modern equipment and safety devices that California has — just as confident as I am that Madonna is a virgin. Oh, and the accident in question was, in fact, the explosion of a boiler, not of LNG.

As they do for other disengenuous filmmakers, those pesky facts can get in the way!