LNG opponents target Legg Mason

Opponents of the proposed liquified natural gas facility at Sparrows Point this week are targeting Baltimore-based Legg Mason, whose clients make up the largest shareholding in the company trying to bring the plant to Dundalk.

In a federal utility regulations filed earlier this month, Legg Mason claimed to be merely a “passive investor” in AES Corp., but residents say that as a 19 percent owner, the company is in position to help them halt the energy firm?s plans.