Bill blocking LNG plant passes

Despite concerns it could lead to a losing court battle, members of the Baltimore Council Monday night voted unanimously to pass a bill in hopes it might thwart a proposed liquefied natural gas facility on the Sparrows Point peninsula.

The bill adds LNG terminals to a list of prohibited facilities in the county?s designated Chesapeake Bay Critical Area and is the second legislative action combating a Virginia-based energy firm?s plans for a $400 million plant just off the Key Bridge.