LNG plant opponent will co-chair state task force

The voice of one Baltimore County community?s opposition to the proposed liquefied natural gas plant at the Sparrows Point shipyard will co-chair a state-mandated task force organized to study the issue impartially, members said Tuesday.

Meeting for the first time, members of the state?s LNG task force appointed Dundalk activist and LNG Opposition Team coordinator Sharon Beazley as its co-chair. The group has the task of studying the environmental and safety risks of the proposed $400 million facility and 87-mile gas pipeline, but officials from energy firm AES Corp. said they worry the group is not balanced and has a bias against the project.