[rockvillem]

Wonder what the previous settlement was all about..........

Sure would help give some context. Sounds like one of those effectively collusive settlements ginned up by environmentalists and their friends in government, but it's impossible to tell from the article. Giving the Sierra Club veto power over anything is positively nuts.

[Praxeologue]

Wonder what the previous settlement was all about ...

Sierra says that it is a 1970s agreement with a previous owner, Columbia Gas:

http://sierraclub.typepad.com/compass/2012/04/defeats-lng.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+compass-main+%28Compass+-+Main%29

[Praxeologue]

www.ecologixgroup.com/Cove_Point.doc