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Article: Florida Officials Put Plan for Bahamas Natural-Gas Pipelines on Hold.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- March 10, 2004
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By Mary Ellen Klas, The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Mar. 10--TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Plans to stretch two natural gas pipelines along the ocean floor from the Bahamas to Broward County were put on hold Tuesday as Gov. Jeb Bush and the Cabinet decided there are too many unanswered questions about potential gas leaks and damage to coral reefs.
The plans by AES Corp. and Tractebel Calypso Pipeline Co. have been in the works for several years, but AES recently won a key endorsement in January when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved its proposal to build the pipeline to ship liquefied natural gas from terminals in the ...