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We are a grassroots volunteer group opposed to any new fracked gas infrastructure. We’re working to save our region’s natural resources and to protect our world from catastrophic climate disruption.
Our main focus is stopping the Jordan Cove Energy Project (JCEP). We rally public opposition using art, dance and other creative expressions. We are a member of the NO LNG Exports and Power Past Fracked Gas regional coalitions of tribal governments, environmental, landowner, conservation, climate activist and community groups; together we apply legal and political pressure.
WHAT WE DO
THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OREGONIANS IS AT RISK
For over 15 years, southern Oregon has been threatened by the proposed Jordan Cove liquified natural gas (LNG) export terminal and Pacific Connector fracked gas pipeline. This 229-mile pipeline and export project would destroy tribal lands and sacred burial grounds, trample the rights of landowners through use of eminent domain, impact 485 waterways (including 12 public drinking sources), put existing jobs in fishing, tourism and other sectors at risk, drive up energy prices, and become the largest source of climate pollution in Oregon. Additionally, the export terminal would be in a tsunami zone, putting 16,000 Coos Bay residents in harm’s way, while the fracked gas pipeline would cross some of Oregon’s most fire-prone forests. Our coalition of community members say NO!
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Jordan Cove Energy Project
Jordan Cove LNG has faced strong and growing opposition since 2005. A total of nearly 90,000 comments were filed in opposition to two recent state permit applications. The Klamath Tribes, the Yurok Tribe, the Karuk Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians, and the Tolowa Dee-Ni Nation have all declared strong opposition to the proposed project. As of April 26, 2019, approximately 40% of landowners on the pipeline route have refused to sign right-of-way easements and dozens of impacted landowners have denied access for a variety of surveys needed for the project to go forward. Rogue Climate/Risky Business.
If this project is built, it would exacerbate the climate crisis. According to the greenhouse gas GHG assessment by Oil Change International, JCEP will become Oregon’s largest climate polluter. The report concludes, “In order to address the global climate crisis, emissions from all sources of fossil fuels must be reduced to zero by mid-century. Building and operating this project will undermine this goal.”
JCEP would also endanger public health and safety. See 2019 Report released by Oregon and Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility: Fracked Gas Infrastructure : A Threat to Healthy Communities.
Fracked Gas, and Why It’s So Harmful
Fracked gas is “natural” gas extracted through a process called hydraulic fracturing. Natural gas (NG) is a fossil fuel composed mostly of methane, which is a powerful greenhouse gas. Investing in new NG projects as a “bridge fuel” is misguided. Instead, we need to transition off of fossil fuels to clean renewable sources of energy, like wind and solar. More information can be found at Natural Gas has a Dirty Secret and Leaks in the City: Methane’s Invisible Menace.
See Physicians for Social Responsibility: Fighting Fracked Gas (Methane)
Learn More About Jordan Cove LNG
Wyden, Merkley Will Introduce Legislation to Defend Property Owners’ Rights from Eminent Domain Claims for Natural Gas Pipelines – August 13, 2020
The Jordan Cove Fracked Gas Pipeline: A Threat to Communities and Firefighters A Story Map. Firefighters United for Safety, Ethics and Ecology (FUSEE)
Jordan Cove is Risky Business. Rogue Climate. Investor Briefing May, 2019
Fracked gas and its production: Earthworks
Other gas/oil projects in the Northwest: Stand Up to Oil Pacific NW, Sightline Institute
Privatize the Profit Socialize the Mess: Abandoned Fracking Wells Left Spewing Climate Changing Methane Nationwide Common Dreams
Financing for Jordan Cove and other fossil fuel projects: Rainforest Action Network
Racism is Killing the Planet: The ideology of white supremacy leads the way toward disposable people and a disposable natural world. by Bob Hopkins, Sierra Club, June, 2020.
Company website: Jordan Cove Energy Project
Federal Government permitting for JCEP Federal Energy Resources Commission (FERC)
OR Dept of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Denied 401 water quality certification. Updates: Click Here
OR Dept of State Lands (DSL) Removal-Fill permit. Updates: Click Here
Organizing Works!!
Climate Activists See ‘New Era’ After Three Major Oil and Gas Defeats, Inside Climate News, July 7, 2020.
Press Release and Letter: Power Past Fracked Gas, 6/26/2020: Community Leaders Applaud Oregon Lawsuit Challenging Jordan Cove LNG Approval
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