Groups join forces to fight LNG terminal
According to The Daily News:
Opponents of the Bradwood Landing liquefied natural gas terminal lined up to fight federal regulators’ approval of the project…
The state of Oregon, the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission and a coalition of environmental groups all asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reconsider its Sept. 18 decision to permit NorthernStar’s $650 million LNG terminal on the Lower Columbia River.
A coalition of LNG opponents, including Columbia Riverkeeper, the Oregon Chapter of the Sierra Club, Wahkiakum Friends of the River and the Cowlitz County-based Landowners and Citizens for a Safe Community, also announced Monday that they had filed to overturn FERC’s decision.
This is another example of radical environmental groups opposing affordable energy. The proposed LNG terminal is both good for Oregon, and good for the nation. For an increase in Oregon’s supply of Liquefied Natural Gas, will drastically increase the supply of safe and clean natural gas, which will help hold down rising energy costs. As an added benefit, natural gas burns cleaner, with lower emissions than petroleum products.
We at Lights On Oregon care about the environment. We want to utilize clean energy. We believe the market should dictate this—not the government. We have made it our mission to document the absurdity of the actions of radical environmental group, who oppose these ideals. You can join us by signing our petition, or by sharing our site with a friend. We encourage you to do both.
November 18th, 2008 at 6:48 pm
LNG should stay out at sea. Put a terminal in the offshore drilling zone and leave the dangers, annoyances, and stress there instead of bringing them up the Columbia River. We don’t need a Coast Guard gunboat escort on the Columbia delaying other marine traffic. We don’t need risk of a gas cloud escaping then suffocating or exploding miles from the leak. We don’t need pipelines reducing the Columbia’s dredging depth, farmland rights, and disturbing existing parks, wildlife refuge lands, and salmon habitat.
BTW, since it’s mostly for California, have you tried sending it up their Sacramento River or some other place that’s closer to the gas users? Or selling it in the region of the world that produces it so we can have more market for our own energy supplies?