Defeating a Giant: Working together to stop Jordan Cove LNG

After more than 15 years of community organizing, the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal and fracked gas pipeline project is dead. Fighting this project was truly a monumental effort as local communities, the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, and various organizations, worked tirelessly to stop the dirty energy giant through legal channels.. Crag played an integral role in helping this determined coalition push back against the project and hold government accountable to the people. . Developing robust public comments, Crag convinced government decision-makers through robust public comments that the project was flawed and would have a lasting negative impact on the environment and local communities After repeated efforts to obtain permits, the energy company finally abandoned the project. Equally important, Crag successfully appealed and overturned a half-dozen local permits for the construction and operation of the marine terminal, pipeline crossing, and expansion of the shipping channel in Coos Bay. These victories exemplify the power of public engagement and the legal process, and should serve as a model for other communities threatened by environmentally exploitative industries.

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Well instead of the cleaner burning natural gas that was supposed to be exported to developing countries like India, China and Mexico you have indirectly forced them to continue to rely on coal generating electrical plants. Coal which produces twice the amount of Carbon Dioxide as natural gas, is more readily available in these countries and by far cheaper than renewables. The people there want electricity ,they want hot water and they want all the amenities that we have in the United states. I understand that you do not want to disturb the local environments and ecosystems in Oregon (I am a native Oregonian born and raised and avid outdoorsman and naturalist who is very passionate about wildlife ) but natural gas is one of cleanest ways to provide energy to people. You have also taken away many high paying jobs from an impoverished region in Oregon that has struggled since the timber industry died. Renewable energy sources such as solar and wind are at a minimum 10 times more material intensive than hydrocarbons and lithium Ion batteries can be 1000 times more material intensive. These require rare earth minerals that can only be obtained through mining, and last time I checked china was the largest producer of of renewables with 70% of the global market share. So if its not our backyard thats being disturbed in an ethical and heavily regulated fashion, the disturbance is going on in a poor country in Africa where child slavery is being used and the land never being reclaimed. If you want to help the people of this world and the environment, you should not shut down every opportunity to have autonomy on energy, rather you should welcome it and seek it out. Its either Mines or Pipelines the choice is yours.