joint request for rehearing<\/a> to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on its decision to conditionally approve the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal and Pacific Connector fracked gas pipeline. The broad coalition\u2019s rehearing request challenges FERC\u2019s imbalanced and inadequate review of the Jordan Cove LNG proposal. <\/p>\n\n\n\nThe joint rehearing request, filed by Sierra Club on behalf of organizations including Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman\u2019s Associations and League of Women Voters chapters in the four impacted counties, asks FERC to withdraw its approval of Jordan Cove LNG and redo its environmental, public convenience and necessity, and public interest analyses of the project. The rehearing request argues that the project is not in the public interest because of significant adverse effects to public health and safety, Tribal resources, private property rights, the environment, and the climate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Today, as always, the mission of the Klamath Tribes is to protect, preserve, and enhance the spiritual, cultural, and physical values and resources of the Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin Peoples by maintaining the customs and heritage of our ancestors,\u201d said Chairman of the Klamath Tribes, Don Gentry.<\/strong> \u201cThe Klamath Tribes have resolved that all of its cultural resources are sacred, and are opposed to the many actions planned with the Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline (PCGP) that will destroy or otherwise impact the sacred cultural resources. \u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nThis March, FERC approved Jordan Cove LNG with the condition that the project must qualify for critical permits from the state of Oregon, three of which have already been denied or withdrawn, before construction can begin. FERC made this determination as the country was adapting to address the global public health crisis of COVID-19, adding the threat of eminent domain and major pipeline and terminal construction to communities sheltering in place in southern Oregon. However, the FERC conditional approval does allow Pembina, the Canadian fossil fuel corporation behind Jordan Cove LNG, to start the process of seizing private property of Oregon landowners against their wishes through eminent domain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“It is unconscionable that a for-profit corporation can exercise eminent domain against Oregon landowners for a pipeline already denied multiple times by our own state government,\u201d said Stacey McLaughlin, an impacted landowner in Douglas County.<\/strong> \u201cThe taking of our property so a Canadian fossil fuel corporation can export its gas to Asia makes a mockery of our Constitutional rights. Every American should be alarmed by this threat to our liberty.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n“Pembina has been unable to secure any of the necessary state permits to build in Oregon because there’s no getting around the fact that this project would pose an unacceptable threat to Oregon’s communities and waterways and is clearly not in the public interest. It’s disappointing that FERC failed to recognize this, and we urge them to reconsider this misguided decision,” said Sierra Club Senior Attorney Nathan Matthews<\/strong>. “Regardless, FERC’s approval does nothing to change the fact that this fracked gas export terminal has no path forward and will never be built.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cJordan Cove LNG would harm recreation, our local fishing industry and the health of the bay, in addition to threatening the safety of thousands in Coos County,\u201d said Jody McAffree of Coos County organization Citizens for Renewables.<\/strong> \u201cOver 15 years Jordan Cove LNG has not moved forward because people who live and work in the impacted communities have challenged the ill-conceived project at every turn. Now we\u2019re taking our fight to the federal level and won\u2019t stop until the project is gone for good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\nLast week, Jordan Cove LNG submitted its own rehearing request regarding FERC\u2019s approval of their own project. The company is asking FERC to reconsider conditions including authorization from the State of Oregon under the Coastal Zone Management Act and recognition of the Traditional Cultural Property that protects cultural resources of Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw in Coos Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“By challenging their own approval, Jordan Cove LNG is showing that they cannot meet Oregon standards and that they need the rules changed in order to move their project forward,\u201d said Allie Rosenbluth, Campaigns Director of Rogue Climate.<\/strong> \u201cThe State of Oregon, and communities across the region, have already made it clear that there’s no getting around these rules for this project that would cause irreparable harm to clean water, the climate, and coastal communities. It’s time for Pembina to give up and withdraw this project immediately.” <\/p>\n\n\n\nOrganizations joining the joint rehearing request include Sierra Club, The Niskanen Center, Western Environmental Law Center, Oregon Wild, Rogue Riverkeeper, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen\u2019s Associations, Institute for Fisheries Resources, Greater Good Oregon, Center for Biological Diversity, Friends of Living Oregon Waters, the Klamath Tribes, Surfrider Foundation, Oregon Women\u2019s Land Trust, Oregon Shores Conservation Coalition, League of Women Voters of Coos County, League of Women Voters of Umpqua Valley, Rogue Climate, League of Women Voters of Rogue Valley, League of Women Voters of Klamath County, Umpqua Watersheds, Inc., Waterkeeper Alliance, Coast Range Forest Watch, Cascadia Wildlands, Hair on Fire Oregon, Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility, Natural Resources Defence Center, and Citizens for Renewables.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, April 20, 2020 CONTACT: Allie Rosenbluth, 541-816-2240, allie@rogueclimate.org Oregonians Unite to Demand Rehearing on Jordan Cove LNG Federal Approval The Klamath Tribes, affected landowners, and public […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1174","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases"],"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rogueclimate.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rogueclimate.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rogueclimate.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rogueclimate.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rogueclimate.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1174"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rogueclimate.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1175,"href":"https:\/\/rogueclimate.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1174\/revisions\/1175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rogueclimate.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1174"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rogueclimate.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1174"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rogueclimate.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1174"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}