{"id":1176,"date":"2020-08-25T02:38:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-25T02:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rogueclimate.mayfirst.org\/?p=1176"},"modified":"2020-08-30T17:20:40","modified_gmt":"2020-08-30T17:20:40","slug":"jordan-cove-lng-rehearing-denied-by-federal-agency-southern-oregon-communities-prepare-to-challenge-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rogueclimate.org\/es\/jordan-cove-lng-rehearing-denied-by-federal-agency-southern-oregon-communities-prepare-to-challenge-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Agencia Federal deneg\u00f3 la audiencia de Jordan Cove LNG"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
<\/strong>Thursday, May 21, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jordan Cove LNG Rehearing Denied by Federal Agency, Southern Oregon Communities Prepare to Challenge Decision<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

[WASHINGTON, D.C.] \u2014 <\/strong>Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced that it would deny all requests for rehearing for the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal. The State of Oregon, multiple Tribal governments, landowners impacted by eminent domain, fishers and crabbers, and environmental groups had all requested FERC revisit its ruling on the widely-opposed project. FERC Commissioner Richard Glick was the lone dissent, pointing to climate, private property concerns, and the low chance that this project will ever be built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Communities across Oregon reaffirmed their commitment to taking every step to ensure that the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal and pipeline will not move forward. This denial can be appealed to the United States Courts of Appeals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jordan Cove LNG is still missing essential authorizations from the state of Oregon, which are required before the project can move forward. Governor Kate Brown has also pledged<\/a> to use Oregon\u2019s legal resources to defend the State\u2019s authority to protect public safety, health, and the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFERC panders to the interests of the fossil fuel industry at all costs. Their arbitrary use of power to serve a Canadian corporation over the rights and liberties of Americans by taking private property through eminent domain is immoral,\u201d said Stacey McLaughlin, an impacted landowner in Douglas County<\/strong>. \u201cThis is an egregious violation of our 5th amendment rights. We\u2019ll see FERC in court!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Jordan Cove LNG export project will never meet Oregon\u2019s safeguards that protect our communities, our coastal fisheries, and climate,\u201d said Todd Buchholz of the Coos Bay Surfrider chapter<\/strong>. \u201cJust last week, the Canadian fossil fuel company behind the project, Pembina, packed up their offices in southern Oregon and left, showing that they are not a part of our communities and they know this project will never be built. It\u2019s time for Pembina to pack up and leave Oregon for good.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs Commissioner Glick recognized in his dissent, Jordan Cove LNG has no customers,\u201d said Nathan Matthews, Senior Attorney with the Sierra Club.<\/strong> \u201cThis project is a boondoggle, and FERC should not burden Oregon\u2019s environment, communities, and landowners by approving a pipeline that nobody needs and that Oregonians don\u2019t want. This project is still missing multiple state and federal permits, and we will continue to ensure that the project is not built.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cToday\u2019s action by FERC underlines how important it is for the State of Oregon to defend the decisions made by our state agencies to protect our clean air and water, and the wellbeing of Oregonians\u201d said southern Oregon Representative Pam Marsh.<\/strong> \u201cOregon\u2019s congressional delegation should stand united in telling FERC that authorizing LNG export projects and fracked gas pipelines must not occur during the Covid-19 pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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