So my buddy Kristy at work got a visit from her neighbor in her new building, who passed along info about a proposed natural gas pipeline on the West Coast that, among other things, would clear cut a 100- to 150-foot-wide path through OWL farm (a women’s collective using the Oregon Women’s Land Trust, founded in the 1970s) using eminent domain and running the pipeline within 100 feet of buildings on the farm. Kristy’s neighbor’s sister lives there, and the neighbor was asking Kristy to write a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission before Dec 4, when the public review period ends.
This project is all kinds of bad. So I forwarded her letter (below) and you should too. I’m not generally the type for these things, since I rarely believe that doing things changes anything, but I’m feeling every so slightly less cynical so what the hell.
+Submit comments to FERC here: https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx.
+Send hardcopy letter here:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
888 First Street, N.E., Room 1A Washington, DC 20426
RE: Jordan Cove Energy Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline Project (Docket Numbers: CP07-441-000 and CP07-444-000)
To Whom It May Concern:
I’m writing in regards to the proposed plan to build a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) pipeline through parts of Owl Farm in Oregon (Owl Farm as in Township 29, Range 4w, Section 25, near pipeline mile #83).
This plan will have devastating effects on both the wildlife in the area as well as the lives of the landowners and dwellers along the line. Public and private land will be affected, destroying pieces of forests that people from all around the country enjoy as well as pieces that citizens of Oregon depend upon for survival, not to mention the thousands upon thousands of animals and trees that will be left homeless, starving, displaced, or destroyed on all of the land, public and private.
More specifically, Owl Farm and Oregon Women’s Land Trust are important to women all over the world as a community dedicated to protecting the environment and providing safe havens for women. A pipeline through Owl Farm would ruin its privacy, safety, and wildlife habitat, destroying its ability to meet its purpose for the women who rely on it.
Another concern regarding this pipeline is its inherit contribution to global warming. Global warming is a real threat to our world, and Liquefied Natural Gas can be up to 40% more polluting than domestic gas. Our government should spend its time, money, and energy on considering alternatives that use renewable energy and conservation to meet our energy needs instead of handing control and power over our lands to foreign governments. The U.S government should, indeed, first and foremost have its citizens’ needs in mind. We also already have enough natural gas in North America to meet our needs for decades to come, so it seems illogical to increase our dependence on foreign entities instead of utilizing our own resources first.
The proposed LNG project is hazardous to people and the environment. Please consider alternatives to this plan, in order to ensure the health, happiness, and safety of countless beings that reside in Oregon’s beautiful forests.
Thanks and regards,
