LNG Pipeline Project is Officially Dead!
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After years of collaboration and organizing the fight to stop the Jordan Cove Access Pipeline is finally over!
On December 1st, the Canadian based fossil fuel transportation company Pembina officially requested the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) vacate their authorization to use eminent domain in acquiring property for the development of the Jordan Cove Energy Project and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline. FERC was considering a stay on this authorization after a lawsuit raised by Southern Oregon landowners, tribal authorities, and conservation groups came before the U.S. District Court of Appeals in late October. The Court ordered FERC to reconsider their authorization under sections of the Natural Gas Act (NGA). As a result, FERC requested a brief from Pembina specifically clarifying their future intentions to continue or abandon the project after their failure to acquire the necessary local and state permits required as part of their eminent domain authorization.
Read the FERC briefing here.
The “No LNG” campaign to fight against the Jordan Cove Energy Project and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline began nearly 20 years ago. The pipeline would have crossed the Rogue River and several tributaries potentially causing major ecological destruction. The need to prevent this project and protect the water of the Rogue River Basin gave rise to the Rogue Riverkeeper organization in 2009. In collaboration with other conservation groups, local landowners, and tribal entities we have successfully stopped Pembina from seizing land and acquiring government approvals that would have allowed them to transport their fossil fuels across our state. We’d like to humbly thank all of our supporters and community members that stood up and said “No” to the natural gas pipeline that would have devastated our waterways.
To learn about this monumental decision check out the press release from our collaborating partner organization, Rogue Climate.