rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/stop-the-export-of-liquified-natural-gas?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-stop-the-export-of-liquified-natural-gas' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Stop LNG by Rail Permits https://actionnetwork.org/groups/stop-lng-by-rail-permits https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/petitions/photos/000/581/497/normal/1.png We need your help to stop liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports! Last year, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) put a pause on its authorizations for LNG exports. They have now released the report updating how they decide whether a proposed LNG export project is in the public interest based on public health impacts, environmental/climate impacts, and economic impacts. The extensive report explains that approving more LNG exports will undermine critical climate goals, increasing greenhouse gas emissions; bring economic hardship and instability for consumers; and harm public health, especially in communities already overburdened by pollution. Why is this important for all of us? LNG exports will layer more pollution on communities, emphasized by Secretary Jennifer Granholm in a statement accompanying the report’s release, in which she pointed out that it’s even worse for environmental justice communities that would be being saddled with more LNG pollution that is harming public health and shortening lives. We know that LNG exports are degrading the environment at every step of the gas production cycle. This is true at LNG facilities and also where fossil gas is being fracked and transported such as in Pennsylvania, the second largest gas producer in the nation where the wounds of the fracking industry run deep. LNG exports will make the climate crisis worse by pumping out greenhouse gases at the moment we must urgently reduce these emissions to avoid climate catastrophe. We need to develop truly clean renewables but these will be displaced by LNG increases. The report finds that LNG exports drive up the price of gas for domestic users, including manufacturing and electric utility costs, and can lead to economic instability. It also concludes that further permitting would result in excess supply. The worldwide glut of LNG will engender economic instability as demand wanes and investments sour. More LNG exports are clearly not in the public interest and all pending and new LNG export applications must be rejected. By submitting many many comments into the government record to demand a fair and accurate analysis of the public interest determination of each LNG export project and to support unwavering action by DOE based on the facts, we will have the important evidence we need to fight for justice and truth in DOE decision making. By our mounting a strong record defending the interests of the public over special corporate self-interests, DOE will be armed with valuable tools to do the right thing NOW and we will have powerful information we can use to fight the LNG exports that the incoming administration will be pushing. The comment period is 60 days, ending Feb. 18, but since the new administration can shut down the portal, we need to get as many comments as possible in before January 20. Please sign the petition. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/stop-the-export-of-liquified-natural-gas