A Calgary, Canada-based company, VERESEN, is attempting to force Oregonians to accept a 232-mile pipeline that will stretch across public and privately held lands. The pipeline will carry fracked gas from Canada and the Rocky Mountains to Coos Bay and then shipped overseas from a proposed port terminal at Jordan Cove. The proposed natural gas terminal will have two 160,000 cubic-meter storage tanks and other facilities the would receive natural gas from the pipeline, compress in into a liquid for transport and then pipe it to taker ships for sale abroad. If built, it will be the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in Oregon, significantly undermining any climate progress being made.

We have successfully stopped this pipeline twice, but Donald Trump has brought it back.

We must urge Governor Kate Brown, Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkely to invenst in clean energy and take a strong stance against climate change. For every dollar invested into clean energy will create two to seven times more jobs verses the same dollars spent towards fossil fuels.

Reasons why we must stop this pipeline project:

1) Liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities and fracked gas pipelines are highly explosive. For example, in 2014, the Plymouth LNG facility in Washington exploded, injuring workers and forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate their homes. The Jordan Cove terminal would be built in our coastal region that is vulnerable to earthquakes and tsunamis. The pipeline, full of high-pressure gas, would pass through an area already at a high risk of wildfires.

2)The energy company is using EMINENT DOMAIN to usurp land from the tribes and landowners. Although eminent domain was established for the "public good" , former FERC decisionmakers determined there was little public good evident for Oregonians. Traditional tribal territories and burial grounds are threatened by both the pipeline route and the export facility. The Karuk, Yurok, and Klamath tribes have all passed resolutions opposing the pipeline.

3)Drilling for the pipeline would occur under the Klamath, Rogue, Umpqua, and Coquille Rivers. This would affect farms and fishing businesses as it disturbs more than 400 waterways and damages salmon and steelhead habitat.

With all Oregonians standing up, resisting and opposing the fracking pipeline and terminal.  By signing this petition you are showing that you voice will be heard.

If you’d like to join them, call Governor Brown at (503) 378–4582, Senator Wyden at (202) 224–5244, and Senator Merkley: at (202) 224–3753.