Too dirty to go on: Stop CP2
FERC, DOE, International customers, investors, and insurers
Venture Global, the massive fossil fuel company behind Calcasieu Pass (CP) 1 and 2 LNG export terminals has leached tons of mud and silt, contaminating nearby lakes and bayous. After initially denying responsibility, Venture Global has now admitted it broke the law and its promises to local communities, but has still not offered to clean up its mess or stop construction.
As many of you know, if completed, CP2 would be one of the biggest fossil fuel export terminals in the world, and produce as much global warming pollution as 47 million cars or more than 50 coal-fired power plants.
In 2024, we won some important victories under the Biden Administration, which first paused CP2 and other fossil gas export projects, and later found that the whole industry of methane exports was not in the national interest. But of course Donald Trump and his relentless, fossil fuels at any cost regime immediately reversed those decisions and have been pushing, hard, for CP2 and other LNG export projects like it.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the Department of Energy (DOE) and other US agencies can and should shut CP2 down for violating its own permits and promises. But with Trump and literal project 2025 authors in charge, we're not holding our breath. We might have more luck convincing European countries and companies not to buy gas from Venture Global, which would effectively bankrupt the project. Or getting investors, insurers and other major financial firms to divest from CP2 and fossil fuels and invest in clean energy instead (which is booming), which would have the same effect.
What's clear is that Venture Global cannot be trusted, and we need every regulator, corporation, and family fisherman to know what they did and to hold them accountable.
Support local fishermen by signing our petition to government agencies, European buyers, and investors large and small to say no to Venture Global, and shut down CP2.
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FERC, DOE, International customers, investors, and insurers
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[Your Name]
To whom it may concern:
We the undersigned believe it is time to shut down Venture Global and stop the disastrous Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) export project called CP2.
Venture Global, the massive fossil fuel company behind Calcasieu Pass (CP) 1 and 2 LNG export terminals has leached tons of mud and silt, contaminating nearby lakes and bayous. After initially denying responsibility, Venture Global has now admitted it broke the las and its promises to local communities and law enforcement, but has still not offered to clean up its mess or stop construction.
This isn’t the only adverse impact that Venture Global has had on Cameron and southwest Louisiana. Since it began operating in 2022, Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass LNG has consistently been in violation of its air permit. Community members are very worried about the constant flares burning at the plant and the impacts of the pollution on their health.
And if completed, CP2 would be one of the biggest fossil fuel export terminals in the world, and produce as much global warming pollution as 47 million cars or more than 50 coal-fired power plants. Just part of the reason why the US Department of Energy has previously found that CP2 and LNG exports are not in the US national Interest.
FERC must stop Venture Global's construction of CP2 and withdraw its authorization. DOE must withdraw its conditional authorization for CP2 to export LNG to non-FTA countries. European countries and buyers must cut ties with the US LNG industry and terminate their contracts with Venture Global.