LNG Project Would Affect 'Grand Central Station' for Salmon

The proposed Pacific Northwest LNG project and related pipelines located at the mouth of the Skeena River in northern British Columbia would affect more than 40 different salmon populations harvested in at least 10 First Nation territories, according to a letter published in Science.

LINK (via:The Tyee)

TAKE ACTION - Protect Native Fish from the Jordan Cove Liquid Natural Gas Pipeline

An important call to action from The Native Fish Society.

Dear Wild Fish Advocates,

The Native Fish Society is asking you to voice your concerns over the proposed 230-mile Jordan Cove/Pacific Connector Liquid Natural Gas pipeline. This energy project would traverse over 400 different waterways in Southwest Oregon, including the Klamath, Rogue, Umpqua, Coquille and Coos Rivers on its path to the coast. 

Its 36” pipe would carry fracked liquid natural gas from Malin, OR to an export terminal in Coos Bay. Construction would require removing streamside forests and 5.8 million cubic yards of material (enough to fill nearly 200 Olympic sized swimming pools), which would be dumped in watersheds in the region.

Currently, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is accepting public comment as they weigh the impacts of the pipeline with their responsibility to protect Oregon’s water resources under the Clean Water Act. If these agencies determine that too much harm will result from the pipeline’s construction, they have power to halt the entire project by refusing to grant the necessary permits.  

Native Fish Society is asking its members and supporters to participate in this comment process because many threatened and sensitive wild, native fish species inhabit the watersheds in the path of the pipeline and would be negatively impacted including: Rogue and South Umpqua Spring Chinook, Oregon Coastal Coho, Southern Oregon/Northern California Coho, Oregon Coastal Steelhead, Pacific Lamprey, Green Sturgeon, Pacific Eulachon, Lost River Suckers, and Umpqua Chub.

Tell the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality why the Jordan Cove LNG pipeline does not represent the best public interest and your concerns about how the project would negatively impact water quality and wild, native fish.

Take Action Now!

Comment deadline: Friday, March 13. 2015

Petronas delays decision on LNG project

Petronas has delayed making a final investment decision on plans to export liquefied natural gas from British Columbia, warning that estimated construction costs are too high.

The Petronas-led Pacific NorthWest LNG terminal proposed for Lelu Island has been budgeted to cost $11.4-billion, part of a $36-billion undertaking to ship LNG from the West Coast to energy-thirsty customers in Asia.

LINK (via: The Globe and Mail)

You may remember Petronas's engineering firm Stantec somehow left the Skeena off the early project description map.

Study says LNG projects threaten Skeena River salmon runs

Two liquefied natural gas projects are planned just south of Prince Rupert. There's (at least) one problem: Pacific Northwest LNG and Prince Rupert LNG would be located in the Skeena River estuary, which a Simon Fraser University study shows is a habitat critical to the future of the area's big salmon runs.

LINK (via: Straight.com)