TOO much has gone into restoring the Chesapeake Bay to allow dominion resources to destroy all the years of hard work with this LNG export terminal proposed for Cove Point, Maryland. They have mounted a massive propaganda campaign linking this project with our national security because the gas will supposedly go to our allies to reduce their dependence on Russian gas supplies. dominion resources doesn't mention the increased fracking that will be required to supply gas to the terminal or that exporting American natural gas will raise the price of natural gas on the domestic market. This project is a loose-loose proposition for the American people, the environmental restoration of the Chesapeake Bay will be threatened and at some point will suffer degradation, dominion resources will no doubt demand and receive tax breaks for development of this processing facility and terminal while they receive the usual tax breaks oil and gas companies receive from congress for their drilling operations, dominion resources will use fracking in their drilling operations, and the American people will pay for it with polluted water and air, health problems and higher prices for the natural gas we use here. +Earthjustice is providing the opportunity to you to voice your opposition to this project to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, click the take action link below....
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The oil and gas industry is pushing for an export terminal that will raise gas prices and increase fracking across the region. Take Action Today! |
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We
have a critical opportunity to quell the growth of fracking by
challenging a proposed liquefied natural gas export terminal on the
quiet shores of Chesapeake Bay.
Dominion
Resources is spearheading this $3.8 billion scheme to build the massive
export facility in Cove Point, MD. This would provide LNG producers
their first East Coast outlet to foreign markets and significantly
expand fracking operations across the region.
This single project could trigger more greenhouse gas emissions than all seven of Maryland’s coal-fired power plants combined. It could also devastate the Chesapeake Bay estuary.
The
facility would increase ship traffic 20-fold, putting LNG tankers
directly in the migratory path of the critically endangered North
Atlantic right whale.
Sincerely,
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Kathleen Sutcliffe
Campaign Manager
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