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Liquefied Natural Gas pipeline planned for Klamath Basin

Pipeline would drill foreign fossil fuels through Klamath en route to Southern California

Liquefied natural gas pipelineDespite formal opposition from a broad coalition of citizen's groups, not to mention Oregon's governor and natural resource agencies, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has given liquefied natural gas (LNG) the green light in southern Oregon.

Klamath impacts
After drilling through important fish habitat on the Rogue and Umpqua Rivers, the proposed pipeline would drill through the Klamath River, the Lost River, and Spencer Creek to pipe a foreign fossil fuel to southern California energy markets via a connecting pipeline beginning in Malin, OR. Areas to be drilled include Critical Habitat forendangered suckers on theKlamath, and Klamath River redbKlamath River redband trout juvenile - ODFWand trout refugia on Spencer Creek. The pipeline would bring no longterm jobs or new energy toKlamath communities, but would cause longterm damage toKlamathfish habitat taxpayers are paying millions to restore.

Why don’t they just site the LNG port at the point of need?
Southern Californians don’t want it - and have successfully opposed LNG ports on their shores due to environmental impacts and undue risk to human communities. In fact, there are currently no LNG import facilities on the west coast of the U.S., but international energy companies are vying to build the first one, even though domestic natural gas sources bely the need for risky shipping import facilities and pipelines.

What KRK is doing
KRK has filed official comments against the pipeline with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Oregon Department of Environmental QuaSpencer Creeklity, and supports Rogue Riverkeeper, Umpqua Watersheds, FLOW, Oregon Wild and others in suing FERC to stop the proposed Jordan Cove port in Coos Bay and the associated 230 mile Pacific Connector pipeline. The suit is represented by the Western Environmental Law Center, who will bring cases on behalf of both public resources and private landowners. If you own property near Spencer Creek or Keno Reservoir, this project could impact you too - contact us to learn more.