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Top 10 Things to Celebrate from 2007 in the NO LNG Battle

1. The original timeline that NorthernStar Natural Gas set for Bradwood Landing called for the final DEIS in 2006 and construction to begin in early 2007. Thanks to the efforts of determined opponents in Washington and Oregon, we successfully put them off their game!!!

2. The Oregonian and the Daily Astorian publish NO LNG editorials, the Oregonian begins regularly publishing NO LNG letters to the editor, and the Oregonian’s new business and enviro reporter, Ted Sickinger, and the Daily A’s Cassandra Profita regularly cover the LNG news.

3. Six agencies for the state of Oregon, issue reports that slice and dice the NorthernStar proposal; Departments of Energy, Environmental Quality, Fish & Wildlife, Forestry, Transportation, Geology and Mineral Industries.

4. Governor Kulingowski declares the Bradwood Landing proposal, "incomplete and flawed." Numerous NO LNGers have been urging him to publicly oppose LNG on the Columbia River.

5. US Representative David Wu pressures the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to extend its deadline for comments about the DEIS. The Clatsop and Columbia County Democratic parties issue resolutions condemning LNG on the Columbia River.

6. Columbia Riverkeeper submits 150 pages of comments criticizing the DEIS to FERC on behalf of these organizations: Columbia Riverkeeper, Columbia River Business Alliance, Rivervision, Wahkiakum Friends of the River, Landowners and Citizens for a Safe Community, Willamette Riverkeeper, Oregon Chapter Sierra Club, Willapa Hills Audubon Society, Oregon Citizens Against the Pipeline, Friends of Living Oregon Waters, Native Fish Society, Oregon Council Trout Unlimited, Citizens for a Clean Columbia Wenatchee, Rosemere Neighborhood Association, Audubon Society of Portland, Columbia River Fishermen’s Protective Union, Northwest Guides and Anglers, Oregon Wild, Northwest Environmental Defense Center, and Energy Options.

7. The Department of Interior nails FERC on the issue we have been adamantly raising for 3 years. Regarding all the LNG proposals in Oregon, "Rather than proceeding piecemeal, the Commission should conduct a comprehensive review of all the current proposals with the intent of identifying the one project or projects most capable of meeting the regional demand with the least socioeconomic and environmental damage."

8. NO LNGers speak out at hearings, public meetings, fundraisers, and rallies in Oregon and Washington, including the determined marchers at the rainy Mothers March in Astoria, numerous protesters outside the official Clatsop County hearings, 200 people at the NO LNG rally at Northwest Natural Gas headquarters in Portland, demonstrators outside the FERC meeting in Longview, and the beautiful Spirit of the River fundraiser in Astoria. Sponsoring groups and speakers represent a diverse and growing coalition.

9. With the very real threat of eminent domain threatening their property, landowners along the proposed Palomar and Oregon LNG pipeline route in Oregon organize and speak out against LNG. The advice of longtime LNG pipeline opponents in WA adds to their effectiveness in reaching the public.

10. Hundreds of people testified against LNG at the Clatsop County hearings, presenting powerful, informed, and articulate expertise, experience and vision. Speakers included commercial fishers organizations, scientists, marine industry professionals, Native American groups, conservationists, etc.

If YOU:
Attended one meeting – local, state or federal;
Wrote one letter – to the editor, the County Commissioners, your elected officials;
Gave one dollar – to Rivervision, Columbia Riverkeeper, etc.

THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS THANKS

For your time, dollars and brain power to help save our communities and our magnificent Columbia River! This fight is FAR from over and we will continue to need your energy and commitment to win this battle.