Fracked Gas Resistance

Fracked Gas Resistance focuses on combatting fracked gas infrastructure on a state and regional level.

Art by Roger Peet

Keystone XL is dead - Jordan Cove is next!

For years, this campaign has focused on stopping the Jordan Cove Pacific Connector pipeline project in Southern Oregon. While Pembina admits they see no clear way forward, we still need to end this project for good! For 15 years Oregon landowners have had the threat of imminent domain hanging over them. They are suing in district court to withdraw the FERC permit, as the project did not receive state of Oregon permits. As long as Pembina has the FERC approved imminent domain takings, they can sell those easements to other companies in the future. Send an email to Pembina. Tell them to withdraw this project!

No Free Pass for Dirty Fracked Gas!

Pressure is building on Oregon DEQ and the Oregon Environmental Quality Commission (EQC oversees DEQ) to address pollution from Oreogn’s top greenhouse gas emitters—fracked gas power plants. DEQ published its draft rules, and Oregon DEQ still proposes to exempt Oregon’s top six polluters—all large fracked gas power plants—from Oregon’s new greenhouse gas regulation program. This move would place the burdens of pollution on communities near these plants, and the costs of reducing carbon pollution would have to be borne by smaller regulated entities. We need your help to persuade EQC to do more to protect Oregon communities from fossil fuel pollution.

Thanks to the overwhelming number of comments that the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) has received, the agency has extended the public comment period until October 25th! Our stalwart allies at Beyond Toxics have created some FAST Response forms, each of which focuses on specific reforms of the rules, which you can quickly send off to the DEQ to register your support for strong climate protection in Oregon:

Thanks for stepping up to resist fossil fuels!