[Grovenet] Gas Lines are not fun

[Vickie Madeoneup]

I have not been able to find much concrete information on the pipeline, but surfing the web this is what I did find. It is all fairly one sided as I did not find any information for the pipeline.
I will add that a personal friend of mine that will have the pipeline going through his land said the high pressure pipe that this pipeline will have is 36" where as the pipeline that exploded in Washington was much smaller, so he feels if there was an explosion it would have a far greater impact. He also said he will not be able to build or grow anything on the easement of the pipe which would be 50-100'. One of his objections is that he doesn't feel as if he has a choice, even though it is a private, for profit company it can claim eminent domain.

NO LNG Rally at the Capital in Salem 
    Wednesday, February 6, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Lobbying: After the rally Oregon residents will fan out into the Capitol building to lobby legislators. Meet Oregon friends there and ask them to make an appointment with their representatives and senator. Appointments are very important because construction apparently has the Capitol in a mess.
Can't Make the Rally? On February 6, CALL Governor Ted Kulongoski at 503.378.4582. Demand that he stand up for Oregonians, and to veto all LNG terminals. Tell him that you would rather see an investment in clean, renewable energy for Oregon.
Also contact:
Tim McCabe, Gov.'s Energy Advisor (503) 9866520
tim.mccabe at state.or.us      (503) 378-5690
Michael Carrier, Gov.'s Natural Resource Policy Advisory (503) 9866525
michael.carrier at state.or.us

   Sponsoring Organizations: Citizens Against LNG, Columbia Riverkeeper, Friends of Living Oregon Waters (FLOW), Klamath-Siskiyou Wildlands Center, Landowners and Citizens for a Safe Community, No California Pipeline, Oregon Citizens Against the Pipeline, Oregon Wild, Pacific Green Party, Pacific Environment, Ratepayers for Affordable Clean Energy (RACE), Sierra Club of
    Oregon, Southern Oregon Pipeline Information Project/No California Pipeline, Wahkiakum Friends of the River.
   For more information: Pacific Environment website announcement, RACE website or email nolngrally at verizon.net.
http://www.willamette-riverkeeper.org/documents/WRK_LNG_ALERT.pdf 
"The proposed LNG projects would use supertankers to ferry natural gas from countries such as Russia,
Iran and Peru in supercooled liquid form. At the processing plant, the imported LNG would be
offloaded, revaporized and as much as 1.5 billion cubic feet per day would be pumped in a new
pipeline across six Oregon counties to a point on the main transmission line serving California. This
project threatens the environmental health and safety of Columbia River and Willamette Valley
residents, as well as habitat for all species in the area.
There is no demonstrated need in Oregon for this new gas, which has up to 40% greater carbon impact
than domestic natural gas.
This pipeline would cross over 1000 creeks, streams and rivers, cut swaths of ancient forest, and destroy
Willamette Valley farms."
Come to an informational session about LNG with Dan Serres from Columbia Riverkeeper
January 29 at 7 pm, Willamette Riverkeeper Office, 1515 SE Water Ave, Suite 102

http://www.friendsoffrenchprairie.org/pdf/Pipelinetapsresidents_11-16-07.pdf
"Many landowners fear the property and environmental damage that could come with a 50- to 100-foot right-of-way across their property. Their concerns range from the increased risk of wildfire and introduction of noxious weeds to destruction of valuable farm and timberland."

http://groups.google.com/group/cascadeclimate/browse_thread/thread/f6186bef2dc356b0
"NW 
 Natural has become an active participant in this scheme by proposing to 
 build the 220-mile long Palomar pipeline that would rip across Oregon from 
 the key salmon habitats of the Columbia Estuary, across the family farms of 
 the Willamette Valley, through the wildlife habitats of the Mt. Hood 
 National Forest and over the Wild and Scenic Deschutes River *- all this in 
 order to send gas from the proposed LNG terminals on the Columbia River to a 
 California-bound pipeline near Madras. *"www.lngpollutes.org

Why should you care about this?
   • There are 3 LNG projects proposed for the Oregon coast.
 
  • If even one should get built, it will increase Oregon’s greenhouse gas emissions by millions of tons per year.
 
  • These projects will cost billions, money that could be spent on clean, renewable energy.
 
  • The terminals and pipelines linking them to California will endanger communities, cross and condemn hundreds miles of land, and destroy habitat.
 
  • LNG is not needed in Oregon; even the Governor admits that most of the gas is going out of state.
 
  • Ask yourself: Why is Oregon being chosen for LNG that will go to California?
 
 
Newstimes:
Citizens Against the Pipeline
"At least one city councilor said he’d like the chance to weigh in. Pete Truax, in an interview after the meeting, noted that the proposed pipe-line paths would cut a swath between the city and its municipal watershed in the coast range."
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Do you know that the proposed path for the pipelines carrying this very explosive fuel lies just west of Forest Grove and will run though Gales Creek and Gaston on its way to California? 
 Do you know that about 90 percent of this gas is destined for California? Do you know how dangerous this fuel is? Do you understand the impact the construction of these projects on our land/water/wildlife?"


       
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