The very laws that allowed Rogue Riverkeeper and our partner organizations to defeat the Jordan Cove LNG pipeline and export terminal project are now being threatened by a bill that would allow developers to circumvent important land use laws to massively dredge Oregon's estuaries.
Read MoreThe “No LNG” campaign to fight against the Jordan Cove Energy Project and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline began nearly 20 years ago, and today we can claim victory! On December 1st, Pembina officially requested the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) vacate their authorization to use eminent domain in acquiring property for the development of the Jordan Cove Energy Project and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline.
Read MoreThe U.S. Court of Appeals has ordered FERC to consider pausing the previously granted certification allowing for construction of the 230-mile pipeline. The agency now has 90 days to decide what it will do while the court develops their final ruling.
Read MoreIn this challenging year, thank you for supporting our work to protect the Rogue! Take a tour of work done in 2020.
Read MoreOn the 48th anniversary of the Clean Water Act, we’re reflecting back on the impact of this fundamental environmental and public health law. On October 18th, 1972, Congress enacted the Clean Water Act. Since then, we’ve come a long way from rivers catching on fire, raw sewage discharged directly into rivers, and the unbridled destruction of wetlands and streams. In a changing climate, with less consistent rainfall, less stable snowpack, and increased drought, the presence of cold, clean water becomes even more critical for communities in our region. Now more than ever, it’s critical to consider the future of these fundamental protections.
Read MoreLast week, the Rogue Riverkeeper team took a socially distanced trip to get out on the river and check out the proposed site of the Jordan Cove LNG pipeline crossing near Shady Cove. The cold, clear water and the other boaters floating past made it hard to imagine that this could ever be the site of a massive Horizontal Directional Drill (HDD) cutting through bedrock deep below the river to build a 36-inch, high pressure fracked gas pipeline. Learn more about what you can do to help stop Jordan Cove LNG this summer!
Read MoreOn June 1st, the Trump Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a new regulation gutting the Clean Water Act to fast track harmful fossil fuel projects, such as the Jordan Cove LNG project proposed in southern Oregon. This new regulation was finalized in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and widespread protests against police brutality and systemic racism.
Read MoreOn May 27th, we joined with Rogue Climate and eleven other community and environmental organizations to challenge the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) conditional approval of the Jordan Cove LNG project. Last week, a group of impacted landowners along the pipeline route filed their own challenge to the project.
With two denials from the state of Oregon, Jordan Cove LNG should never have made it this far. Today, we’re challenging FERC’s conditional approval of this harmful project that has already shown it can’t meet state standards that protect clean water and the health of our communities.
Read MoreWhile our communities continue to stay home to save lives during the global coronavirus pandemic, efforts from Pembina (the Canadian corporation behind the project) to move the Jordan Cove LNG project forward haven’t slowed down. Here’s a review of what’s happened since January 2020 and how you can make a difference in stopping the Jordan Cove LNG project once and for all!
Read MoreIn the middle of a global health crisis, it might be a little hard to answer that question. Even a month ago, most of us had no idea how our world would change with the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19). Although fifty years later Earth Day 2020 looks a little different than in 1970 when 20 million Americans gathered together at protests and rallies, the heart of this day remains the same. No matter where you are, you can make a difference. Will you join us?
Read MoreWhile the focus of our communities over the past few weeks has been on staying healthy and supporting each other in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) decided to conditionally approve certification for the Jordan Cove LNG project yesterday on March 19, 2020. This federal approval does not give the “go ahead” until the project receives critical permits from the state of Oregon.
Read MoreOn February 19, 2020, the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development (DLCD) denied the Coastal Zone Management Act permit for the Jordan Cove LNG project! This is one of multiple state permits that the project needs to move forward. Yet again, Jordan Cove LNG has failed to qualify for a critical state permit. Less than 24 hours later, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) voted 2-1 against Jordan Cove LNG. Critically, however, the Commission clearly stated that this is not a denial of the project, but rather reflects the need for more time to review the state of Oregon’s permit denial the night before. FERC’s delay doesn’t change the fact that the project can’t move forward without critical state permits, which the project continues to fail to quality for.
Read MoreSeeing the writing on the wall that the Department of State Lands removal-fill permit could be denied by the state, Pembina withdrew its application for the Jordan Cove LNG project on January 24th before the agency’s deadline to make a decision on the permit by January 31st. The removal-fill permit is a critical state permit that Pembina needs in order to construct the Jordan Cove LNG project. We know that the fight is far from over. Our communities will continue to show up and speak out until this harmful project that puts our clean water at risk is stopped for good.
Read MoreThank you for helping us celebrate our 10th anniversary in 2019! Check out our year in review photos. Cheers!
Read MoreThere are so many reasons to become a member of Rogue Riverkeeper. To celebrate our 10th anniversary, we picked our top ten. But you really only need just one….
Read MoreCheck out the latest in the No LNG Exports campaign and get involved!
Read MoreThe impressive community response to speak out against the proposed Jordan Cove LNG export project could be felt well before arriving at the Department of State Lands hearing on the evening of January 8th. At 5 P.M., cars were backed up several miles from the freeway exit to trying to access the Jackson County Expo…
Read MoreAdd your voice and tell the Oregon Department of State Lands (DSL) to deny the removal-fill permit for the Jordan Cove LNG pipeline! Send in written comments today, volunteer to help recruit folks to attend hearings, or join us at one of the DSL hearings January 7th-15th to oppose the project.
Read MoreA few weeks ago, I got to join an aerial tour by EcoFlight of the proposed Pacific Connector Gas pipeline crossing of the Pacific Crest Trail and the Rogue River near Shady Cove. If built, the Pacific Connector Gas pipeline would transport fracked gas from Malin, Oregon to the Jordan Cove Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) export terminal at Coos Bay. The fracked gas pipeline would cut through more than 485 rivers and streams, including the Klamath, Umpqua, Coos, and Coquille Rivers.
Read MoreAs of today, more than 42,000 comments were submitted to the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ)! These comments overwhelmingly oppose the Jordan Cove fracked gas pipeline and ask DEQ to deny an important Clean Water Act permit that the project requires.
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