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| The typical LNG tanker is longer than three football fields and can hold up to 33 million gallons of LNG. |
Multiple Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminals have been proposed off the California coast. State agencies will soon be making decisions on at least one offshore terminal, while another, proposed for the highly populous Port of Long Beach is still under consideration.
How is California threatened by LNG?
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| In January 2004 an explosion at an LNG plant in Algeria, Africa was felt miles away and killed 27 people. |
At this point, the California LNG proposal that is farthest along is the terminal proposed by BHP Billiton to float off the coast of Malibu and Ventura County. This massive and polluting project poses serious threats to our coast and coastal communities and Sierra Club activists have been very active in our efforts to stop it from harming clean air, coastal wetlands and our quality of life.
Malibu/Ventura County: The major issue with this offshore LNG proposal is pollution. The BHP Billiton terminal would float, rising 14 stories above the surface of the ocean, and emitting more than 500 tons of smog producing air pollution every year. This type of terminal has also never been tested, as it exists nowhere else in the world, and has been proposed for an area that the U.S. Geological Survey has predicted high risk for an earthquake within the life of the terminal. It would also affect coastal views, threaten migrating whales and other ocean animals and pose great risks for the fragile Ormond Beach Wetlands. Migrating whales will be harassed by the light and noise. Take action: help keep this massive and polluting LNG terminal off our coastline.
Three hearings may determine the fate of BHP Billiton's polluting LNG terminal! If you can be in the area for any of these hearings, just being there could make a real difference in protecting our coast, our communities and our environment. Hearing times may change, but please SAVE THESE DATES!
- Coast Guard Hearing, Wednesday, April 4th, 2007 5-8PM at 800 Hobson Way, Oxnard
- *CRITICAL* State Lands Commission Hearing, Monday, April 9th, 2007 starting at 10:00AM at 800 Hobson Way in Oxnard
- California Coastal Commission Hearing, Thursday, April 12th, 2007 starting at 9:00AM at 633 East Cabrillo Blvd., Santa Barbara
If you can't make it, you can still help stop this massive and polluting LNG project by writing hand-written notes to the decision makers.
You don't need to be an expert and even if you have written before, a hand-written note is another important way that public officials can measure a community's concerns. Hand-written notes tell the decision maker that you cared enough about this issue to sit down at the kitchen table and ask for help. With just ten minutes of your time, you can help make a real difference in stopping this dirty and dangerous LNG project.
Write to:
State Lands Commission
Lt. Governor John Garamendi
State Capitol, Room 1114
Sacramento, CA 95814
California State Controller John Chiang
P.O. Box 942850
Sacramento, California 94250-5872
Director of Finance Michael C. Genest
State Capitol
Sacramento, CA 95814
Executive Officer Paul D. Thayer
California State Lands Commission
100 Howe Ave.
Sacramento, CA 95825
Coast Guard
U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Mark Prescott
Coast Guard Headquarters
2100 Second Street, SW,
Washington, DC 20593
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Slideshow of January 2004 explosion at a Liquefied Natural Gas plant in Algeria, Africa, where 27 people were killed. |
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Photo: Bill Powers, used with permission.
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