Monica Vaughan (541) 521-1832
NW Natural ratepayers opposing NW Natural’s plans for Mt. Hood National Forest will confront the gas utility on Tuesday, December 8th at noon in a press conference highlighting the impacts of NW Natural’s proposed LNG Palomar Pipeline to public lands. The pipeline threatens public lands – public lands owned by us.
This action follows a recent victory for Columbia Riverkeeper and landowners along the Palomar Pipeline route. Against NW Natural’s wishes, and ordered by federal court, a list of over 1500 impacted landowners threatened by the development of the Palomar Pipeline has now become public.
The Hey NW Natural campaign contends that everyone who enjoys the clean drinking water and clean air we rely on from Mt. Hood National Forest should be on the list of impacted landowners. – Over 400 people have added their names to the list of those impacted and oppose the pipeline.
“Oregonians who rely on the Mt. Hood watershed for drinking water and recreational users of our National and state forests are impacted by the Palomar pipeline,” says Monica Vaughan. “Worse yet, because LNG would increase Oregon’s greenhouse gas emissions, all of Oregon will be affected by the impacts of climate change”.
NW Natural’s proposed Palomar Pipeline would impact 1500 private properties, and clearcut through 2 state forests and Mt. Hood National Forest. The pipeline would devastate both private farms and public lands – public lands owned by us.
Martin Evans, who will speak at NW Natural at noon asserts, “Public lands belong to people, not corporations.” Evans can be seen with his family in a campaign video found here: www.youtube.com/HeyNwNatural.
The Hey NW Natural campaign is a new campaign uniting farmers with gas costumers to oppose NW Natural’s LNG Palomar Pipeline. The campaign seeks to hold the gas giant accountable by amplifying the concerns of NW Natural customers and neighbors.
