As LNG opponents have suspected all along, proposals by Oregon LNG and Jordan Cove LNG are actually intended to export domestic natural gas out of the U.S. and into Asian markets. This potential future means billions more in profits for the fossil fuel industry , while U.S. gas consumers will bear the burden of higher energy bills, and environmental damage of hydro-fracking combined with the impacts of pipeline and LNG terminal development.
NW Natural’s postponed Palomar Pipeline is a critical aspect of Oregon LNG’s plans to export domestic gas as LNG through the Columbia River. If NW Natural attempts to bring the Palomar Pipeline back to the table through Mt. Hood National Forest, it will be for the purpose of exporting gas through the Columbia River.
Follow the link to read Oregonian journalist Ted Sickinger’s expose of the true driver behind Liquefied Natural Gas proposals in Oregon. Oregon LNG terminal plans reverse from importing to exporting natural gas.
