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This petition urges the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) to deny the construction of the proposed liquified natural gas (LNG) export terminal on the Delaware River at the Gibbstown Logistics Center in Greenwich Township, New Jersey. The construction and operation of this LNG export terminal would threaten the health of the Delaware River and accelerate climate change by supporting the expansion of the fracking industry in Pennsylvania.
LNG is formed when natural gas, almost all of which is methane, is chilled to -260°F, which causes it to change to a liquid that can be transported by specialty trains, trucks, or large ships. An accident that exposes LNG to air during its transport or handling can cause severe explosions. This proposal poses enormous threats to those who live and work near this facility as well as along the roads, railways and portions of the Delaware River that would be used to transport and ship the LNG.
The Gibbstown Logistics Center is located on a Superfund site that is contaminated by several different toxic and hazardous substances. The construction of the dock along the edge of this contaminated site will require dredging 45 acres of the Delaware River, which would disturb sediment and soils that may be contaminated by toxic pollutants from the Superfund site.
Sign the petition to urge DRBC to protect the health of the Delaware River and safety of those living and working near this facility by denying the construction of this LNG export terminal.
Petition:
Plans are moving forward in New Jersey for a massive new fracked gas project that will threaten our climate, environment, and public health. New Fortress Energy and Delaware River Partners want to expand the deepwater port terminal in Gibbstown, Gloucester County, NJ across from Chester, PA to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) overseas for sale. Shale gas would be extracted from fracking wells in PA and piped to a New Fortress processing plant being built in Wyalusing, Bradford County, PA on the Susquehanna River. Tank trucks and/or trains would carry this hazardous LNG over 200 miles through populated areas to Gibbstown daily. Huge shipping vessels would transport it down the river, passing Delaware and NJ and through the Bay to ports proposed by New Fortress in Ireland, Puerto Rico, and beyond.
This project would be a disaster for Delaware River communities. Every day, up to 1,650 truck trips and/or 100 rail cars would come into Gibbstown, worsening air pollution in a region that doesn’t meet EPA standards for ozone. LNG will be loaded onto ships continuously, 24/7, 365 days per year, putting communities at risk from explosion. And water quality, endangered species, such as Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon, and rare, vulnerable habitats for many animals and plants are threatened by the terminal and dredging.
The entire New Fortress scheme is an untested, convoluted project that will only serve special private interests, will cause destructive pollution every step of its way and will increase methane emissions that will worsen our national and global climate crisis. We call on the Delaware River Basin Commission to put a stop to this disastrous plan now!
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