'We urge you to carefully weigh the climate impacts of increasing gas capacity, and consider how the GTN XPress project is inconsistent with Washington, Oregon, and California's efforts to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.'
"We urge you to carefully weigh the climate impacts of increasing gas capacity, and consider how the GTN XPress project is inconsistent with Washington, Oregon, and California's efforts to rapidly reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
"The urgency of the climate crisis demands action from your administrations," even before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission weighs in, the organizationsThe letter explains that"Gas Transmission Northwest is seeking approval from FERC to increase the capacity of its 1,354-mile fracked gas pipeline that runs from British Columbia, through Idaho, Washington, and Oregon, and down to California.
The groups praised Brown, Inslee, and Newsom for their"strong efforts to tackle the climate crisis" so far and argued that the expansion project, known as GTN XPress,"would go against these commitments by locking in the region's reliance on fracked gas for at least another 30 years, subsidized by ratepayers."
Maig Tinnin, Rogue Valley coordinator for Rogue Climate, highlighted that"Northwest communities have organized to win strong climate goals in our states and this project threatens our ability to meet those emission reductions."