Trump has nominated climate denier and industry sellout Bernard McNamee to fill the vacant seat on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) – and the Senate is going to be considering this dirty, dangerous nomination in the next few days.
Trump wants to make McNamee, with his radical pro-fossil fuel agenda, one of five commissioners at FERC, the federal regulatory agency that issues permits for gas pipelines and Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminals. This nomination would tip the balance of the commission in favor of more fossil fuel lock-in – and we can’t let that happen.
In the coming year, FERC will decide on literally dozens of new gas pipelines, most of which are directly linked to LNG export terminals. These projects threaten our climate, the communities in their path, the air we breathe, and the water life depends on. Projects such as Jordan Cove LNG in Oregon, Rio Grande LNG in Texas, and the Alaska LNG Project that includes a massive 800-mile pipeline across the state could be decided by McNamee.
This man must not be allowed anywhere near fossil fuel infrastructure permitting. Amazingly, McNamee’s nomination is actually raising concerns from both sides of the political aisle, so there’s a real chance at stopping it. Right now, FERC has a tenuous 2-2 split amongst Democratic and Republican appointed commissioners, and McNamee would break that tie.
(Please, consider adding a personal note so they won't disregard it as a form letter.)
Your letter will be delivered to members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee:
I am calling on you to vote no on the nomination of Bernard McNamee to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). McNamee is an unacceptable choice for FERC. McNamee’s attempt to bail out failing coal and nuclear power plants was unanimously rejected by FERC and the vast majority of the utility sector. He has a political agenda that has no place in FERC. It is an agenda of the past that locks us into more pollution and more climate change.
As sitting FERC commissioners have repeatedly stated, it is time to assess the full impact of projects permitted by FERC and complete a review of the pipeline permitting process. To date, that process has ignored climate and impacted communities and has led to a rush to build unnecessary pipelines, the costs of many of which will be borne by ratepayers.
McNamee’s radical pro-fossil fuel agenda will raise costs on ratepayers, exacerbate climate change, and run roughshod over America’s communities. I urge you to reject Bernard McNamee's nomination.
Your letter will be delivered to members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee:
I am calling on you to vote no on the nomination of Bernard McNamee to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). McNamee is an unacceptable choice for FERC. McNamee’s attempt to bail out failing coal and nuclear power plants was unanimously rejected by FERC and the vast majority of the utility sector. He has a political agenda that has no place in FERC. It is an agenda of the past that locks us into more pollution and more climate change.
As sitting FERC commissioners have repeatedly stated, it is time to assess the full impact of projects permitted by FERC and complete a review of the pipeline permitting process. To date, that process has ignored climate and impacted communities and has led to a rush to build unnecessary pipelines, the costs of many of which will be borne by ratepayers.
McNamee’s radical pro-fossil fuel agenda will raise costs on ratepayers, exacerbate climate change, and run roughshod over America’s communities. I urge you to reject Bernard McNamee's nomination.
FERC has published a Notice of Schedule for the approval of three LNG export operations targeting the Port of Brownsville (next door to South Padre Island TX and the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge): Texas LNG by 06-13-2019, Annova LNG by 07-18-2019, and Rio Grande LNG by 07-25-2019. The deadline for submitting public comments opposing Rio Grande LNG is 12-03-2018. The deadline for comments opposing Texas LNG is 12-17-2018. The comment deadline for Annova LNG is scheduled to be announced this December. SAVE RGV from LNG has been fighting these LNG operations since May 2014. Visit our website at http://www.savergvfromlng.com/?fbclid=IwAR39_xi-oQ3e9CJregFy4z1yUYIPa43ryR36UUDOnEzF2hLE8PWGhWN3e7E. Visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/saveRGVfromLNG/
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