LNG Articles

November 22, 2021

Jordan Cove Denied Key Dredging Permits

Coos Bay estuary, with site of proposed LNG terminal in the cove at center-left.\Photo by Rena Olson, with support from Lighthawk. Oregon’s Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) handed two major victories on May 4 to Oregon Shores and other opponents of the proposed Jordan Cove LNG terminal, which Canadian multinational Pembina is seeking to build on Coos Bay’s...Read more
February 9, 2021

Feds Uphold State’s Jordan Cove Denial

Proposed Jordan Cove LNG export terminal, artist's conception.\Image courtesy of Jordan Cove Energy Project. Oregon Shores has been fighting the effort to site an LNG (liquefied natural gas) export terminal on Coos Bay’s North Spit for well over a decade. There have been many twists and turns to the saga. But the latest development is extremely important for...Read more
December 23, 2020

Major Land Use Victory Blocks Jordan Cove

Protest against Jordan Cove in North Bend.\Photo by Jody McCaffree. The Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) has awarded Oregon Shores and allies a significant, multi-part victory in our efforts to block the proposed Jordan Cove LNG export terminal. In a decision handed down on Dec. 22, LUBA overturned Coos County’s permits for the Jordan Cove Energy Project’s...Read more
Jordan Cove (foreground) and North Spit.\Photo by Rena Olson.
March 19, 2020

Jordan Cove Gets FERC’s Rubber-Stamp

jordan_cove_and_north_spit_rena_olson.jpg As expected, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted its conditional approval to the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal proposed for Coos Bay’s North Spit on Thursday, March 19. The approval also includes the associated Pacific Connector pipeline, which would carry the gas across the...Read more
February 25, 2020

State Denies Jordan Cove’s ‘Consistency’

jordan_cove_rena_olson.jpg The long battle over the proposed Jordan Cove LNG (liquefied natural gas) export facility entered a new phase recently, with the state’s denial of the project as being inconsistent with Oregon’s coastal management policies. A scheduled decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on federal authorization of...Read more
May 6, 2019

Jordan Cove Battles Underway

jordan_cove_aerial_rena_olson.jpg The long, long struggle to prevent development of an LNG (liquefied natural gas) export terminal on Coos Bay’s North Spit may be moving into its final year. But Oregon Shores, along with numerous allies in the no-LNG coalition, has been battling LNG schemes aimed at the Coos Bay estuary for more than a decade, so...Read more
November 28, 2017

Land Use Board Blocks Jordan Cove Permit

north_spit_2_alex_derr_preview.jpg Oregon’s Land Use Board of Appeals (LUBA) on Monday, Nov. 27, ruled in Oregon Shores’ favor in our appeal of the land use approval issued by Coos County for the proposed Jordan Cove LNG (liquefied natural gas) export terminal on Coos Bay’s North Spit. LUBA agreed with Oregon Shores on six of the seven arguments...Read more
Anti-LNG rally at the State Capitol.\Photo courtesy of Rogue Climate.
October 26, 2017

Citizens Intervene in Jordan Cove Issue

lng_capitol_rally_11-14-16_rogue_climate.jpg The battle over the proposal to build an LNG (liquefied natural gas) export terminal on Coos Bay's North Spit has entered another round. And the opposition is out in full force. More than 400 conservation groups (including Oregon Shores), tribes, and individals have filed with the Federal...Read more
Photo of North Spit wetlands near Jordan Cove site. (No photo credit.)
May 1, 2017

Jordan Cove LNG Battle Will Continue

cormorants_pelagic_feeding_young_heather_roskelley.jpg Less than a week after the Jordan Cove Energy Project’s proposed LNG (liquefied natural gas) project appeared dead, having received a final denial from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the hopes of opponents, including Oregon Shores, were dashed. Jordan...Read more
Anti-LNG protest in Coos Bay. Photo by Richard Knablin.
March 20, 2017

Jordan Cove Open Houses Take Place this Week

lng_coos_bay_rally_richard_knablin.jpg After being turned down flat by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a permit, the Jordan Cove Energy Project has started the process all over again, obviously hoping that new FERC commissioners appointed by President Trump will be more receptive to their scheme for developing an LNG (...Read more