Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is a fossil fuel extracted overseas, super-cooled, shipped, and stored at terminals like those proposed for Bradwood and Warrenton on the Columbia River.
Three storage tanks are proposed for each site. Each tank would be about 17 stories tall and about as wide as a football field is long.
The U.S. government considers LNG tankers
to be terrorist targets and requires armed gunboats to escort each tanker. All river vessels would need Coast Guard
authorization to enter a 1500-foot moving security zone surrounding the LNG tankers.
“At a time when the world is already seeing the serious effects of global warming and the economic hardships of relying on foreign oil, it’s clear that liquefied natural gas would take
Oregon 180 degrees in the wrong direction.”
-- Bill Bradbury, Oregon Secretary of State