{"id":3986,"date":"2023-03-14T09:23:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T14:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labucketbrigade.org\/?p=3986"},"modified":"2023-03-14T09:23:59","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T14:23:59","slug":"press-release-louisiana-bucket-brigade-responds-to-venture-globals-final-investment-decision-on-plaquemines-gas-export-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/labucketbrigade.org\/press-release-louisiana-bucket-brigade-responds-to-venture-globals-final-investment-decision-on-plaquemines-gas-export-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"PRESS RELEASE: Louisiana Bucket Brigade Responds to Venture Global\u2019s Final Investment Decision on Plaquemines Gas Export Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday March 13th, 2023 – <\/strong>On Monday, March 13th, Venture Global announced a final investment decision for the second phase of its gas export terminal in Plaquemines Parish. With the onslaught of gas export terminals being built on the Gulf Coast, particularly on Louisiana\u2019s coast, the Louisiana Bucket Brigade\u2019s Executive Director, Anne Rolfes, released the following statement:<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile this may be a profitable decision for Venture Global and its customers, including ExxonMobile, Chevron, and China Gas, this will be a disastrous decision for the people of Plaquemines, the fishers and shrimpers whose livelihood this terminal will destroy, all Louisianans who depend on a healthy coast to protect us from worsening hurricanes, and the rest of the world calling for an end to fossil fuel production.<\/p>\n

In Cameron Parish, another Venture Global gas export terminal, Calcasieu Pass, is already operating. The\u00a0 pollution and the giant tankers are decimating the seafood industry and poisoning the community. Venture Global\u2019s own\u00a0 reports to the state and federal government detail that the\u00a0 facility has\u00a0 recurring accidents. There are constant flares, a clear sign that it is out of control. This company\u00a0 may have the financial backing to build a facility, but it does not\u00a0 have the expertise to safely operate it.<\/p>\n

This financial decision Is not the final word on this facility – far from it. We will pursue every avenue to stop it. President Biden may have broken his campaign promise today by approving the Willow pipeline, but we are not daunted. The convergence of these two actions on the same day makes the importance of our work even clearer. We choose \u2013 any day of the week \u2013 to stand with the fisherman and shrimpers and lifelong residents of Louisiana. We will defend our lives, we will defend our coast. Our work has just begun.\u201d<\/p>\n

In January, the Louisiana Bucket Brigade released a report detailing operational problems at Venture Global\u2019s Calcasieu Pass facility. <\/a>According to the facility\u2019s own documents, they are either underreporting accidents or failing to report them at all. Another report from Friends of the Earth, Bailout Watch and Public Citizen, also exposes how companies like Venture Global have exploited the war in Ukraine to rush the gas export terminal buildout<\/a>, and lock us into fossil fuel dependency for decades. The report lists 6 20-year contracts Venture Global has received for its Plaquemines Phase 2 facility.<\/p>\n

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