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Three industrial LNG ports are proposed in the ocean off New Jersey and New York.

Petition to Save Our Ocean from Attacks by Big Oil

Target:
New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine & New York Governor David Patterson
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Three industrial port facilities for liquefied natural gas (LNG), a polluting, climate-changing, expensive, foreign fossil fuel, are proposed just off the south shore of Long Island, New York, and the New Jersey shore, threatening our beaches, marine life, and economy--in short, our way of life.  Alternatives exist and we do not need this foreign fossil fuel.

1) Atlantic Sea Island Group: ironically called, "Safe Harbor Energy," this insane proposal by a private investor firm seeks to build a massive manmade island for a LNG facility by dumping millions upon millions of tons of unknown material in the open ocean.

2) ExxonMobil: one of the most notorious oil polluters is out to use our ocean as a lab rat with "BlueOcean Energy," a plan to build an experimental massive floating LNG terminal.  A similar project was rejected by NY and CT.  Also, California Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed this type of project due to threats to air quality and marine life.

3) "Liberty Natural Gas" Project: Excalibur Energy (a new conglomerate of Canadian Superior Energy and Global LNG) proposes an LNG importation facility for 15 miles off Asbury Park, NJ.  The source of the LNG is drilling and extracting off Trinidad and Tobago.  Thus supporting this facility would promote offshore drilling in a country that already has environmental problems with oil pollution on beaches.

NY Secretary of State and Connecticut's Governor and Attorney General rejected the LNG project from Long Island Sound, and instead said to dump it off the south shore of Long Island, NY, and the NJ shore.

We, the undersigned, oppose fossil fuel facilities in the ocean off New Jersey and New York, and support the Clean Ocean Zone, which would prohibit polluting and destructive activities and facilities, such as "Safe Harbor Energy," "BlueOcean Energy," and "Liberty Natural Gas."

Three industrial port facilities for liquefied natural gas (LNG), a polluting, climate-changing, expensive, foreign fossil fuel, are proposed just off the south shore of Long Island, New York, and the New Jersey shore, threatening our beaches, marine life, and economy--in short, our way of life.  Alternatives exist and we do not need this foreign fossil fuel.

1) Atlantic Sea Island Group: ironically called, "Safe Harbor Energy," this insane proposal by a private investor firm seeks to build a massive manmade island for a LNG facility by dumping millions upon millions of tons of unknown material in the open ocean.

2) ExxonMobil: one of the most notorious oil polluters is out to use our ocean as a lab rat with "BlueOcean Energy," a plan to build an experimental massive floating LNG terminal.  A similar project was rejected by NY and CT.  Also, California Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed this type of project due to threats to air quality and marine life.

3) "Liberty Natural Gas" Project: Excalibur Energy (a new conglomerate of Canadian Superior Energy and Global LNG) proposes an LNG importation facility for 15 miles off Asbury Park, NJ.  The source of the LNG is drilling and extracting off Trinidad and Tobago.  Thus supporting this facility would promote offshore drilling in a country that already has environmental problems with oil pollution on beaches.

NY Secretary of State and Connecticut's Governor and Attorney General rejected the LNG project from Long Island Sound, and instead said to dump it off the south shore of Long Island, NY, and the NJ shore.

We, the undersigned, oppose fossil fuel facilities in the ocean off New Jersey and New York, and support the Clean Ocean Zone, which would prohibit polluting and destructive activities and facilities, such as "Safe Harbor Energy," "BlueOcean Energy," and "Liberty Natural Gas."

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We signed the "Petition to Save Our Ocean from Attacks by Big Oil" petition!
# 4,178:
5:27 pm PST, Nov 23, Allison S, New Jersey
# 4,177:
2:08 pm PST, Nov 23, Name not displayed, Illinois
# 4,176:
10:14 am PST, Nov 23, Robert R. Kerr, Texas
I do not live in your state but, I am very concerned about how we are destroying our oceans. If yu would bare with me I would like to explain why I am against off-shore LNG storage, besides the obvious possible pollution of the ocean: 1. You don't need LNG, when we have cleaner and better natural gas that could be used instead. 2. As a country, we are trying to stop our need for foreign fuel and this is just another step in the wrong direction. 3. We need to create jobs here first before creating them in other countries. 4. As with oil once you are dependant upon LNG the cost will rise, by then it will be too late to change. This is almost like getting hooked on drugs when you use foregin fossil fuel. The "Just Say No" campain just might work this time. 5. LNG is just about the worst polluting fossil fuel you could use. It is worst than coal. I would rather see you use our coal instead of foreign LNG. At least you would be creating jobs in the United States. For the sake of the Oceans, please reconsider storing off shore and using Foreign LNG.
# 4,175:
6:31 am PST, Nov 23, Betty Jo Siebel, New Jersey
# 4,174:
7:13 am PST, Nov 20, Leigha Czerwinski, New Jersey
# 4,173:
6:13 pm PST, Nov 19, Name not displayed, New Jersey
Because we do not need LNG. We have plenty of Natural Gas under our own soil, there is no need to import LNG at a premium. It causes just as much pollution as Coal and ruins the waters that just started to become significantly cleaner.
# 4,172:
5:51 am PST, Nov 19, IK Honickman, New Jersey
Our oceans are extremely sensitive to human intervention and we need them to remain as pristine as we possibly can to continue to help them serve as our global mediators of weather patterns .
# 4,171:
5:47 am PST, Nov 19, Chris Ward, New Jersey
# 4,170:
11:18 pm PST, Nov 18, Lynn Downey, Florida
Nj and ny do not need to be more of a target than they already are save the coastline for our children and grandchildren
# 4,169:
10:45 pm PST, Nov 18, Eugenia Perl, New Jersey
We do not need this facility, nor do we want it. Stop polluting our waters. I am tired of big businesses dictating policy in New Jersey. Why don't the elected officials do their jobs and represent the PEOPLE of this state.
# 4,168:
12:01 pm PST, Nov 18, Anne Boardman, New Jersey
# 4,167:
3:51 pm PST, Nov 17, Sam Scott, Connecticut
# 4,166:
10:31 am PST, Nov 17, Michael Tighe, New York
# 4,165:
1:37 pm PST, Nov 16, Gabrielle Manara, New York
# 4,164:
12:21 pm PST, Nov 16, Marlene Fand, New Jersey
# 4,163:
10:27 am PST, Nov 16, Lauren Helf, New York
LNG is bound to impact the environment in multiple negative ways. KEEP IT OUT!
# 4,162:
3:19 pm PST, Nov 15, Michele Pfaff, New Jersey
it's a disaster for the enviroment!!!!!!!!!!
# 4,161:
12:42 pm PST, Nov 14, Kelly Daniels, New Jersey
# 4,160:
1:09 pm PST, Nov 13, Giovanni Salvatici, Texas
The audacity that these companies have to inflict their wrath on the environment: including animals and PEOPLE; all in the name of greed compels me to say something. Down with LNG.
# 4,159:
1:57 pm PST, Nov 9, Dawn Kalin, Pennsylvania
# 4,158:
10:58 am PST, Nov 9, Kelly Erving, New Jersey
# 4,157:
5:18 pm PST, Nov 4, Maureen Lonergan-Ware, New Jersey
# 4,156:
5:14 pm PST, Nov 4, Tara Nicholls, New Jersey
# 4,155:
8:37 pm PST, Nov 3, Kate Grady, New Jersey
# 4,154:
8:07 pm PST, Nov 1, Kimberly Kocol, New York
# 4,153:
6:26 pm PST, Nov 1, Name not displayed, Wisconsin
# 4,152:
8:40 am PDT, Oct 31, Bill Richardson, New Jersey
I fish the Great-Bay area and am opposed to dependency of foreign resources to pollute our waters. Keep NJ clean!!!
# 4,151:
9:19 pm PDT, Oct 30, Megan Winter, New York
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