  
FOR IMMEDIATE
RELEASE:
November 29, 2012
Contact:
Maggie Kao, 202-675-2384
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SIERRA CLUB RELEASES NEW
REPORT ON NATURAL GAS EXPORTS
Report
disputes DOE arguments against a full study on LNG and fracking
Washington,
D.C. – Today Sierra Club released a new
report highlighting the significant risks of exporting liquefied natural
gas (LNG), and calling on the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to take a careful
look at the dangerous effects of increased fracking on Americans’ water, air,
land and health.
The report,
titled “Look Before the LNG Leap,” cautions against the rubber stamp approval
of proposed liquefied natural gas export facilities, and refutes the Department
of Energy’s claim that it cannot predict where new fracking will occur as a result
of approved LNG exports. The DOE has been using this argument as its main
reason against performing a thorough environmental impact statement to study
the full effects of exporting natural gas. The report shows that DOE's own
energy models can and do make those predictions.
“The
Department of Energy should look at the full picture of what exporting LNG will
mean for Americans’ health, communities and check books,” said Deb Nardone, Sierra Club’s Beyond Natural
Gas campaign director. “If we
blindly move forward with LNG exports, the American people will be left footing
the bill while natural gas companies rake in more cash with zero accountability
for their toxic pollution.”
Shipping natural gas to foreign countries would increase dirty, dangerous fracking in Americans’ backyards, drive up energy
prices for American families and put Americans’ health and our climate at risk
– while doing nothing to address our nation’s energy challenges. DOE must do the right thing and begin an open, public environmental
impact assessment before we blindly transform the energy landscape and
communities across the country.
“This new
report underscores the urgent need to move beyond all fossil fuels,” said Nardone. “An economy based on energy
efficiency and clean energy sources like wind and solar is the only safe and
responsible way to achieve true energy security while putting Americans to
work.”
Read the
report here.
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