I write with troubling news. A new, massive natural gas facility could be built off the coast of New Jersey, threatening local communities and increasing the demand for fracking.
With only a few weeks for public comment, we need to act right now to tell Governor Christie to reject this reckless proposal.
The corporation pushing this project, called Port Ambrose, is saying that it will be a terminal to import natural gas. But with fracking on the rise in the Marcellus shale region, many are concerned that the project is really designed to help the gas industry export fracked gas to other countries. This means that the project not only threatens residents and visitors from Long Branch to Sandy Hook, but it will result in more pressure to open New Jersey to the ravages of fracking.
Port Ambrose would inevitably discharge wastewater and contaminate air and marine waters. The proposed facility poses an unacceptable risk to the people of New Jersey's health and safety and threatens some of the state's most popular beach areas. With a deadline looming on July 14, we must take action today.
Join me in telling Governor Christie to reject this reckless project.
Submit a public comment today
Thanks for taking action,
Jim Walsh
Mid-Atlantic Region Director
Food & Water Watch
jwalsh@fwwatch.org
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