To: Governor Larry Hogan
Governor O'Malley: Stop A Fracked Gas Export Terminal On The Chesapeake
I am a Maryland resident and I am writing to urge you to declare your public opposition to the proposed construction of a dangerous, polluting and potentially climate-devastating facility: the Cove Point liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in Calvert County, Maryland. This facility, proposed by Virginia-based Dominion Resources, Inc., would greatly harm the Chesapeake Bay, raise energy prices for vulnerable and low-income consumers, set back the state's own greenhouse gas goals, and tear neighborhoods, farms, and state natural resources apart with new and unwanted pipelines. In short: this massive Cove Point natural gas export facility is not in the best interests of Maryland residents or the American public as a whole.
Please protect Marylanders and other vulnerable east coast communities from the threat of Cove Point's natural gas exports. We are counting on you to prevent great harm to Maryland communities, the climate, and our national treasure -- the Chesapeake Bay.
You have a historic role to play. Please speak out against this project and preserve your legacy as a leader in confronting climate change and transitioning to clean energy.
Why is this important?
When Marylanders learned of the risks posed by fracking, they fought hard to protect the safety of their communities, earning a temporary moratorium on this controversial natural gas extraction technique.
But this hard work could all be undone if Dominion Cove Point is allowed to build a major liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Chesapeake Bay to export fracked gas.
Help stop this project by writing to Gov. Martin O’Malley!
The Dominion Cove Point LNG export terminal would be the first of its kind on the East Coast and would open up the natural gas reserves in the Eastern part of the country to foreign markets. If this facility is approved, it would encourage the oil and gas industry to frack as much and as quickly as possible so that they can sell the gas overseas where the price is higher, while hiking up the price of natural gas here at home. In addition to the immediate environmental destruction of a renewed gas rush, the upward pressure on natural gas prices could threaten existing moratoriums in Maryland and other places where fracking has been put on hold.
Maryland has a pivotal role to play in this historic fight. That’s why we need your help!