No LNG

by TRIBAL NEWS STAFF Updating the City of Tacoma Human Rights Commission (THRC) on Puyallup Tribal No LNG campaign, Councilmembers Annette Bryan and Anna Bean presented alongside Puyallup Tribal member Dakota Case on February 21, 2019.The role of the Tacoma Human Rights Commission is to ensure that the City encourages and coordinates the implementation of programs consistent with the needs and rights of all its residents. The group of Puyallup leaders presented to the Tacoma Human Rights Commission because there have been violations in the process of construction of the Puget Sound Energy (PSE) Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) facility on…

Better accounting of methane releases could help us avoid a tremendous mistake. Written by Tarika Powell for the Sightline Institute "The fossil fuel industry purports that natural gas is “clean,” but that claim fails to account for climate-damaging methane leaks along the supply chain. Poor external reporting requirements mean gas companies don’t have to share how much fugitive methane escapes into the atmosphere each year. With no one to compel more data-sharing from the industry, it can convince policymakers and the public that any uncertainty in independent research is enough reason to discredit the questions themselves." Click to read the…

We are trying to get 500 people to send a message to the City of Tacoma demanding that the City complete a new project impact statement (referred to as an SEIS) for the safety of our people, lands and waters. Here’s why: With the recent court ruling against Tacoma on LNG safety records and the news of the Wash. State Attorney General calling out LNG as pure fiction  we are urging community members to reach out to the City of Tacoma to complete a new SEIS analysis for the following reasons The scope of the project has changed significantly and the changes warrant…

Letter to the editor originally printed in The Olympian. "People of conscience in the Tacoma area must speak out against the proposed LNG terminal. The facility would be built in immediate proximity to the Puyallup Tribe reservation in violation of the Medicine Creek Treaty. Additionally, the “blast zone” of the plant encompasses other residential areas as well as the Northwest Detention Center; NWDC has effectively no plan to protect the people unjustly detained there if the LNG facility combusts. The health and safety risks associated with the LNG plant will disproportionately impact communities who already face injustice every day. This…

Written by Tarika Powell for the Sightline Institute There’s a reason the methane industry deliberately avoids acknowledging everything before combustion Methane gas, commonly referred to as “natural gas,” is the fossil fuel with the most positive image. Natural gas is marketed as not just cleaner than other fossil fuels, but as “clean”—a demonstrably false descriptor with an endless number of caveats. Oil and gas companies promote gas subsidiaries by prominently featuring the word “clean” in the company’s name or marketing and suggest we pair natural gas with renewable energy as a solution to our greenhouse gas problems. This dubious pairing has found its…

“We, the members of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians of the United States, invoking the divine blessing of the Creator upon our efforts and purposes, in order to preserve for ourselves and our descendants rights secured under Indian Treaties, Executive Orders, and benefits to which we are entitled under the laws and constitution of the United States and several states, to enlighten the public toward a better understanding of the Indian people, to preserve Indian cultural values, and otherwise to promote the welfare of the Indian people, do hereby establish and submit the following resolution…”Read the full text of…

"Annette Bryan’s part in the years-long conflict over a liquefied natural gas facility in Tacoma began close to home. For over 40 years, she’s been a resident of the neighborhood adjacent to the Tideflats, a waterfront industrial area in eastern Tacoma that houses its port. It’s where she now raises her three grandchildren and cares for her mother. In 2015, she noticed groups of people near her house picketing in protest of the facility. She became aware of its existence only after speaking to them."Read the full article on Crosscut.