'This irresponsible decision will have implications on the health and well-being of communities, as well as lasting impact on generations to come,' warned one campaigner.
Elected officials and environmental advocates in the Pacific Northwest on Thursday condemned U.S. regulators for greenlighting a Canadian company's fracked gas pipeline expansion project despite the fossil fuel-driven climate emergency.The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved TC Energy's Gas Transmission Northwest XPress Project, which would upgrade compressor stations in Kootenai County, Idaho; Sherman County, Oregon; and Walla Walla County, Washington.
'If this were to happen in dry, rural, fire-prone lands or in the residential areas where TC Energy's GTN pipeline is located, it would be catastrophic.'Satya Austin-Opper of 350 Deschutes in Oregon stressed that 'the GTN Xpress proposal would lock in a huge new influx of fracked gas for decades at the very moment that our communities are experiencing accelerated climate change impacts such as frequent drought and summers of smoke.
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