Stop the Gibbstown Fracked Gas Export Terminal!
The last thing we need is more fracked gas buildout in the Northeast polluting our air, water, and climate.
Plans are moving forward in New Jersey for a massive new fracked gas project that will threaten our climate, environment, and public health. New Fortress Energy and Delaware River Partners want to expand the deepwater port terminal in Gibbstown, Gloucester County, NJ, across from Chester, PA, to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) overseas for sale.
Shale gas would be extracted from fracking wells in Pennsylvania and piped to a New Fortress processing plant being built in Wyalusing, Bradford County, PA, on the Susquehanna River. Every day, trucks or trains would carry this hazardous LNG over 200 miles through populated areas to Gibbstown. Huge shipping vessels would transport it down the river, through the Delaware Bay and to ports proposed by New Fortress in Ireland, Puerto Rico, and beyond.
This project would be a disaster for communities in Pennsylvania and South Jersey. Every day, 1,650 truck trips or up to 100 rail cars would be coming into Gibbstown, worsening air pollution in a region that already doesn’t meet EPA standards for ozone. LNG will be loaded onto ships continuously, 24/7, 365 days a year, putting communities at risk from explosions. And endangered species, such as Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon, and rare, vulnerable habitats are threatened by the terminal wharf and dredging.
The entire New Fortress scheme is an untested, convoluted project that will only serve special private interests. It will generate destructive pollution every step of the way and increase methane emissions that will worsen our national and global climate crisis.
Take action to stop it.