Protesters in Coos County rejoice against Jordan Cove LNG pipeline decision

COOS COUNTY, Ore. - Last week the Jordan Cove LNG Project withdrew their application for the removal-fill permit originally filed with the Oregon Department of State Lands back in 2017.

Now, anti-LNG groups are celebrating what would have been the day the Department of State Lands was set to make a decision.

Rogue Climate, Coos Bay Surfrider, Citizens for Renewables and passioned community members gathered at the boardwalk, chanted anti-LNG slogans and took their peaceful rally to the Jordan Cove office in downtown Coos Bay."Community members here and the rest of southern Oregon have been calling, writing letters, showing up to meetings and it shows us, when the company withdraws, that our voices are being heard," said Ashley Audyck, a Coos Bay Field Operator.

There were no counter-protests in sight.

In a press release sent to us, the spokesperson for Jordan Cove explains they withdrew after DSL Director Vickie Walker notified the Project their request for a two-month extension was denied.

Jordan Cove had notified Director Walker that we are not able to meet DSL's requirements by the January 31 decision date due to additional, recently required information by other state agencies. These recent requirements from other agencies are impossible to finalize prior to DSL's January 31, 2020 decision date. DSL asserted they now require those filings to complete their removal-fill application, so an extension was necessary to comply with these new information requests, but was not granted.

“We're very encouraged, more than we have ever been because we feel like the state has our back,” said Larry and Sylvia Mangan, two concerned landowners.

The Mangan's own property on two alternative LNG pipeline routes.