Informational Session - April 18th

Informational Session - April 18th

Hazards vs Vulnerability by Mike Graybill

Safety & Economic Concerns

Reasons we need to look deeper!

 

On April 18th the League of Women Voters of Coos County presented a 2nd Informational Forum to the Community at the Egyptian Theater to help everyone understand the negative impacts of the Jordan Cove Energy project vs the short-term benefit of jobs.  We believe the long-term negative impacts to the climate and human populations as well as the near-term impacts to our fishing and tourism industries, far outweigh any positive short-term economic benefits. 

Our goal was to educate the community about how unsafe this project is to our environment as well as their own personal well-being.  And to help them understand the arguments related to short-term vs long-term economic benefits. 

This presentation dealt with the negative impacts of dredging the bay & widening the channel.  It shows how noise and sound pollution will affect not only the animal life in and near the bay, but will also be detrimental to the human population as well.  Ships coming and going only at high tides, requiring a Coast Guard imposed clearance of 500’ will interfere with people’s ability to use the bay to fish and conduct other water related activities.

A web broadcast of the forum in its entirety can be viewed here.

PDF icon Agenda for the presentations

1.  PDF icon Revelant League Policies - Christine Moffitt

2.  PDF icon Safety Considerations of Project Development & Operations - Jan Hodder

3.  PDF icon SIGITTO  (Society of International Gas Tanker & Terminal Operators) Informational Paper No. 14                                         - Risk Limitation Standards 

4.  Seismic and Tsunami Considerations video - You Tube

          • The LWV used YouTube sources to help explain the sequence of seismic and tsunami risks, and considerations.  Thank you to the IRS (Integrated Rist Information System of EPA) for the animated video about the Cascadian subduction zone and the earthquake of 1700.  The Oregonian for the animation of tsunami in Coos Bay area, and thee New Yorker for their interview on saftety with Dr. Goldfinger.
          • Please note:  any content that autoplays after watching this video is outside of our control.

5.  PDF icon Safety Considerations with Facility & Ships - Mike Graybill

6.  PDF icon JCEP Air and Noise - Shannon Souze

7.  PDF icon Enterprise Zone Agreement - Elise Hamner

8.  PDF icon Coos Bay:  Economy Past & Present in photos - Bill Robbins

9.  PDF icon Coos Bay:  Economy Past & Present - Bill Robbins

PDF icon Make Your Voice Heard - a Guide for Writing a Public Comment Effectively