Earlier this week, advocates delivered more than 1,100 public comments to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) from Texans opposing the proposed Annova LNG fracked gas export terminal. The TCEQ is responsible for reviewing the air quality permit for Annova LNG to release hazardous air pollution.
Annova LNG is one of three fracked gas export terminals proposed near Port Isabel, TX, the cumulative impacts of which could be devastating for local communities.
“Texans from across the state have spoken out countless times in opposition to Annova LNG and the other fracked gas projects proposed for our community,” said Sierra Club Brownsville Organizer Rebekah Hinojosa. “These terminals would demand more fracking from across the state, industrialize our pristine coastline, subject our communities to increased pollution, and threaten the area’s diverse wildlife. We shouldn’t have to make these sacrifices so that fossil fuel companies can export more fracked gas overseas.”
“Annova LNG is just one of three export terminals that plan to bulldoze our pristine lands and release hazardous pollution into our air,” said Patrick Anderson with Save RGV from LNG. “Locals have made it clear that we are opposed to this project. The cities that would be impacted have all passed anti-LNG resolutions, and the Point Isabel School district denied a tax abatement for Annova LNG.”
Any decision made on the air permit by the TCEQ does not give the project approval to build. The project is awaiting a final decision on the permit from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) by July 18, 2019.
[Editor's Note: The air permit number in the photo above, courtesy of V&M Productions, is for Texas LNG.]