{"id":649,"date":"2017-12-08T21:22:23","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T04:22:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/eahgrad\/?p=649"},"modified":"2017-12-08T21:22:23","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T04:22:23","slug":"water-life-youth-fracking-gas-export","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/eahgrad\/2017\/12\/08\/water-life-youth-fracking-gas-export\/","title":{"rendered":"Water is Life: Youth Against Fracking Gas Export"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-650 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/eahgrad\/files\/2017\/12\/22539782_1127969667333791_4840714583461455504_n-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"222\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2757\/files\/2017\/12\/22539782_1127969667333791_4840714583461455504_n-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2757\/files\/2017\/12\/22539782_1127969667333791_4840714583461455504_n-768x565.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2757\/files\/2017\/12\/22539782_1127969667333791_4840714583461455504_n-400x294.jpg 400w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2757\/files\/2017\/12\/22539782_1127969667333791_4840714583461455504_n.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/>On November 16, 2017, coincidently the same day as the largest Keystone oil spill to date in South Dakota, I attended the Water is Life: Youth Against Fracking Gas Export in Portland, OR. This event focused on the potentially damaging implications of the <strong>LNG pipeline<\/strong> from the perspective of youths from the Yurok, Karuk, and Hoopa tribes.\u00a0 These ambitious kids where making their way from Northern California, through Oregon to Washington, making stops the entire way to share their thought-provoking perspectives.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-651 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/eahgrad\/files\/2017\/12\/no-LNG-300x225.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"207\" height=\"155\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Just to offer a little background:<\/strong>\u00a0 The LNG Pipeline or Jordan Cove Fracked Gas Pipeline Proposal is a Pacific Connector pipeline that\u2019s projected to transport 1.2 Billion cubic feet of fracked gas per year.\u00a0 The LNG Pipeline would stretch across public and private lands from Canada to Coos Bay.\u00a0 The following are a few of the most significant risks and impacts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>The LNG Pipeline would violate land owner\u2019s rights:<\/strong> If land owner\u2019s do not accept a small one-time payment for land use the government will grant The power company eminent domain<\/li>\n<li><strong>Threat to traditions and tribal territories: <\/strong>The pipeline poses a significant threat to resources such as fish, water, and cultural resources as well as territories and burial grounds.<\/li>\n<li><strong>exacerbate the effects of global climate change: According to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/wonk\/wp\/2014\/06\/09\/exporting-u-s-natural-gas-isnt-as-clean-as-you-think\/?utm_term=.6abe89578728\">S. Department of Energy, exporting natural gas from the US to Asia could end up being worse from a greenhouse gas perspective than if China simply built a new power plant and burned its own coal supplies.<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>present a serious safety risk: <\/strong>LNG facilities and natural gas pipelines are highly explosive, and the Jordan Cove terminal would be built in a region susceptible to earth quacks and tsunamis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The evening began with a prayer and song sung by one of the tribe members.\u00a0 The women explained that song was her sister\u2019s.\u00a0 It was a song about coming of age.\u00a0 She went on to explain that in their culture when girls reach a certain age they are taught they have a purpose and how to be a contributing member of their community.\u00a0 I realized, I was never taught I had a purpose and when introductions began I realized the significance of that lesson. \u00a0Most of the speakers were female tribe members and in high school.\u00a0 One young girl explained that after she began to see the environmental changes in her community she became an activist\u2026in 8<sup>th<\/sup> grade. \u00a0These poignant young women (and one charismatic young man), were doing the work of adults, and more than likely working harder for a cause in their community than most adults ever will.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-652 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/eahgrad\/files\/2017\/12\/when-all-the-fish-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2757\/files\/2017\/12\/when-all-the-fish-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2757\/files\/2017\/12\/when-all-the-fish-768x526.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2757\/files\/2017\/12\/when-all-the-fish.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2757\/files\/2017\/12\/when-all-the-fish-400x274.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Each speaker gave their testimonial.\u00a0 Each one stood alone on a stage in front of roughly 200+ people, holding a microphone and bravely stumbling over the words of the speeches they prepared.\u00a0 Their courage and dedication offered up a kind of hope that\u2019s hard to find.\u00a0 I was so proud of each one of those young women (and one young man) that I did not know.\u00a0 Their messages were direct, engaging, and they all really drove home the message of how the pipeline will specifically impact <em>their<\/em> community and culture and how <em>we<\/em>\u00a0can drive change in our communities.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-653 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/eahgrad\/files\/2017\/12\/think-globaly-300x67.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"358\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2757\/files\/2017\/12\/think-globaly-300x67.png 300w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2757\/files\/2017\/12\/think-globaly-400x89.png 400w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/2757\/files\/2017\/12\/think-globaly.png 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PFpIalwW9bY\">Youtube:\u00a0 NO LNG Pipeline!\u00a0 Klamath Tribes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sponsors:\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/bluemountainsbiodiversityproject.org\/\">Blue Mountains Biodiversity Project<\/a>\u00a0 , <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nolngexports.org\/\">NO LNG Exports<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonpsr.org\/\">Physicians for Social Responsibility<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/350pdx.org\/\">350pdx<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gorgefriends.org\/\">Friends of the Columbia Gorge<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/columbiariverkeeper.org\/\">Columbia River Keeper<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/oregon2.sierraclub.org\/chapter\">Oregon Sierra Club<\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/usa\/\">Greenpeace<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On November 16, 2017, coincidently the same day as the largest Keystone oil spill to date in South Dakota, I attended the Water is Life: Youth Against Fracking Gas Export in Portland, OR. 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