The Rio Grande LNG project—a proposed facility for exporting methane gas in Brownsville, TX—is one of the most controversial gas projects in North America:
Methane gas has more than *80 times* the warming power of carbon dioxide after it reaches the atmosphere.
And this methane export facility destroys ancestral lands and sacred sites of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas, who oppose the facility.
BIG NEWS 🎉 Insurance company @Chubb has dropped #RioGrandeLNG, a methane gas project that would threaten local communities & violate the sacred sites of the Carrizo/Comecrudo Tribe of Texas. This comes after months of pushback from community organizers and climate activists.
Juan Mancias è il portavoce della popolazione nativa americana Carrizo Comecrudo, minacciata dai progetti di gas liquefatto Texas e Rio Grande. Proprio questo è finanziato dalla banca italiana per 1,08 miliardi di euro. Da Torino, ospite di ReCommon in occasione di una conferenza parallela a quella conclusiva del G7 Ambiente, Mancias chiede un passo indietro all'istituto di credito
Sign and send the petition to the #insurers connected to this project: Listen to impacted communities and publicly drop #RioGrandeLNG before the insurance renewal on March 2024.
Participating Organizations:
#198methods
#350Seattle
#ChesapeakeClimateActionNetwork
#ClimateHawksVote
#DailyKos
#DemandProgress
#DemocracyForAmericaAdvocacyFund
#HipHopCaucus
#NationalCampaignForJustice
#NativeOrganizersAllianceActionFund
#Presente.org
5/6
Big Insurers like #Chubb, #LibertyMutual, and #Sompo have the power to stop this project by refusing to insure it and all #methane expansion.
They have a responsibility to listen to #Indigenous and impacted #communities and make crucial changes for people and the #planet by publicly ruling out methane and #RioGrandeLNG immediately, before the insurance renewal on March 2024.
We need meaningful #ClimateSolutions before it’s too late.
4/6
#Methane gas has more than 80 times the warming power of #CarbonDioxide over the first 20 years after it reaches the #atmosphere. Methane is highly volatile, and this build-out poses especially dangerous #explosion risks.
Further, the #Carrizo / #ComecrudoTribeOfTexas, who are the original #IndigenousPeople of the region, have not given their Free Prior and Informed Consent (#FPIC) for #RioGrandeLNG.
2/6
Stop insuring Rio Grande LNG now!
#RioGrandeLNG (liquid “natural” gas, or #LNG) is a proposed #methane gas export terminal slated for #Brownsville, #Texas, in the #RioGrandeValley. This project, and the proposed #TexasLNG and #RioBravoPipeline, is a clear case of #EnvironmentalRacism with enormous, devastating impacts on #CommunityHealth, #IndigenousRights, #EndangeredSpecies, and our shared #climate.
There’s nothing “natural” about methane gas expansion.
1/6
#EtHopUneBonneNouvelle !
Oui ! Une autre ! Encore !
Aller, on continue à pousser et à tirer de tous côtés !
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RT @anvcop21
💥VICTOIRE : après des années de lutte des communautés impactées et du mouvement climat, Société Générale a annoncé son retrait du projet gazier ultra controversé de #RioGrandeLNG.
#StopRioGrandeLNG
https://twitter.com/AnvCop21/status/1640661230921678849
Que devient alors #RioGrandeLNG ?
Le retrait de Société Générale est un coup dur - mais ce n'est pas fini : d'autres multinationales doivent renoncer à soutenir cette bombe climatique. On ne lâchera pas ! ✊
#StopRioGrandeLNG
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RT @Lorette_Phil
Le retrait de Société Générale est un nouveau coup porté au projet Rio Grande LNG.
Il doit désormais être totalement abandonné.
👉 @CreditAgricole @GroupeBPCE doivent refuser de le soutenir
👉 …
https://twitter.com/Lorette_Phil/status/1640618934872227840
Pourquoi nous nous sommes mobilisé·es contre #RioGrandeLNG, aux côtés de nombreux partenaires dont @amisdelaterre 👇
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RT @amisdelaterre
#RioGrandeLNG, c’est un projet de terminal de liquéfaction de GNL permettant au gaz 🇺🇸 (à 87% du #gazdeschiste) d’être transporté par méthanier ds le monde.
Depuis 2017, nous demandons qu’il ne sorte pas de terre, avec @SierraClub @RAN @SaveRGVfromLNG @anvcop21 et @alternatiba75
https://twitter.com/amisdelaterre/status/1640619124085735424
Karen E. Lund 💙💛
Larry Neufeld
Altreconomia
anna_lillith 🇺🇦🌱🐖
ValK. 🐚 🦣
Action non-violente COP21