Protect Our Communities from Explosive Trains

Gas company New Fortress Energy has a reckless plan to transport liquefied natural gas (LNG) by rail 200 miles from northeast Pennsylvania to Gibbstown, New Jersey. LNG is extremely unstable and can lead to uncontrollable fires so hot they can burn people up to a mile away.

Every year, there are over 1,000 train derailments. And the 2 million people living in the blast zone are at risk of extreme danger – even death – if one of these trains carrying LNG derails.

Tell the U.S. Department of Transportation to protect your community – not the profits of gas and railroad companies – by banning the transportation of LNG by rail.

Tell DOT: Protect our communities. Stop LNG by rail.

In February, a train carrying hazardous materials derailed in East Palestine, Ohio – and the fallout has been devastating for the community.

The same could happen here – and it could be even worse.

Every year, there are over 1,000 train derailments. And the 2 million people living in the blast zone are at risk of extreme danger – even death – if one of these trains carrying LNG derails.

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Subject Ban the Transportation of Liquefied Natural Gas by Rail

Dear Secretary Buttigieg and Mr. Wolcott,

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I am calling on you to change the reckless policy from the Trump administration that allowed for the transportation of highly volatile liquefied natural gas (LNG) by rail. In the wake of the devastating train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, it’s never been more urgent to protect communities from dangerous substances traveling by rail through our communities.

Continuing to allow LNG by rail is particularly dangerous for the densely populated northeast, where the gas industry is proposing a 200-mile route to transport LNG from a liquefying plant in Wyalusing, PA to an export terminal in Gibbstown, NJ.

LNG is a dangerous, highly unstable, and explosive substance that can lead to uncontrollable fires so hot they burn people up to a mile away. The current policy puts 2 million people within a blast zone along the route between Wyalusing and Gibbstown.

Furthermore, if the gas industry’s plan to take advantage of transporting LNG by rail succeeds in New Jersey, it will lay the groundwork for other similar projects across the country – putting millions more people in danger.

Please ban LNG by rail to protect our communities, not the profits of the gas industry.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

[First Name] [Last Name]

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