To: Governor Larry Hogan

Governor O'Malley: Oppose Fracked Gas Exports at Cove Point

The proposed liquefied natural gas export terminal at Cove Point in southern Maryland will endanger local residents, significantly increase Maryland’s greenhouse gas emissions, and lock our nation and the global community into yet more dependence on fossil fuels. To preserve your legacy as a leader on climate, you must publicly oppose Cove Point and do all you can as Maryland’s top elected official to stop it. In doing so, you will help Maryland lead the way to a clean energy economy!

Why is this important?

We are MoveOn fracking fighters in Maryland working to keep our communities and climate safe from the biggest single new gas drilling threat on the East Coast: Cove Point.

A Virginia-based company called Dominion Resources is proposing a radical detour away from Maryland’s clean energy future: They want to build a massive, $3.8 billion facility on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in southern Maryland that would liquefy and export to Asia nearly one billion cubic feet of fracked natural gas every day.

This proposed Cove Point export facility would help the gas industry maximize its profits by selling gas overseas at higher prices. But the impacts for our communities and climate would be disastrous.

Exporting fracked gas from Maryland would dramatically increase pressure on nearby states to expand fracking operations -- and make it harder to keep Maryland’s own fracking moratorium in place. It takes so much energy to extract, process and ship “liquefied natural gas” (LNG) that this single facility would trigger more climate pollution than all seven of Maryland’s existing coal-fired power plants COMBINED.

Dominion could invest its $3.8 billion in renewable energy resources and create far more jobs. Instead, they are choosing to double-down on fossil fuels by building a new power plant, new compressor stations, and additional infrastructure to expand production and shipment of natural gas from neighboring states, through Maryland, to more lucrative foreign markets!

Marylanders are fighting back -- and we need Governor Martin O’Malley, a leader who cares about climate change, to stand with us. By blocking what would be the first fracked gas export terminal on the East Coast, the Free State is in a position to set a precedent and lead the way to a clean energy future.

Please sign this petition to urge Governor Martin O’Malley to oppose the fracked gas export terminal at Cove Point!