Long Beach: Stop fossil gas at your port!

Long Beach leaders are currently considering plans that would facilitate building new fossil gas stations at our port (also known as “bunkering”), a decision that would harm our community and exacerbate the climate crisis by increasing fossil fuel pollution and emissions. The Port of Long Beach — one of the largest and busiest ports in the U.S. — is considering updates to its Port Master Plan that would expand permissibility for liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering to fuel LNG ships at the port for decades to come.

From extraction to consumption, LNG emits methane, a heat-trapping gas that is up to 86 times more potent in its climate-warming effect than carbon dioxide on a shorter timescale (meaning more warming, faster). Southern California has already irreversibly warmed 3 degrees Fahrenheit in the last century, and methane is responsible for half of this temperature increase.

LNG not only warms our climate — it also contributes to air pollution. Methane emissions contribute to more than 200,000 premature deaths and increased respiratory emergency room visits globally every year. LNG facilities are also dangerous — with a risk for explosions and fires.

That’s why we need Long Beach leaders including Mayor Rex Richardson, Harbor Commission President Sharon Weissman and Port Executive Director Mario Cordero to reject LNG by removing it from the Port Master Plan Update — and to put an end to LNG infrastructure and bunkering at the Port.

Take Action

See our advertisements in the Los Angeles Times, Long Beach Business Journal and Long Beach Press-Telegram:

Resources and additional background:

• Read our fact sheet on the LNG here
• Read an interview with Ports for People Campaign manager about LNG and Long Beach here
• Read T&E’s investigation into the so-called ‘green’ liquid LNG here