Youth climate justice leaders from Oregon and California, including members of the Hoopa Valley, Yurok, and Siletz tribes, will challenge the Liquid Natural Gas Pipeline as a threat to climate, water and communities today, July 14, at 12:30 pm in Vogel Plaza in downtown Medford, Oregon.
The young activists, including plaintiffs in the famed Juliana v. US. lawsuit supported by Our Children’s Trust, Civil Liberties Defense Center and other supporting organizations, will be participating in they describe as a “lively demonstration” that will feature speakers and art.
“Fifty multicultural youth leaders will gather in a lively demonstration in downtown Medford, Oregon for climate and racial justice by marching to U.S. Senators Merkley and Wyden’s offices,” said Malea Goza, Youth Justice Leader. “The activists have gathered at the Next Generation Climate Justice Action Camp for the past week and are now marching with their message. They are using posters and various forms of art to convey their rising concerns for their future in relation to the Jordan Cove Energy Project (JCEP), which includes the installment of the LNG pipeline.”
Goza said the LNG pipeline is threatening the lives of future generations by “increasing the disastrous effects of climate change.”
“This pipeline will travel under more than 400 bodies of water, and will negatively affect Indigenous Tribes from the Klamath Basin and other communities living along the 232 mile-long pipeline route,” said Carter Costello, Youth Justice Leader. “The pipeline project would poison rivers, desecrate cultural sites, and become the largest source of climate pollution in Oregon. Historically and currently, communities of color are disproportionately disregarded and forced to suffer, while white-owned corporations reap the profits?”
CONTACT:
Malea Goza, Youth Justice Leader, 541-521-4711
Carter Costello, Youth Justice Leader, 707-954-6398