NO AK LNG

The AK LNG project would expand the Point Thomson field on the North Slope and require a new gas treatment plant at Prudhoe Bay. From there a pipeline would bisect the state to Coldfoot, then Livengood and across the Minto area, following the railroad and Parks Highway near Nenana, Healy and down under the Cook Inlet to Nikiski, where a new liquefaction plant would turn natural gas into LNG for the international market. None of this is possible without extreme government subsidies - taxpayer money that should be going toward the rapid renewable energy transition we need.

The Alaska LNG gas export project would cause climate pollution greater than 10 times that of the Willow project with as much as 2.7 billion tons of greenhouse gas emissions over the lifetime of the project.

If Alaska decarbonized except for this project, our emissions would still triple, making this a massive carbon bomb.

AK LNG's path to profitability directly clashes with the scientific consensus that carbon emissions will need to be reduced 40-60% by 2030 to keep global warming at manageable levels.

The current estimated cost for AK LNG is $44 billion not including any further inflation, a number that relies on subsidies from the state and US taxpayers in order to be marginally competitive in the global market.

This price tag does not include any access to gas for Alaskans, just exports to other countries. Spurs to Alaskan communities and processing centers would still have to be paid for and built before Alaskans could access any gas.

The large initial price tag means that investors would need a return, locking us further into our extractive fossil fuel economy long after we need to economically and environmentally transition.

AK LNG is being driven by politics, not the market, which will see a reduction of natural gas demand, likely before the project is ever profitable.

The state and investors could be putting that money towards a regenerative economy transition that would provide more secure jobs and income for our state.

Pipelines displace people and are culturally violent towards Alaska Native people, especially women, children and gender non-conforming people via the creation of “man camps” - temporary worker housing which places outsiders in communities they have no connection with. This has been shown to lead to increased rates of violence towards members of these communities.

We are calling on the Biden Administration and the Department of Energy to reverse their decision to approve the export application for the proposed Alaska Liquified Natural Gas Pipeline Project. To make your voice heard, click the button below to write a letter to the Biden Administration and the Department of Energy.

If you would like to get more involved, please contact our Keep it IN the Ground (KING!) Working Group Organizer Arleigh at arleigh@fbxclimateaction.org