One lone person spoke this week against our own municipal utility’s desires to extend their customer base for fracked gas by developing an LNG facility. You can learn more at 350philly.org/NoLNG.

Watch, and/or ready testimony offered by Meenal Raval.

Watch Meenal at 1:37

Hello. My name is Meenal Raval. Here today speaking on bill number 181063, known as PGW’s public private partnership for an LNG project.

I’m here to remind you that many many groups are still opposed to this project. We remain opposed to this project from a public health perspective — people unable to breathe the air in their neighborhoods, air fouled by fossil fuel emissions. We also remain opposed to this project from a climate perspective — that physics demands that we must not invest in any new fossil fuel projects. We remain opposed to this project from a financial perspective as well. It does not appear that we will be making as much money as advertised.

Just a reminder that this project is not needed to heat our homes. This project is NOT needed.

We therefore recommend that we cancel this project, and ask that each of you vote No on bill number 181063.

I ask that we focus all our energy on transitioning PGW to a more sustainable entity — one that does not require it to sell more and more gas to remain viable.

I also want to share with Councilmember Reynolds Brown that Chicago passed a Ready for 100 resolution. What is keeping you from introducing a similar resolution for Philadelphia? When can we meet with you about this?

Thank you!

This was written for 350 Philadelphia; found here.