COQUILLE, Ore. (AP) — Developers of a 234-mile pipeline to carry imported liquefied natural gas from Coos Bay across southwestern Oregon got an earful from people who don’t like the prospect.
A public hearing on the Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline held Thursday in Coquille lasted six hours.
Arrow Coyote of the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians said he’s worried cultural artifacts could be destroyed.
Oyster farmer Lilli Clausen said digging trenches through an estuary could raise silt that harms oyster beds.
