The Jordan Cove Energy Project is designed to have minimal environmental impacts associated with its construction or operation

• The project will be located on a “brownfield” site in a pre-existing industrial zone, distant from any schools, public gathering or recreational areas or residential neighborhoods
• There are no known threatened or endangered animal or plant species at the site
• The existing deep-draft channel is sufficient to allow the safe transit of LNG vessels

As the cleanest fossil fuel, natural gas has become an increasingly important source of energy in the United States. Natural gas burns cleanly, with less pollution than coal or oil. The main products of the combustion of natural gas are carbon dioxide and water vapor. Coal and oil have higher carbon ratios, as well as higher nitrogen and sulfur contents. When burned, coal and oil release higher levels of polluting emissions, including a higher percentage of carbon emissions, nitrogen oxides, and sulfur dioxide. The combustion of natural gas, unlike coal and fuel oil, releases very small amounts of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, virtually no ash or particulate matter, and lower levels of carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide.