Fighting against LNG

Anyone reading your paper would think that the Passama- quoddy Indians had voted for a liquefied natural gas terminal on their homelands – end of issue. In fact the vote was taken a few weeks after the issue was raised; the vote was to study the issue only; the vote was very close. Not all of the tribe got to vote because they were working.

I made a trip to Eastport a few weeks ago. I was shocked to observe that the ships would go around Campobello Island, which is Canadian, pass between Campobello and Deer Island, which is Canadian, and then turn sharp right and go through a whirlpool before reaching Pleasant Point.

There are several groups in addition to the Passamaquoddy Tribe fighting LNG there. There is a group of Canadians on Campobello, on Deer Island, in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, and of course, in Eastport. These folks are fighting LNG as hard as we fought it in Penobscot Bay and the fishermen in Harpswell. And the fight is far from over for the coast of Maine.

Jane Sanford

Belfast