The EIR Is Out and So Are The Movie Stars.
The Cabrillo Port EIR was released on Friday and a celebrity-heavy crowd of 200+ turned out on Saturday to protest LNG.
The EIR keeps the spotlight on emissions which has been at the center of the Cabrillo Port issue for some time.
The antil LNG-rally was led by Keely Shaye Brosnan and, according to Hollywood Today, included all of the usual suspects:
"Other celebrities who live or play in Malibu opposing the terminal include Tom Hanks, Charlize Theron, Barbra Streisand, Cher, Australia’s Olivia Newton-John, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Sting, Dick Van Dyke, Jane Seymour, Dylan McDermott, James Brolin, Kenny G, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Cindy Crawford, Daryl Hannah and Ed Harris. Newton-John has been a longtime resident of Malibu."
In a rather blatant political photo-op, Assembly Member Lloyd Levine attended as well, in an effort to show solidarity with Malibu activists. Levine, who used to support LNG, gets the "John Kerry Blowing-With-The-Political-Winds" award: "I voted for [LNG] before I voted against it".
Things weren't all bleak for LNG this weekend though, as the Long Beach Press Telegram opined favorably about the newly proposed Esparanza terminal which is similar in concept to Cabrillo Port. The Press Telegram made the brutally candid assessment that most LNG detractors don't want to hear:
"Opponents of LNG say that importing it simply transfers Americans' dependence on foreign oil to dependence on foreign sources of natural gas. That's not really accurate, because Americans can end that dependence any time we want, by simply switching to vehicles that use little or no fossil fuels and to alternative sources of electric power. We don't seem quite ready to do that. Until that time, LNG looks pretty good."
Brosnan, Sheen Rally against BHP Gas Terminal off Malibu [Hollywood Today]
The EIR keeps the spotlight on emissions which has been at the center of the Cabrillo Port issue for some time.
The antil LNG-rally was led by Keely Shaye Brosnan and, according to Hollywood Today, included all of the usual suspects:
"Other celebrities who live or play in Malibu opposing the terminal include Tom Hanks, Charlize Theron, Barbra Streisand, Cher, Australia’s Olivia Newton-John, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Sting, Dick Van Dyke, Jane Seymour, Dylan McDermott, James Brolin, Kenny G, Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Cindy Crawford, Daryl Hannah and Ed Harris. Newton-John has been a longtime resident of Malibu."
In a rather blatant political photo-op, Assembly Member Lloyd Levine attended as well, in an effort to show solidarity with Malibu activists. Levine, who used to support LNG, gets the "John Kerry Blowing-With-The-Political-Winds" award: "I voted for [LNG] before I voted against it".
Things weren't all bleak for LNG this weekend though, as the Long Beach Press Telegram opined favorably about the newly proposed Esparanza terminal which is similar in concept to Cabrillo Port. The Press Telegram made the brutally candid assessment that most LNG detractors don't want to hear:
"Opponents of LNG say that importing it simply transfers Americans' dependence on foreign oil to dependence on foreign sources of natural gas. That's not really accurate, because Americans can end that dependence any time we want, by simply switching to vehicles that use little or no fossil fuels and to alternative sources of electric power. We don't seem quite ready to do that. Until that time, LNG looks pretty good."
Brosnan, Sheen Rally against BHP Gas Terminal off Malibu [Hollywood Today]
posted by CalEnergyGuy at 8:50 AM
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