Venture Global’s plant depletes water, emergency services and road space, say residents, paramedics and local officials
Residents of Plaquemines parish, 70 miles south of New Orleans, say they have faced unreliable essential services, water shortages and impassible traffic since 2021, when Venture Global began construction on what will become one of the world’s
The LNG buildout is “totally destroying this whole peaceful fishing community”, said Marcus Ray, whose family has been in the area for generations. Ray, a project manager for an electric company, said that after months of water contamination and shortages, he and his wife have been spending about $100 a month on bottled water to make coffee and cook.
Orgeron said she was afraid of the upcoming storm season. “It’s going to be a nightmare” to evacuate ahead of a hurricane, she said. “I don’t care if I have to live in a cardboard box – I want out.”Even for ambulances, the dense traffic is like “trying to part the Red Sea”, said Kristine Whatley, a paramedic in Plaquemines parish for 22 years. She said that Emergency Medical Services were already overstressed, and once Venture Global arrived, she got even more calls and fought worse traffic.
Last year, Whatley realized she couldn’t take the strain any more. She retired from the job she loved and moved away.that Venture Global was using as much as a quarter of all water in Plaquemines parish. In April, spokespeople with the area’s water system operator acknowledged that Venture Global was affecting residents’ water pressure.
Last August, when a marsh fire burned toward his home, McAnespy and the rest of town’s volunteer firefighters stood ready to fight the flames.
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