Since then, a coalition of grassroots environmental and governmental groups have joined forces to oppose the PurGen project.

They include Resolutions opposing PurGen from the following groups:

The project, which proposes to pump liquified carbon and sequester it off our coastline, could have serious negative impacts for our area’s environment and tourism.

It is an experiment we don’t need off of our coastline.

Our oceans are already under enormous assault by carbon dioxide in the atmosphere from the burning of fossil fuels. The CO2 descends into our seas, creating acidity levels not seen in human history.  The effects have been to create dead zones, devastating microbial growth that is the base of the food chain for most sea life and the producer of much of our oxygen.

As far as the effects on tourism on our region, one only needs to reflect back on the 1980s, when medical waste washed up on the New Jersey shores and tourists stopped visiting many of our resorts because of the perception of an unclean sea.

Using our coastline as a waste depository would not help the image of our oceans as a clean and safe place to visit, and any accident could be devastating.

Joel S. Fogel

please contact the Stop PurGen COALition if you think your municipality would oppose PurGen.    info@stoppurgencoalplant.org.