{"id":82191,"date":"2025-02-11T15:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T15:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/activist\/fisherfolk-take-the-fight-against-lng-to-chubb-the-understory\/"},"modified":"2025-02-11T15:46:10","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T15:46:10","slug":"fisherfolk-take-the-fight-against-lng-to-chubb-the-understory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=82191","title":{"rendered":"Fisherfolk take the fight against LNG to Chubb – The Understory"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\u201cI live in Cameron, Louisiana and I\u2019m here to stop LNG. It has totally destroyed our community. Born and raised there. Memories are all gone. All you see is a plant when you open the door. It\u2019s not a place I want to be anymore.\u201d \u2013 Lerlene Rodrigue, multigenerational fisherwoman of Cameron<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Cameron, Louisiana used to be the shrimping capital of the world, with fisherfolk supporting their families and communities from the bountiful waters for generations. But ever since methane gas (aka liquefied \u201cnatural\u201d or LNG) export terminals like Calcasieu Pass LNG<\/a> and Cameron LNG began operating in the area, the waters \u2014 and their nets \u2014 come up empty. For years, impacted communities across Louisiana have been fighting against the reckless buildout of these facilities, organizing to stop the threat they pose to their livelihoods, health, and heritage.<\/p>\n

Now, they\u2019re taking on another sector that\u2019s sinking their way of life: insurance.<\/strong> Specifically, major US insurer Chubb.<\/p>\n

Insurance companies are making the world uninsurable<\/h4>\n

We are in the midst of an insurability crisis<\/a>. Insurance companies are deeming neighborhoods, cities, and even entire states as too risky too insure due to climate risks \u2014 including Cameron. Many fisherfolk have lost their insurance coverage, where insurers tell them the insurance risk is too high in their area to protect them. And yet, insurance companies are covering<\/a> methane terminals right next door \u2014 dirty fossil fuel projects that are poisoning the air, polluting the waters, and pushing our shared climate over the edge. Rather than protect the people of Southwest Louisiana, Chubb is choosing to protect polluters and the very facilities that are making hurricanes so much worse.<\/p>\n

Chubb CEO Evan Greenberg claims that his company is a \u201csteward of the earth<\/a>,\u201d boasting about their so-called Climate+ initiatives<\/a>. Meanwhile, they\u2019re lagging far behind their global peers<\/a> and remain one of the biggest insurers behind largest fossil fuel build out of our lifetimes: the methane gas boom all across the Gulf South<\/a><\/strong>. The hypocrisy can\u2019t continue. Chubb is just as responsible as their fossil fuel clients for the damage they\u2019re causing in Louisiana \u2013 and everywhere. It\u2019s past time for Chubb\u2019s leadership \u2014 CEO Greenberg and theBoard of Directors \u2014 to listen to communities and become a real<\/em> climate leader by dropping<\/a> Calcasieu Pass LNG and Cameron LNG \u2014 and all methane gas.<\/p>\n

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Flares from Calcasieu Pass LNG behind a shrimping boat<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

How methane gas is sinking Louisiana fishing families<\/h4>\n

Don\u2019t believe the gaslighting \u2013 there\u2019s nothing \u201cnatural\u201d about methane gas expansion. Methane gas is a toxic and volatile super-pollutant, with 80 times more climate warming potential than carbon, and is the fastest growing fossil fuel sector in the world.<\/p>\n

Methane export terminals destroy communities, and Calcasieu Pass LNG and Cameron LNG are no different. In addition to countless health and environmental impacts<\/a>, these are just some of the ways that Calcasieu Pass LNG and Cameron LNG have wrecked the livelihoods of Louisiana fisherfolk<\/a>:<\/p>\n