A report from the Oregon Department of Energy Friday said the state's growing need for natural gas can be adequately supplied through proposed Rocky Mountain pipelines, which would also be less expensive gas than the three liquefied natural gas facilities proposed in Oregon.

Gov. Ted Kulongoski said the report also indicates the pipelines to the Rocky Mountains would produce fewer carbon dioxide emissions than the controversial liquified natural gas terminals.

"This report raises serious questions about whether LNG is the only source to serve an increased demand for natural gas and whether LNG terminals are in the public's best interest both economically and environmentally," Kulongoski said in a news release.

A report from the Oregon Department of Energy Friday said the state's growing need for natural gas can be adequately supplied through proposed Rocky Mountain pipelines, which would also be less expensive gas than the three liquefied natural gas facilities proposed in Oregon.

Gov. Ted Kulongoski said the report also indicates the pipelines to the Rocky Mountains would produce fewer carbon dioxide emissions than the controversial liquified natural gas terminals.

"This report raises serious questions about whether LNG is the only source to serve an increased demand for natural gas and whether LNG terminals are in the public's best interest both economically and environmentally," Kulongoski said in a news release.