Month: September 2022

Newsletter: LNG exports a golden opportunity

Our webinar on potential LNG exports to Europe featured Indigenous entrepreneur Chris Sankey, Alliance CEO Karen Ogen-Toews, Dale Swampy of the National Coalition of Chiefs, and Stephen Buffalo of the Indian Resource Council. Chris Sankey: “Indigenous communities have been engaged in LNG for the last, I would say, 8 to 10 years. We have a …

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Response to Ottawa: Net zero is a worthy goal, but so is Indigenous reconciliation

The following is a response from the First Nation LNG Alliance to the federal discussion paper “Options to Cap and Cut Oil and Gas Sector Greenhouse Gas Emissions to Achieve 2030 Goals and Net-Zero by 2050.” Ottawa invited “input on the design and implementation of an approach to cap and cut emissions from the sector.” …

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Blog: Where’s the business case for hydrogen?

By KAREN OGEN-TOEWS CEO, First Nations Natural Gas Alliance So Prime Minister Trudeau says there has “never been a strong business case” for liquified natural gas exports from Canada’s East Coast to Europe. “There needs to be a business case,” he added. “It needs to make sense for Germany to be receiving LNG directly from …

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LNG exports: ‘Win, win, win.’

Our latest newsletter: Our Alliance CEO, Karen Ogen-Toews, on exporting Canadian LNG to Europe: “Canada is selling its natural gas to the United States for $3, they’re turning around and making it into LNG and selling it for $10. . . . We need to get on board. “Trudeau talks about selling a better business …

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Blog: Faint hopes for East Coast LNG exports?

As hopes for LNG exports via the East Coast hang in the balance, there were reports that Ottawa and Quebec might both be willing, somehow, to give them a chance. This as political pressure on both governments rose, citing Germany’s pleas for Canadian LNG. National Post reported: “The possible revival of a liquefied natural gas …

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