Our newsletter, 06 May 2026
Cedar LNG starts new construction
The Haisla Nation’s Cedar LNG project is moving into its ‘most important construction season yet,’ including the start of building its power transmission line and heading toward completion of its pipeline.
Pipeline construction is expected to be finished by the end of the year, and the floating LNG plant now is more than 50% complete.
- Newsletter and video: https://bit.ly/4tGGzhh
- See also: https://bit.ly/48WlXcx
Also from Cedar LNG: ‘We are designing and constructing Cedar LNG in a way that preserves the natural area all around us.’ https://bit.ly/4sYTudp
- And how Cedar LNG crews installed a pipeline bridge over a steep section of Moore Creek: https://bit.ly/3OWSmsT
Woodfibre LNG: ‘a relationship, not a permit’
That was the message from Chief Ian Campbell of the Squamish Nation, in a guest column on his nation’s “new model’ for an LNG project.
“It demonstrates that a different approach is possible, one where projects are built with shared authority, shared accountability and shared benefit from the outset.”
And also: “Through a consent-based Environmental Assessment Agreement, the Squamish Nation exercises regulatory authority alongside the Province of British Columbia. Our environmental assessment is not advisory. It is binding. Our laws, values and stewardship responsibilities are embedded directly in how the project is reviewed, approved and monitored.”
- The full column: https://bit.ly/3Rhsh8p
- And read how bird habitat is being protected at the Woodfibre LNG site: https://bit.ly/4ttyzjC
CEO Karen Ogen on the move
Among her business travels, our Alliance CEO Karen Ogen attended the Nation2Nation 2026 Women’s Gathering in Prince George. She’s second from left in the photo above.
- She’ll be featured on a panel at the Native American Mining and Energy Sovereignty Symposium at Albuquerque NM, May 19-20.
- Karen will also be a panellist at the Clean Energy Association of BC’s Generate 2026 conference in Vancouver, May 25-26.
- And she’ll speak at the Global Energy Show Canada, June 9-11, at Calgary.
(See our full events calendar below)
- Meanwhile, Alliance advisor David Keane, a longtime LNG leader, now is also a consultant to the Canada Infrastructure Bank, ‘supporting the advancement of major infrastructure and LNG projects across Canada.’ https://bit.ly/4vMuwAx
Indigenous Clean Energy
- Solar energy is flourishing among First Nations in BC: https://bit.ly/4tCXD87
- (Photo above: the Kwiḵwa̱sut’inux̱w Ha̱xwa’mis Nation’s health and administration building, from Charge Solar: https://bit.ly/4uek8jr)
- Garden River First Nation in Ontario expects $50 million a year from a proposed solar project: https://bit.ly/4sMH4VW
- Matachewan Nation in Ontario lands a solar power contract: https://bit.ly/4n3kZRz
- Fort William First Nation and Red Rock Indian Band are partnering on windfarm projects in Ontario: https://bit.ly/3OF4zSQ
- First Nations will collaborate on planning for the Red Lake power transmission line in Ontario, and will have the opportunity to invest in a 50% equity stake: https://bit.ly/48y3Cm8
- Eight Indigenous groups sign a letter of intent to collaborate on a major hydroelectricity project in the NWT: https://bit.ly/3Pg42qI
- The Manitoba Métis Federation has plans for a $500-million wind-energy project: https://bit.ly/4eYBH2y: https://bit.ly/4tJg8aJ
- Microsoft is to buy carbon-removal credits from an Indigenous bioenergy and carbon-capture and storage project in Saskatchewan: https://bit.ly/4d3AtjW
- Renewable-energy projects have been installed in nearly half of all remote communities in Canada: https://bit.ly/4w4gRVu
ALSO in the NEWS
- LNG Canada has shipped 80 cargoes of LNG, and is working on its marine terminal to improve carrier movement: https://bit.ly/4wcEuLD
- LNG Canada exports hit a reported one million metric tonnes in April, for first time in a single month: https://bit.ly/42brqIW
- Canadian Gas Association calls on Ottawa to support a national effort to connect rural and Indigenous communities to natural gas: https://bit.ly/4eVfhzd
- Alberta plans a timeline of 120 business days for approval of big resource projects, and Indigenous consultation must be at ‘an appropriately advanced stage’ before a project can be expedited: https://bit.ly/4mVIQTd
- How a log from the route of the PRGT pipeline (which will feed Nisga’a Nation’s KsiLisims LNG project) became a totem pole: https://bit.ly/4usbMVH
- Our blog: High hopes for hydrogen and hydrogen-carrying ammonia: https://bit.ly/4cUi0pT
EVENTS
- British Columbia Economic Development Association, 2026 BC Economic Summit, May 11-14, Penticton: https://bit.ly/4uZvhWp
- Indigenous Forward Summit (West), May 13-14, Calgary: https://ow.ly/pgku50XrhQ7
- Indigenous Forward Summit (East), May 13-14, Orillia ON: https://ow.ly/Wpxk50Y5Kai
- Peace Region Energy Show, May 13-14, Grande Prairie AB: https://bit.ly/4vyfGxB
- Native American Mining and Energy Sovereignty Symposium, May 19-20, Albuquerque NM. Alliance CEO Karen Ogen will be on a panel on LNG. https://bit.ly/4bCjvcQ
- Atlantica Centre for Energy hosts a webinar, Natural Gas Forum – Part II, on gas in Atlantic Canada: https://bit.ly/4cS4fs1
- Clean Energy Association of BC, Generate 2026 conference, May 25-26, Vancouver. Alliance CEO Karen Ogen will be a panellist: https://bit.ly/4mcJVWj
- Indigenous Resource Opportunities Conference, June 3-5, Nanaimo: https://bit.ly/4asjsQE
- Energy for a Secure Future, Municipal Energy Dialogue, June 4, Edmonton: https://bit.ly/4sZ9IU1
- Global Energy Show Canada, June 9-11, Calgary: https://ow.ly/NnlW50XffWC Alliance CEO Karen Ogen is among speakers.
- Energy Influencers Conference (at the Global Energy Show above): https://bit.ly/4aRfBvd
- International Pipeline Conference and Expo, Sept. 21-25, Calgary: https://ow.ly/NmxS50Y5Kag
- Canadian Gas Association, CGA Energy Week, Oct. 26-29, Toronto: https://bit.ly/4vrupdw
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(Posted here 10 May 2026, then reposted 01 June 2026 due to a technical problem)
