LNG: good for many years yet
We almost enjoy those gloomy predictions that the LNG industry is soon to die; wishful thinking from green enthusiasts that seem to envision that the world will be all-renewables by the middle of next week, and using hydrogen as its primary fuel, world-wide, by the following weekend. The transition to renewables and hydrogen is real…
Outreach: Notes, quotes, and issues
Opportunities and issues, and advice, were aired at our public online Diversity and Inclusion outreach session on 17 June 2021. Here are condensed notes and quotes on LNG and pipeline development and their impact on First Nations in BC: Opening comments: Karen Ogen-Toews, CEO, First Nations Natural Gas Alliance: “This session this afternoon is to…
BC moving ever forward on LNG
Two milestones have been reached that show how steadily BC is progressing toward becoming a key exporter of liquefied natural gas, LNG. For one, LNG Canada reported the arrival by ship of three huge pieces of equipment for its processing plant. (One, a main cryogenic heat exchanger, MCHE, is pictured below.) One of our Facebook…
What now, after residential schools?
The damage done to Indigenous people by Canada’s residential schools has been cruelly re-emphasized by the discovery of the bodies of 215 children in unmarked graves at the old Kamloops Indian Residential School. Having been so reminded, where do we all go from here? What do we do now? We cannot speak for the survivors…
First Nations messages to China on LNG
Crystal Smith, elected chief councillor of the Haisla Nation and chair of our First Nations Natural Gas Alliance, led off a presentation on LNG, and the First Nations Climate Initiative (FNCI), during the online Canada-China LNG Investment Forum hosted in May by the Canadian embassy in Beijing. She was followed by Eva Clayton, president of…