BC’s Environmental Assessment Office (BCEAO) now is determining the detailed process for its evaluation of the Nisga’a Nation’s Ksi Lisims LNG project. We immediately think of the call by the Surrey Board of Trade for federal, provincial and municipal governments to work together to bring LNG projects online in a timely manner. The Board of …
We keep a watchful eye on potential competition for overseas sales from our B.C. LNG plants. We usually look south for this — but now we should look northwards as well, because a proposed project in Alaska could match our “natural advantages” in LNG exports. South of us, the U.S. has seven active LNG-for-export plants, …
The Cedar LNG project in BC, led by the Haisla Nation, says it has the strong support of neighbouring Nations. “Years of collaboration and constructive engagement with these Nations have helped to ensure the project will be designed, constructed, and operated responsibly, while providing benefits through construction jobs and contracting, training opportunities, long-term employment, and …
Our open letter to BC Premier David Eby on Feb. 22, decrying his government’s lack of action on LNG development, drew neither an acknowledgment nor a reply. So there’s still no clear answer as to what the government intends for LNG and, of immediate interest, whether his government is going to approve the proposed Cedar …
Activists keep telling us that LNG processing won’t get BC (or Canada) to their targets of net zero emissions by 2050. Maybe they should have a word with Pakistan, which has announced plans to burn more coal to generate electricity, and says: ‘LNG is no longer part of the long-term plan.’ Or with Germany, which …
