Our newsletter: 21 December 2023 The B. C. government’s CleanBC policies to tackle greenhouse-gas emissions are expected to shrink B.C.’s economy by $28 billion, Denise Mullen (above) of the Business Council of B.C. told an Alliance webinar. The Business Council, using the B.C. government’s own model, estimates that CleanBC “will make B.C.’s economy $28 billion …
Our newsletter: 07 December 2023 Our Alliance chair, Karen Ogen, began with a short interview on Indigenous Peoples Day at the COP28 climate conference in Dubai. It included this: “The Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation and the work that they’re doing in Alberta with the First Nations, in terms of equity ownership . . . (are) …
Our newsletter: 23 November 2023 Early startup for LNG Canada? The Coastal GasLink pipeline finished installation ahead of a year-end deadline, and LNG Canada is more than 85% complete. So there’s been speculation that LNG Canada could start up earlier than its long-standing projection of “mid-decade.” The latest talk of an early start — in …
Our newsletter: 09 November 2023 CGL hits mechanical completion, early Coastal GasLink, having completed installation of its 670-kilometre pipeline from Dawson Creek to Kitimat, then moved on to “mechanical completion” — ahead of its year-end schedule. That included documentation, additional engineering analysis, and safely addressing any potential deficiencies, now that all pipe has been welded, …
Our newsletter: 26 October 2023 Step forward for Ksi Lisims LNG The Nisga’a Nation’s Ksi Lisims LNG project in northern BC has applied for a BC government environmental certificate, thus entering a six-month period of evaluation and consultation, with more to follow. And Ksi Lisim’s application included news that the project is looking to TC …
