Our newsletter of 16 February 2023 Calls step up for LNG in BC What look like red flags from the BC government increased concerns that the David Eby administration might step away from predecessor John Horgan’s support for LNG development in BC. First came an unexplained delay in ministerial approval for the Haisla Nation’s Cedar …
(Our newsletter: 02 February 2023) News updates about Coastal Gas and LNG Canada An update from TC Energy this week estimated the cost of the Coastal GasLink pipeline in BC at $14.5 billion. That’s up 134% from an estimate of $6.2 billion in 2019. The line now is 83% complete over-all. TC Energy news release: …
Our newsletter: 19 January 2023 LNG Canada has been working for many months towards a final investment decision on Phase 2 of the project, which would double the output of LNG for export. A key question throughout has been whether Phase 2 could use emissions-reducing electricity from BC Hydro to drive the cooling towers that …
Our Jan. 5 newsletter: Cedar LNG decisions awaited December 31 passed with no word from provincial or federal governments on the hoped-for approvals of the Haisla Nation’s proposed Cedar LNG project in the Kitimat area. The B.C. Environmental Assessment Office announced on Nov. 16 that it had completed its assessment of Cedar’s application for an …
LNG a plus for First Nations and Canada Chief Councillor Crystal Smith of the Haisla Nation (and chair of our First Nations Natural Gas Alliance) talks of LNG and her nation’s Cedar LNG project being a huge plus for First Nations — and not just hers. In an interview with Julie Gaudreau of the International …
