Our newsletter: 29 August 2024 LNG and First Nations in the news News media have been buzzing with stories and headlines about Canadian LNG, and the role of First Nations in its development. Geoff Russ, for example, wrote in National Post: “B.C.’s transformation into a major player in oil and gas has been a triumph. . …
Our newsletter: 15 August 2024 Nisga’a law covers environmental reviews The Nisga’a Nation in British Columbia now has finalized and passed its Nisga’a Environmental Assessment Act. It will come into effect in 2025 and, under it, any resource project on Nisga’a lands will face review by the Nisga’a Environmental Assessment Office. The new law provides …
Our newsletter of 01 August 2024 Cedar LNG blazes path “Compared to the nearby $18-billion LNG Canada complex on which it will piggyback, the $5.5-billion Cedar LNG project in Kitimat is small. “But it’s a very big deal for the Haisla First Nation and, indeed, Indigenous communities generally, as it will be the first multibillion-dollar industrial project built in Canada in …
Our newsletter: 18 July 2024 New ‘greenwashing’ law hits First Nations Our latest blog, with the headline above, drew strong interest on our social-media channels. In it, Alliance CEO Karen Ogen noted that under the new federal law, companies (and individuals) must prove the truth of their public statements on climate benefits of their products …
Our newsletter of 04 July 2024 First Nations LNG projects on the move The biggest news: the announcement on June 25 that the Cedar LNG project, majority-owned by the Haisla Nation, will go ahead, with a target time of late 2028 for starting operations and exports. Crystal Smith, elected chief councillor of the Haisla: “With Cedar …
