Our newsletter: 06 June 2024 The Alliance speaks up for Indigenous LNG Karen Ogen, CEO of our First Nations Natural Gas Alliance, was a speaker June 5 at the Indigenous Partnerships Success Showcase event in Vancouver. Her keynote speech included this: “I see a day when First Nations in B.C. are doing far more than …
Our newsletter: 23 May 2024 On the front line for LNG Our Alliance chair, Chief Councillor Crystal Smith of the Haisla Nation, and Alliance CEO Karen Ogen, former chief councillor of the Wet’suwet’en Nation, have been up on the front line supporting responsible LNG development, and the benefits it can bring to First Nations, and …
Our newsletter: 09 May 2024 Fortis BC wins Indigenous support for LNG With two LNG-related projects in the works, FortisBC has been seeking, and winning, support from affected First Nations. The first project is the proposed further expansion of FortisBC’s Tilbury LNG plant in Delta (photo above). It began in 2018 a $400-million round of …
Our newsletter 25 April 2024 Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau during budget speech in Parliament LNG OK under federal loan program Ottawa’s move to help Indigenous peoples fund investments in natural-resource and energy projects is on the way, and, as requested by First Nations leaders, it will allow for equity investment …
Our newsletter, 12 April 2024 Cedar LNG takes key steps forward The proposed US$3.4-billion Cedar LNG facility in B.C. is looking toward becoming a reality in the wake of positive statements by the project partners. The project has signed a 20-year deal with ARC Resources for supply of 50% of the natural gas needed to …
