LNG in B.C. on First Nations’ terms
Our Karen Ogen-Toews in The Vancouver Sun: It’s time for activists, who paint First Nations as overwhelmingly opposed to LNG and natural-resource development, to allow First Nations to speak for ourselves. Indeed, it’s dismaying to find that some environmental activists are trying to control First Nations territories, just as governments and corporations have done in…
Campaign to end import duties on LNG plant components
Ellis Ross, Haisla First Nations member and BC MLA for Skeena, has kicked off a letter-writing campaign calling on Ottawa to cancel new import duties on steel modules needed for an LNG plant. Will you join in? If so, print the form below, sign, and send! (You don’t need a stamp to send mail to…
First Nations, LNG, and eco-activists
LNG Alliance CEO Karen Ogen-Toews is dismayed by some environmental activists. A special opinion piece first published in The Interior News, Smithers: The days when First Nations take a back seat on how their territories are managed are past. In fact it is dismaying to find that some environmental activists are trying to control First…
New report provides recommendations to increase indigenous participation in LNG sector
VANCOUVER BC — Today, the First Nations Natural Gas Alliance released the Report on Indigenous Procurement Opportunities for LNG, which provides recommendations on how Indigenous participation can be strengthened in the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) sector. The LNG sector has the potential to provide significant opportunities to enhance economic growth in Indigenous communities, and in…
Opinion: LNG will be an important part of B.C.’s future
An article by our CEO, Karen Ogen, published by The Vancouver Sun on August 4, 2017: As supporters of responsible LNG development in B.C., we were saddened to hear of the cancellation of Petronas’ Pacific NorthWest LNG project, and the benefits it promised to First Nations and others. We are also alarmed to see a…