Blog: Energy investment is booming globally, but Canada is missing out
Thanks to Troy Media for permission to use this article as our blog today. We note, too, the reference to the Haisla Nation’s Cedar LNG project. By Krystle Wittevrongel Building big, ambitious projects has become increasingly difficult in Canada in recent years, particularly in the energy sector. Whether it’s carbon-capture projects in Alberta, offshore wind turbines…
Newsletter: First Nations critical to LNG. Award honours all Indigenous Peoples. And more . . .
Our newsletter: 27 February 2025 First Nations critical to LNG Alliance CEO Karen Ogen, speaking to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute’s conference on the global role of LNG, in Ottawa: “First Nations are critical to LNG in Canada.” “It’s First Nations territory from where the gas is extracted in Treaty 8 territory, it’s First Nations…
Alaska LNG project pushed, but questioned
US President Donald Trump is pushing for development of a major natural-gas pipeline in Alaska, and an LNG-for-export plant at the southern end of it. Interest in LNG from Alaska (which would compete with BC LNG for overseas buyers) has been expressed by Japan, Taiwan, South Korea and the Philippines, all of whom…
Karen Ogen: First Nations are critical to LNG in Canada
‘This is why we say Canadian LNG is Indigenous LNG’ From a speech by Alliance CEO Karen Ogen (photo above) to the Canadian Global Affairs Institute’s conference on the global role of LNG, in Ottawa on Feb. 13, 2025. The First Nations Natural Gas Alliance was founded in 2014 not long after the idea of…
News: Crystal Smith award ‘honours all Indigenous Peoples’
Crystal Smith award ‘honours all Indigenous Peoples’ Honoured by the Energy Council of Canada as 2024 Canadian Energy Person of the Year, Crystal Smith said her award also recognized Indigenous Peoples across Canada. She is the elected chief councillor of the Haisla Nation, and chair of the First Nations Natural Gas Alliance. Here is a slightly condensed…