Blog: World LNG demand is rising, but the peak is coming

Energy giant Shell sees global demand for liquefied natural gas rising by more than 50% by 2040. In its 2024 Outlook for LNG, it cites as reasons industrial coal-to-gas switching to generate power, a switch that is gathering pace in China and South Asian and South-east Asian countries. At the same time, though, Shell’s forecasts …

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Newsletter: Alliance to BC Premier: Clean Energy plan will disproportionately hit First Nations

Our newsletter: 15 February 2024 Alliance letter to Premier David Eby Our Feb. 14 letter to B.C.’s premier says B.C.’s Clean Energy plan means negative impacts that will be ‘larger for Indigenous people given pre-existing and long-standing income gap issues.’ We point out that we are strongly supportive of having leading environmental policies and contributing …

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Karen Ogen: MP’s bill to ban oil and gas promotion is ‘reprehensible’

This column first appeared through the Macdonald-Laurier Institute Photo of NDP MP Charlie Angus By Karen Ogen: Proposed ban on oil and gas promotion revives paternalistic treatment of Indigenous peoples: MP Charlie Angus needs to withdraw his offensive attempt to silence discussion, and apologize. First Nations are used to oppression. We lived for over a …

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Blog: Canada’s LNG, the cleanest in the world

Our blog this week comes from Resource Works, B.C.-based advocate for responsible natural-resource development; reproduced with the kind permission of Resource Works. President Joe Biden’s halt on new U.S. LNG projects offers Canada a chance to showcase its commitment to producing exceptionally clean LNG, highlighting innovative approaches to environmental sustainability and economic growth in the …

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