Our newsletter of 25 May 2023 The HaiSea Wamis is en route to BC from Sanmar Shipyards in Türkiye. It’s the first of five tugs for the HaiSea Marine fleet, majority owned by the Haisla Nation in partnership with Seaspan ULC. It’s the world’s first fully-electric harbour tug. And it has just won the 2023 …
Our Karen Ogen says Canada needs to start exporting our LNG — and that includes shipping it to Europe from the East Coast. The CEO of our First Nations Natural Gas Alliance told ‘The Huddle’ podcast from Atlantic Canada: “We’re seeing with the European energy crisis that Canada is well situated geographically to be able …
Our newsletter: 11 May 2023 LNG exports will be big for BC The Business Council of BC sees new LNG exports giving a healthy boost to BC’s export economy. In a new report, the council says: “Our projection foresees LNG adding $4.4 billion in energy exports, but some projections suggest the figure is likely to …
BC’s Environmental Assessment Office (BCEAO) now is determining the detailed process for its evaluation of the Nisga’a Nation’s Ksi Lisims LNG project. We immediately think of the call by the Surrey Board of Trade for federal, provincial and municipal governments to work together to bring LNG projects online in a timely manner. The Board of …
(Our newsletter: 27 April 2023) Cedar LNG’s environmental conditions In our webinar on the Cedar LNG project last week, elected Chief Councillor Crystal Smith of the Haisla Nation in BC (photo above) noted some essential environmental requirements set out by her Nation: Some excerpts: “We were able to negotiate (our natural gas supply) off the …
