FIRST NATIONS, LNG, AND ECO-ACTIVISTS As CEO of the First Nations LNG Alliance, I offered northern BC newspapers an opinion article on First Nations and LNG in BC. It began this way: “The days when First Nations take a back seat on how their territories are managed are past. “In fact it is dismaying to …
Environmental NGOs continue to oppose LNG using all tactics available. Their latest issue is suggesting that BC won’t meet its emission targets if it allows LNG plants to proceed. The plants will be big greenhouse-gas emitters, opponents say, and that’s on top of GHGs emitted by natural-gas wells and processes. “You can’t have LNG and …
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 …
What conditions for LNG in BC? The under-new-management government of BC is working towards an official position on LNG development in the province. We expect to see it soon, and to learn the operative details of the four conditions the NDP government has set for further LNG development: Proposals must include express guarantees of jobs …
The fact that we exist as an Alliance hangs on this: There are many First Nations who support responsible LNG development, and the benefits to our nations and communities that flow from it. We’d been wondering when national media would catch on to the tactics of some anti-development and eco-activist groups who have recruited First …
