First Nations LNG Alliance
The federal government, which in February vetoed the planned Energie Saguenay LNG export project in Quebec, has suddenly decided that LNG exports in the Maritime provinces could be acceptable. Thus we have federal officials talking with two potential LNG exporters. Ottawa is looking at Spanish company Repsol’s LNG import facility in New Brunswick, for one, …
BC Hydro made a holier-than-thou post on Twitter on May 4: “‘Natural’ doesn’t mean clean. #FarewellFossilFuels.” It carried the following illustration: Other tweets from Hydro around that time promoted the merits of electric vehicles and home heat pumps. All well and good (the greener the better, of course) but the snide slap at natural gas …
Kitselas Nation supports LNG Leaders of the Kitselas First Nation went on camera to support the LNG Canada project, and talk about the benefits to their people. One was elected chief councillor Glenn Bennett: “I’m very pleased that we have a number of our members actually working on the project. We see people that are …
We often have to remind non-Indigenous people that Indigenous Peoples do not automatically speak with one voice. Some favour natural-resource development; some do not. Some are for oil and gas pipelines, and some are against. But First Nations people do agree on this: They care for the natural environment. They have done so for countless …
TC Energy’s offer to 20 First Nations of 10% equity in the Coastal GasLink pipeline brings to mind the drive by a number of nations to take over ownership of the Trans Mountain pipeline system from its current owner: you, the federal taxpayer. At last count, three First Nations groups were working on Ottawa to …
