Huu-ay-aht look to LNG to help ‘close the gap’
Huu-ay-aht First Nations, a modern treaty Nation on the west coast of Vancouver Island, really understand sustainable and profitable business. Forestry and fisheries are among key foundations of the strategic plan for the self-governing nation of close to 750 people. Tourism, mining, renewable power, and port development are further possibilities. For the next step now,…
For the Haisla, LNG is spelled HOPE
The Haisla First Nation comprises about 1,800 people, more than half of them living in Kitamaat Village, 10 km south of Kitimat. “We have lived off the land and waters of our traditional territory for thousands of years, and it remains the focus of all we do,” the official history runs. Fisheries and forestry have…
What? No market for LNG?
One thing you can say for BC Green Party leader Andrew Weaver: When he takes a position, he can sure stick to it: “I’ve been saying for four years, there is no market for LNG.” And as recently as March 27, he was still on it: “The reason why we have no LNG industry here in…
Blog: Canada’s slow waltz on LNG
One thing is for sure: The anticipated increase in demand from global LNG customers is fast accelerating activity among LNG suppliers. The U.S. government, for one, is racing to approve a number of new LNG-for-export plants. Two plants are already operating. Eleven more are in the environmental review process, and at least six more are…
Blog: UNDRIP, and ‘the last word’
It’s all so simple to the person who, discussing LNG development, posted this comment on our Facebook page: “The indigenous have the last word what happens to the land.” Do we? If so, what does ”last word” mean? Whose last word? And how is that last word determined, decided, expressed, and put into practice? We…
