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Blog: US OKs new competitor for B.C. LNG

We keep a watchful eye on potential competition for overseas sales from our B.C. LNG plants. We usually look south for this — but now we should look northwards as well, because a proposed project in Alaska could match our “natural advantages” in LNG exports. South of us, the U.S. has seven active LNG-for-export plants,…

Blog: Cedar LNG and First Nations

The Cedar LNG project in BC, led by the Haisla Nation, says it has the strong support of neighbouring Nations. “Years of collaboration and constructive engagement with these Nations have helped to ensure the project will be designed, constructed, and operated responsibly, while providing benefits through construction jobs and contracting, training opportunities, long-term employment, and…

Blog: BC government still silent on LNG

Our open letter to BC Premier David Eby on Feb. 22, decrying his government’s lack of action on LNG development, drew neither an acknowledgment nor a reply. So there’s still no clear answer as to what the government intends for LNG and, of immediate interest, whether his government is going to approve the proposed Cedar…

Blog: Our LNG exports only make sense

Activists keep telling us that LNG processing won’t get BC (or Canada) to their targets of net zero emissions by 2050. Maybe they should have a word with Pakistan, which has announced plans to burn more coal to generate electricity, and says: ‘LNG is no longer part of the long-term plan.’ Or with Germany, which…

Blog: First Nations behind wind power

In a recent blog (http://ow.ly/P56j50MJf8j) we looked at the interest of First Nations in hydrogen developments. Now to take a look at First Nations and wind farms. Wind energy is slowly growing across Canada. There are more than 6,000 turbine towers, and the Canada Energy Regulator says wind farms now produce about five per cent…

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