Soon after the Ksi Lisims LNG project filed its official project description with regulatory authorities, a knee-jerk letter to the editor appeared on Vancouver Island, decrying the project’s potential impact on the global environment. No mention, of course, as to how the Nisga’a-led project itself plans to be Net Zero within three years, and no …
The “bombshell” court decision that held BC violated treaty rights of the Blueberry River First Nations is sending shockwaves into other treaty regions — especially in Alberta. Justice Emily M. Burke of BC Supreme Court ruled that decades of “cumulative” resource developments approved by BC infringed on Blueberry rights under Treaty 8 of 1899. Treaty …
We almost enjoy those gloomy predictions that the LNG industry is soon to die; wishful thinking from green enthusiasts that seem to envision that the world will be all-renewables by the middle of next week, and using hydrogen as its primary fuel, world-wide, by the following weekend. The transition to renewables and hydrogen is real …
Opportunities and issues, and advice, were aired at our public online Diversity and Inclusion outreach session on 17 June 2021. Here are condensed notes and quotes on LNG and pipeline development and their impact on First Nations in BC: Opening comments: Karen Ogen-Toews, CEO, First Nations LNG Alliance: “This session this afternoon is to set …
Two milestones have been reached that show how steadily BC is progressing toward becoming a key exporter of liquefied natural gas, LNG. For one, LNG Canada reported the arrival by ship of three huge pieces of equipment for its processing plant. (One, a main cryogenic heat exchanger, MCHE, is pictured below.) One of our Facebook …
