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Lelu Island LNG project divides First Nations as protest continues
While some First Nations tentatively support project, Lax Kw’alaams has been protesting site for 70 days
By Daybreak North, CBC News, Nov 12, 2015
Petronas’ controversial Pacific Northwest LNG project on Lelu Island has several North Coast First Nations at an impasse.
For the past 70 days, members of the Lax Kw’alaams First Nation have camped on the liquefied natural gas site to prevent further research, but leaders of the Metlakatla, Kitsumkalum, Kitselas and Gitxaala First Nations want the research work to continue. Read the rest of this entry
Lelu Island: Lax U’u’la Defenders Prevent Survey Work
Lax U’u’la defenders confront security guards, dressed in black, Oct 29, 2015. Photo: Facebook
by Stop Pacific NorthWest LNG/Petronas on Lelu Island
Update: November 2, 2015. Day 70.
On Thursday, October 29, Lax U’u’la Defenders prevented Stantec surveyors from conducting unauthorized work on Flora Bank. The surveyors were accompanied by two private security guards who were stopped and questioned by the Defenders. The guards refused to identify themselves or which company they worked for and were told that no work may be carried out on the territory without a permit. The guards then left the Bank along with the Stantec surveyors. Read the rest of this entry
TransCanada OK’d for Prince Rupert pipeline for Petronas LNG
Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline map. Company image.
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Battle on the Sea :: Lelu Island & Flora Banks
Posted by Likhtsamisyu Stronghold to Youtube, Oct 26, 2015 Read the rest of this entry
Gitxsan House Launches Court Challenge of Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Pipeline
Luutkudziiwus to Launch Court Challenge to Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Pipeline that Would Supply Petronas LNG.Oct 10 Update from Lelu Island
Stop Pacific NorthWest LNG/Petronas on Lelu Island, Oct 10, 2015
Petronas is currently drilling on Flora and Agnew Banks. Both banks contain high density eelgrass. This work is releasing toxins which have settled on these banks into open ocean, which is an environmental hazard. They have also already cut down several culturally-modified trees, and have clear-cut large areas for borehole drilling on Lax U’u’la. According to their own environmental assessment the coves of Lelu Island slated for a “material offloading facility” and “pioneer dock”–sites they have threatened to attempt destructive work on next–are also filled with eelgrass beds. As well, their assessment clearly shows that their proposed suspension bridge runs right through Flora Bank, contrary to recent advertisements where the bridge is omitted from their map. They have not gained free prior and informed consent to proceed with any of their iwork, which makes them trespassers on Gitwilgyoots land and water. Drill boat operators have made false reports to the Coast Guard and to the Port Authority, and have been escorted by the RCMP while trespassing.
TSIMSHIANS CONFRONT PETRONAS
from subMedia.tv, Vimeo, Oct 7, 2015
Yesterday subMedia.tv witnessed the fierce spirit of the Tsimshian people and their supporters as they faced off with the RCMP, Prince Rupert Port Authority and Petronas LNG workers. The Tsimshiams attempted to disrupt the delivery of a barge with surveying and drilling equipment. The surveyors are subcontractors for Petronas, a Malaysian owned company that wants to build a fracked gas facility on Lelu Island, unceded Tsimshian territory. The Tsimshians have occupied Lelu island and have built a protection camp, to defend the island, and the Flora banks, a sensitive eco-system essential for the survival of juvenile salmon and migrating crustaceans. The Tsimshians have called on supporters to come to Lelu Island and stand with them, bring boats or send money and supplied. For more information visit bit.ly/leluisland
Lax Kwa’laams continue to disrupt test drilling near Lelu Island
The Quinn Delta as it arrived for test drilling in Flora Banks near Lax Kw’alaams (also known as Port Simpson, BC), Sept 29, 2015.
by Stop Pacific NorthWest LNG/Petronas on Lelu Island, Update: September 30, 2015.
Unauthorized drilling on Flora Bank by Los Angeles contractor vessel Quin Delta was stopped for two hours this morning beginning at 9am. A new contactor boat, Eagle 41 (C20647BC), out of Campbell River, which appeared to be hired as private security, fled the area as soon as we began photographing them. While returning to Lax U’u’la a boat with three surveyors was seen leaving a cove to the east of our base camp on the island. Read the rest of this entry
Lax Kw’alaams First Nation pressures for change to LNG proposal with title claim to project site
The site of the proposed Pacific Northwest LNG plant, Lelu Island, near Port Edward,
Photograph by: http://www.lonniewishart.com , Vancouver Sun
By Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun
The Lax Kw’alaams First Nation has announced it plans to claim title to Lelu Island and Flora Bank near Prince Rupert, site of the $11-billion Pacific Northwest LNG proposal, to pressure for changes to the project and could put it at risk.
Once a title claim is establish, the Lax Kw’alaams maintain that government would be obligated to seek the First Nation’s consent for development, including the Pacific Northwest LNG terminal.
“We are open to development, including PNW’s project,” Lax Kw’alaams Mayor Gary Reece said in a news release, “but not the way the project is currently situated.”
Indigenous land defenders block LNG Terminal Construction
subMedia.tv has obtained exclusive footage of indigenous land defenders, blocking energy company Petronas from building a liquified natural gas terminal on Lelu Island. Members of the Lax Kw’alaams First Nation say that Lelu Island and the banks surrounding it, are an essential habitat for migrating juvenile fish and other shellfish. They have made a call for physical and financial support so that they can keep Petronas out of their territories. To help them out visit bit.ly/leluisland
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