The Puyallup Tribe and local allies are fighting the construction of a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project at the Port of Tacoma. Representatives of the Puyallup Tribe say the project has proceeded without adequate consultation, and have objections ranging from clean water concerns over construction at a contaminated site, to safety fears given a recent rash of gas explosions throughout Washington State. Read the rest of this entry
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Steelhead LNG cancels plans for floating terminal
200 jobs, 30 years of revenue were estimated from proposed export facility outside Victoria
CBC News, Dec 4, 2017
Steelhead LNG is no longer exploring a proposal for a liquefied natural gas terminal on south Vancouver Island.
The company announced plans in August 2015 to build a floating facility moored to shore with capacity to process up to six million tonnes of LNG per year. Read the rest of this entry
‘Our blood is still on the land’: Tsimshian raise totem pole declaring victory over B.C. LNG project
Members of Lax Kw’alaams, Metlakatla and the Tsimshian First Nations, among others, were present for the raising of a new totem pole on Lelu Island. (Vicki Manuel)
Pole is on island where construction of an LNG export terminal was cancelled in July
By Andrew Kurjata, CBC News, October 23, 2017
Members of the Tsimshian First Nation have raised a new totem pole on Lelu Island in northwest B.C. to assert their stewardship over the land and celebrate the cancelation of a controversial liquefied natural gas project. Read the rest of this entry
Puyallup Battle LNG Facility in Tacoma
One of several protests and marches that have taken place in opposition to a proposed LNG facility near Tacoma. The Puyallup Tribe is among those opposed. Photo by Roxann Murray.
Water safety and lack of consultation mean project shouldn’t go forward, Puyallup and allies say
Shell says it will proceed with B.C. energy plans despite political uncertainty
by Dan Healing, The Canadian Press, June 6, 2017
CALGARY — Royal Dutch Shell will forge ahead with its energy development plans in British Columbia regardless of the uncertainty swirling around the province’s political future, says the company’s Canadian country chair.
Energy investments in B.C. have been cast into doubt after the May 9 provincial election that saw the Liberals win 43 seats and the NDP take 41— a situation that gives the Green party the balance of power with their three seats. Read the rest of this entry
B.C. government signs LNG benefit agreements with northwestern Kitselas First Nation
Kitselas First Nation Chief Joe Bevan (right) speaks at the announcement of a benefits agreement with the province backing LNG development in exchange for up to $13 million in funding and a 1,277 land grant. Pacific NorthWest LNG chief operating officer Wan Badrul Hisham is in the background. The event was Thursday, March 30, 2017 at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver. Derrick Penner / Postmedia News
by Derrick Penner, Vancouver Sun, March 30, 2017
The Kitselas First Nation on British Columbia’s north coast, on Thursday, signed benefit agreements with the province worth up to $13 million and a 1,227-hectares land grant in exchange for backing liquefied-natural-gas export projects in the region. Read the rest of this entry
TransCanada seeks to start building B.C. gas pipeline without LNG project’s OK
TransCanada’s headquarters in Calgary, Alberta.
Global News, March 20, 2017
TransCanada Corp. is seeking regulatory approval to begin construction of a pipeline that would help feed a proposed liquefied natural gas export terminal on B.C.’s north coast even though a final decision has not yet been made whether to build the terminal. Read the rest of this entry
Shell officially shelves plans to build Prince Rupert LNG project
by Kelly Cryderman, The Globe and Mail, March 10, 2017
Royal Dutch Shell PLC has officially shelved its plans to build the Prince Rupert LNG project, which had been planned for Ridley Island in British Columbia.
But the Anglo-Dutch giant will continue in advancing the $40-billion LNG Canada plant, another liquefied natural gas-export venture.
B.C. government signs LNG benefits agreement with First Nations
Chief Councillor Harold Leighton (front row, left to right), Minister Rich Coleman and Mayor John Helin, and back row, left to right, Minister John Rustad, Premier Christy Clark, and Pacific NorthWest LNG chief project officer Wan Badrul are shown during the signing of documents on Wednesday, February 15, 2017 in Victoria, B.C. CHAD HIPOLITO / THE CANADIAN PRESS
by Gordon Hoekstra, Vancouver Sun, Feb 15, 2017
The B.C. Liberal government signed benefits agreements Wednesday worth hundreds of millions of dollars with the Lax Kw’aalams and Metlakatla First Nations in exchange for their support of LNG projects in their traditional territories of the province’s north coast. Read the rest of this entry
Petronas Said to Eye New Island for $27 Billion Canada LNG Plan
The site of the proposed Pacific Northwest LNG plant, Lelu Island, near Port Edward, Photograph by: http://www.lonniewishart.com , Vancouver Sun
All-Native Basketball tournament bans political messaging
Last year, some participants wore T-shirts and held banners with anti-LNG messaging
CBC News, December 12, 2016
Players participating in the All-Native Basketball tournament have been asked to leave the politics at home, according to a letter sent by tournament organizers in anticipation of the February event in Prince Rupert, B.C. Read the rest of this entry
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