Areas: Canada’s LNG Project in Kitimat BC Gets Ready To Start Operations
At the heart of a controversial story in Canada’s liquified natural gas (LNG) push is Kitimat, British Columbia (B.C). At Kitimat is where an old story about the oil and gas pipeline — called Coastal GasLink — connecting the Rocky Mountains to ports in Canada’s B.C. areas is now being carried out to construct Canada’s first LNG plant. CBC News
The Coastal GasLink pipeline is operated by TC Energy and has brought out environmentalists across the globe opposed to its operation and construction.
The construction project will become Canada’s first LNG export facility when completed; it is a joint-venture project including Shell, Petronas, PetroChina, Mitsubishi Corporation and Korea Gas Corporation. Offshore Energy
Moreover, this LNG plant has also rocked the nerves of a First Nations tribe located in Kitamaat Village who fiercly oppose the pipeline going through its native land. First Nations tribes in Canada have been very vocal about the mining and energy industry’s impact on their lands. Read more about a $95 billion lawsuit for Free, Prior, Informed Consent (FPIC) in Thunder Bay, Canada.
Indigenous groups are coming out in opposition as global mining projects are being planned by miners and governments to spur economic activity and commit to…
