An artist rendering of the Woodfibre LNG plant outside of Squamish once completed. Climate change is here, and we know we must stop building new fossil fuel projects. But Woodfibre LNG is doing exactly the opposite. The company pushes ahead with construction (on its Squamish facility) possibly starting next month. It does so, as it has continued to get non-support resolutions from Municipal Councils within the Atl’Ka7tsem/ Howe Sound Biosphere Reserve. Bowen Municipal Council adopted its non-support resolution July 11 last year. Since then, the company has simply continued going as if nothing is wrong. It applied for changes to the conditions that are an integral part of the Federal approval of the project. Yes, the conditions that were the selling points of the federal Government when it approved the project, and those the company committed to in 2016. At that point, the public trust in the environmental review process was rock bottom. This forced the Canadian Government to enter into a review of environmental reviews later that year. Canadians were promised stronger environmental regulation, and an overhaul of the environmental review process. But that’s partially what happened. The oil and gas industry intensely lobbied Ottawa to ensure that […]
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