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‘We’re asking questions and they’re not being answered,’ Chief Kelsey Jacko said. Credit: Cold Lake FN YouTube The leader of Cold Lake First Nations has revealed the initiator of a major carbon capture project in Northern Alberta has not consulted with local Indigenous communities. Chief Kelsey Jacko told an Edmonton crowd that the Pathways Alliance, a lobbying and marketing effort by Canada’s top oil sands producers, has neglected to consult his community on a massive carbon capture storage network project Pathways claims will be able to store 1,100 megatonnes of carbon dioxide. “They’re ramming it down our throats,” said Chief Jacko during a media scrum outside a Carbon Capture Canada conference held on Tuesday. Chief Jacko represents a roughly 3,000 member community spread across several reserves. Much of their traditional territory has been occupied by a Canadian air force weapons testing range since 1952. Jacko’s comments — initially made during a panel discussion at the conference and then confirmed in a separate interview — contrasted sharply with the otherwise enthusiastic tone set by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, energy minister Brian Jean, and environment minister Rebecca Schulz, who all spoke at the event. Chief Jacko noted his community hasn’t been […]
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