British Columbia

The Canadian government has approved a new $20-billion loan to finance the expansion of the Trans Mountain pipeline two years after the government said it would not provide further money for the project.

The loan to the pipeline project, known as TMX, was provided through Export Development Canada’s Canada Account, which supports transactions when the Crown corporation is unable to back a project because of a combination of financial and market risks.

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Major B.C. LNG projects won’t have to pay for carbon emissions for 2 years, docs reveal

08/02/25

Author:

Shannon Waters

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The Narwhal

The LNG Canada facility in Kitimat, B.C., will be the most emissions-intensive LNG project in the province and stands to reap the biggest benefits from a two-year grace period on paying for carbon emissions. Photo: Marty Clemens / The Narwhal

Feb. 5, 2025

B.C.’s new industrial carbon pricing system gives big emitters a break on paying for emissions. That includes most new LNG export projects

When LNG Canada becomes fully operational this year, the liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Kitimat, B.C., will be one of the largest sources of emissions in the province — but it likely won’t pay a cent for its carbon pollution for two full years.

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Why are we losing our heads over oil and gas tariffs?

08/02/25

Author:

Laurie Adkin

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National Observer

When U.S. President Donald Trump says Americans do not need Canada’s oil and gas, I say, “all the better for us.” Photo by Shutterstock

Feb. 5, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump threatens to place tariffs on “Canadian” oil and gas exports and poof! The climate crisis has disappeared from the political radar of Canadian politicians. Could we not try, for a minute, to keep our heads about us and remember the bigger threat that is poised to swallow us all up?

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Inside a BC NDP Grappling with Protests, Police and Public Relations

05/02/25

Author:

Amanda Follett Hosgood

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The Tyee

Feb. 4, 2025

The Tyee’s questions to government sparked dozens of internal emails, now revealed via FOI.

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Canada should hit Trump where it hurts the most — oil and gas

05/02/25

Author:

Seth Klein

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National Observer

An old oil pumpjack in Alberta on Dec. 1, 2023. Photo by flickr/Jason Woodhead

Feb. 3, 2025

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

B.C. can have affordable, renewable power – or LNG

01/02/25

Author:

Kai Nagata

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Dogwood BC

Jan. 30, 2025

Clean energy offers peace, prosperity and political sanity. Oil companies plan to steal it.

British Columbia faces an urgent choice: renewable power or LNG? Our government claims we can have both.

But the absurd reality is that British Columbians are paying billions to build new electrical infrastructure — namely the Site C dam and North Coast Transmission Line — for the benefit of foreign oil and gas companies.

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'Alternative' energy and less energy

Here’s how 2025 is shaping up to be a big year for LNG in B.C.

01/02/25

Author:

Matt Simmons

Link:

The Narwhal

More than a decade after the idea was first brought forward, the LNG Canada liquefaction facility will start exporting B.C. LNG this year. Photo: Marty Clemens / The Narwhal

Jan. 27, 2025

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When Fracking and Earthquake Risks Come to Your Doorstep

29/01/25

Author:

Ben Parfitt

Link:

The Tyee

$Richard Kabzems and Sandra Burton stand outside their home a short distance from a gas well pad where they fear fracking operations could trigger damaging and potentially deadly earthquakes. Photo by The Tyee.$

Jan. 28, 2025

Residents of northeastern BC have been left unprotected in the LNG drilling boom.

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British Columbia

LNG - Fracking

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Ken Sim Is Wrong. We Need More Supportive Housing, Not Less

29/01/25

Author:

Michael Clague, Libby Davies, Terry Hunter, Donald MacPherson, Jean Swanson and Savannah Walling

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The Tyee

Jan. 29, 2025

A plan to halt housing solutions will hurt people, businesses and the city.

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B.C.’s new industrial carbon pricing system gives big emitters a break on paying for emissions. That includes most new LNG export projects

The Tyee’s questions to government sparked dozens of internal emails, now revealed via FOI.

Clean energy offers peace, prosperity and political sanity. Oil companies plan to steal it.

Residents of northeastern BC have been left unprotected in the LNG drilling boom.

A plan to halt housing solutions will hurt people, businesses and the city.

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