LNG - Fracking

16/03/25
Author: 
Werner Antweiler, Simon Donner, Kathryn Harrison
Cooling towers used to dissipate heat generated when natural gas is converted into liquefied natural gas are seen under construction at the LNG Canada export terminal in Kitimat. Photo by DARRYL DYCK /THE CANADIAN PRESS

Mar. 13, 2025

The looming threat of a trade war with the U.S. has focused attention on lessening Canada’s historic dependence on trade with the our neighbours to the south.

10/03/25
Author: 
Damian Carrington
If Saudi Aramco was a country, it would be the fourth biggest polluter in the world after China, the US and India. Photograph: Alamy

Mar. 5, 2025

Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisis

Half of the world’s climate-heating carbon emissions come from the fossil fuels produced by just 36 companies, analysis has revealed.

The researchers said the 2023 data strengthened the case for holding fossil fuel companies to account for their contribution to global heating. Previous versions of the annual report have been used in legal cases against companies and investors.

08/03/25
Author: 
Kai Nagata
Trump’s billionaire allies push more LNG terminals, as household bills climb

Mar. 6. 2025

Trump’s billionaire allies push more LNG terminals, as household bills climb

The cost of heating more than a million homes, farms and businesses across B.C. could soon jump again, as fossil gas prices double later this year.

That’s according to a forecast by the B.C. government included in Tuesday’s budget, which predicts a 113 per cent increase in the price of fossil gas this fiscal year.

08/03/25
Author: 
Matt Simmons (Local Journalism Initiative Reporter) and Kate Schneider
BC Energy Regulator inspectors frequently noted evidence of wildlife accessing contaminated or potentially contaminated oil and gas infrastructure, according to documents released through freedom of information legislation. Illustration: Nora Kelly / The Narwhal

Mar. 5, 2025

BC Energy Regulator inspectors gave a passing grade to an oil and gas site they said had a ‘SERIOUS deficiency’ and another that had potentially been ‘gurgling’ since 2012. Here are some of their notes

This investigation is a collaboration between The Narwhal and Investigative Journalism Foundation.

“Serious deficiency.” “Very stinky.” “Leakage.” “A hazard.”

06/03/25
Author: 
Nancy Olewiler Kathryn Harrison Kate Harland
B.C. consumers aren't getting the whole story about renewable natural gas, also known as biofuels. Photo by Oregon Department of Agriculture/Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Mar. 6, 2025

Renewable natural gas is touted as a critical climate solution, but there are serious problems in B.C. with accountability and how emissions benefits are counted from the U.S. 

06/03/25
Author: 
Rochelle Baker
B.C. Premier David Eby speaks about the imposition of tariffs on Canadian goods by U.S. President Donald Trump hours before the provincial budget was unveiled Tuesday.  Photo B.C. Government / Flickr

Mar. 6, 2025

This year’s B.C. government budget was a “missed opportunity” to ensure the economy is more resilient to Trump tariffs by driving job growth and energy security with more support for a clean economy, say climate experts.

The budget didn’t claw back prior climate initiatives or undermine the CleanBC plan, but lacked ambition to decarbonize the economy or put B.C. at the forefront of the global clean energy transition, said Chris Severson-Baker, executive director of the Pembina Institute. 

02/03/25
Author: 
BC Climate Emergency Campaign and Allies
 from https://bcclimateemergency.ca/progress-report
Feb. 2025
 
SUMMARY
 
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been widely promoted by governments and industry throughout B.C.
as a fix-all solution that will supposedly boost B.C.’s economy, support local jobs, get countries in Asia
off coal, reduce B.C.’s reliance on American energy exports, and lower B.C.’s emissions.
 
This briefing note explains why LNG is a false solution on all these fronts. It lays out environmental,
27/02/25
Author: 
Nina Lakhani
The Mountain Valley Pipeline route on Brush Mountain, Virginia. Photograph: Heather Rousseau/AP

Feb. 25, 2025

Protesters who tried to disrupt completion of Mountain Valley pipeline to defend themselves in Virginia court

Climate activists who tried to disrupt the completion of a fossil-fuel pipeline through Appalachian forests will appear in court in Virginia on Tuesday to face serious criminal charges that they vehemently deny.

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