The B.C. government has granted environmental approval to another coastal LNG facility, while announcing new emissions rules for the industry.
The approved Cedar LNG project, which has an estimated cost of $3.2 billion, is an electrified floating export facility in Kitimat that's being developed by the Haisla Nation, in partnership with the Pembina Pipeline Corporation. It has been described as the first LNG export facility in Canada that's majority Indigenous-owned.
The NDP government's support for LNG projects has been a sore spot among environmental groups, including the David Suzuki Foundation, which has warned that the industry is set to become "the single biggest source of climate pollution in the province." In addition, the province is establishing a regulatory emissions cap for the oil and gas industry. Officials said the details are not yet available, but will be decided following consultations with First Nations, industry and labour groups, environmental organizations and other stakeholders.
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