VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government says it’s rolling out a new framework for approving oil and gas projects that will ensure the province meets its…
A government statement said the framework “builds off” the environmental assessment certificate granted to the Cedar LNG facility announced Tuesday, which it declared will be one of the lowest-emitting liquefied natural gas facilities in the world.
Eby said the province will bring in an emissions cap to provide “predictability and strong measures to align efforts” to hit B.C.’s greenhouse gas emissions targets.Article content McCartney said he couldn’t square the approval of the Haisla Nation’s Cedar LNG project in Kitimat with the province’s climate goals.
“We’ve seen a pattern from this government where they approve new liquefied natural gas facilities that will create more climate pollution and then point to the existence of targets as justification for them,” he said. “But they have no policies that will actually meet those targets.”
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