Environment groups urge federal judge to overturn Bay du Nord offshore oil project approval
The future of an offshore oil project in Newfoundland and Labrador is in question as environment and Indigenous groups ask a federal judge to tear up the approval that would allow the project to proceed.
Ginsberg said the approval granted by Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault in April 2022 was both “unreasonable and unconstitutional” because it didn’t take into account total greenhouse gas emissions from the oil produced. Guilbeault authorized Bay du Nord after an Impact Assessment Agency of Canada review concluded the project would not have substantial environmental impacts, would produce one-fifth the average emissions of Canada’s oil production, and included a condition that it be net-zero by 2050.
But Ecojustice lawyer Anna McIntosh told the court Wednesday that almost a year before Bay du Nord was approved, the International Energy Agency said that no new fossil fuel projects should get the go-ahead if the world is still to keep global warming in check. Sutherland said ultimately that is a big part of what this case is about: whether a Canadian environmental assessment is responsible for downstream emissions.
Ginsberg said another 78 tankers a year are expected in migration routes the communities rely on for fishing and cultural practices, and could seriously harm species that are already seriously threatened.
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