Environmental groups concerned LNG policies outweigh progress in other areas
As the legislature continues to debate this year’s provincial budget, environmental groups have offered a mixed assessment.
He added that their cumulative effects add up to a “carbon bomb,” which would make it impossible to meet provincial climate goals. “Despite all the red flags, this government continues to champion LNG exports,” Sonia Furstenau, BC Green Party Leader, said during Question Period on March 6, citing Canadian and American voices, including federal energy and natural resources minister Jonathan Wilkinson and US President Joe Biden, critical of LNG.
She also noted that that United States has more than 170 operational LNG facilities, compared to eight projects in Canada. “B.C.’s conservation financing announcements in 2023 were promising but the province must speed up the work with First Nations to enable interim and long-term conservation solutions for irreplaceable old-growth forests before it’s too late,” he said.RELATED: 1 down, 168 to go: Environmentalists call for province to protect 30% of land by 2030RELATED: Indigenous-led conservation in B.C.
Speaking late last month, Premier David Eby said he “fundamentally” disagreed with criticisms from Furstenau, who has accused government of ignoring climate change in the budget, while “dragging” B.C. “back to the 20th century.”
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