Squamish LNG plant cooling system threatens herring, if approved, while the 1991 Federal Guidelines on cooling water intakes is out-dated. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) guidelines recommend industrial marine water intake pipes be located at least 2 km from documented herring spawn areas. Local video near Squamish, B.C. documents herring spawn occurred within 2 km of the proposed Woodfibre LNG site in February and March, 2015. Continue reading

My goodness what a disaster! On Wednesday 8th April, ~2,800 litres of toxic bunker fuel was spilled in English Bay, and the black tar-like sludge has been washing up on Vancouver's beaches for the last week. The media was blazing with information as the event unfolded. There was lots of confusion. Who is responding? Where are they? How are they responding? Continue reading

 Opposition to the proposed Woodfibre LNG plant is escalating in Squamish and Howe Sound, where a protest — not the first — involving hundreds of opponents marched through downtown Squamish Sunday venting their rage at the plan. Although the plant’s supporters value the project’s potential tax base and promised jobs, critics believe the future of Squamish — recently cited as one of just two Canadian destinations in the New York Times’s list of 52 best places in the world to visit in 2015 — is largely in tourism and outdoor recreation, and that Woodfibre LNG’s alleged negative environmental impacts don’t square with that. Continue reading

Now the window of opportunity to provide comment to the BC Environmental Assessment office (BC EAO) about the Woodfibre LNG project is closed. What happens next and what can people do? Continue reading

Opposition has been growing along the Sea to Sky corridor to a proposed liquefied natural gas plant and a connected pipeline. Suddenly a project that looked like it might have smooth sailing is facing a rough time. The Woodfibre LNG proposal would see a terminal built on an old mill site on Howe Sound. It would be fed by a FortisBC pipeline, expanded and slightly extended on an existing route. Because the project would largely be built on land already disturbed by industrial development, it was generally expected that it would find quick approval and perhaps become the first LNG project built, of the several the B.C. government has boasted are on the horizon.   Continue reading

We were told LNG would bring us local jobs. It’s all about the jobs right? But where have all those promised LNG jobs for locals gone? Looking at the Labour Market section of Woodfibre LNG’s environmental assessment application, they’ve all but disappeared. Continue reading

The BC government wants YOU to participate in the Environmental Assessment process… or do they? The 45-day public comment periods have started for the controversial Woodfibre LNG project and Fortis BC’s pipeline from Eagle Mountain to Woodfibre. This is one of the public’s only opportunities to provide feedback on these projects and hold the proponents’ feet to the fire. Continue reading