Woodfibre LNG Ltd. has proposed the construction of a liquefied natural gas facility at the head of Howe Sound, a scenic fjord beloved by British Columbians, especially those of the Lower Mainland.
Opposition to the project to date has largely focused on whether the province should return industry to a waterway that has only recently, and at great expense, been cleaned up. Having finally stanched the flow of heavy metals from the Britannia copper mine, do we want to allow LNG tanker traffic in a fjord being repopulated with herring, salmon, orcas and humpback whales? Every municipality on Howe Sound has passed resolutions opposing the proposal.
The project is under review by the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office, whose formal mandate is to give “full and fair consideration to all interests.” The EAO is obliged to examine Woodfibre’s proposal for…
WADE DAVIS AND TOM RAFAEL – Globe and Mail – July 17, 2015.
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