On September 27th, 2016, the Federal Ministers of Environment and Climate Change, Fisheries and Oceans, and Natural Resources announced the Federal Government’s decision to approve the Pacific NorthWest (PNW) LNG project, more than three years after the federal environmental assessment process began. This is a milestone decision for LNG development in British Columbia, as it comes notwithstanding predicted significant adverse environmental effects under the federal environmental assessment regime. The federal Cabinet deemed those effects “justified in the circumstances”, signalling that, like the BC government, it supports sustainable LNG development.
Bull Housser – September 28, 2016.
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