When the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office hit the pause button on the Woodfibre LNG project in Squamish on June 30 following the conclusion of an independent environmental impact study by the Squamish Nation, it could have been seen as a sign the project was in trouble.
Click thru to article to see RegWatch founder Brent Stafford’s comments on the trend of 3rd party environmental reviews
First Nation support for resource projects, after all, has become increasingly important to their success.
In the case of the Trans Mountain pipeline project, a highly detailed independent environmental impact study the Tsleil-Waututh Nation released in May has been used to bolster its opposition to the pipeline twinning project.
Nelson Bennett – Business in Vancouver – August 18, 2015.
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