LNG Canada defends air quality record as flaring concerns continue in Kitimat

LNG Canada defends air quality record as flaring concerns continue in Kitimat - Fort St. James Caledonia Courier

LNG Canada says extensive air monitoring continues to show pollutant levels well below provincial objectives despite months of elevated flaring, as the company responds to growing public concern over emissions from its Kitimat export facility. An update to district council came after weeks of heightened scrutiny over the plant’s persistent flare, including calls from residents and health advocates for a provincial cumulative health impact assess…

LNG Canada defends air quality record as flaring concerns continue in Kitimat

LNG Canada says extensive air monitoring continues to show pollutant levels well below provincial objectives despite months of elevated flaring, as the company responds to growing public concern over emissions from its Kitimat export facility. An update to district council came after weeks of heightened scrutiny over the plant’s persistent flare, including calls from residents and health advocates for a provincial cumulative health impact assess…

Researchers say Kitimat LNG facility’s flare problems causing massive pollution plume

A group of environmental researchers says LNG Canada’s broken flare system is spewing more toxic gases into the atmosphere than the company has disclosed, presenting imaging evidence to back up their claims. “These are unheated, uncombusted, massive emissions,” said Tim Doty, a researcher from Texas who worked in a monitoring program for nearly 30 years at that state’s oil and gas regulator. Doty used an optical gas imaging camera to photograph …