US EditionB.C. gives green light to LNG pipeline, with no need for new environmental assessment
- On June 5, 2025, B.C.'s Environmental Assessment Office confirmed that construction on the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission project has progressed enough to continue under its existing 10-year-old environmental assessment certificate, eliminating the need for a new review.
- This ruling follows a review of construction activities completed by November 25, 2024, including clearing 42 kilometres of right-of-way and building 47 kilometres of access roads.
- The 900-kilometre pipeline extending from Hudson's Hope to Prince Rupert is jointly owned by Western LNG, a company based in Texas, and the Nisga'a Nation, with funding support from the American private equity firm Blackstone.
- Environmental groups, the B.C. Greens, and local Indigenous communities oppose the decision, citing threats to salmon habitat and criticizing prioritization of American financial backers over Indigenous rights.
- The ruling enables the project to continue under its decade-old certificate, suggesting continued tension between economic development and environmental and Indigenous concerns in B.C.
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BC green lights LNG pipeline, with no need for new environmental assessment
The British Columbia government says a decade-old environmental assessment certificate remains valid for the construction of a natural gas pipeline in northern BC, in a decision opposed by the province's Green Party and environmental groups.
The Government of British Columbia states that a 10-year environmental assessment certificate remains valid for the construction of a gas pipeline in the northern part of the province, a decision challenged by the Province's Green Party and environmental groups.
B.C. gives green light to LNG pipeline_ with no need for new environmental assessment
The British Columbia government says a decade-old environmental assessment certificate remains valid for the construction of a natural gas pipeline in northern B.C., in a decision opposed by the province's Green Party and environmental groups. The Environmental Assessment Office says it has determined the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline has "substantially started," fulfilling a requirement of the 2014 certificate and allowing the project…
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Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline now able to keep its current environmental assessment certificate indefinitely
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