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B.C.'s curious energy double standard
VICTORIA - The controversy over the proposed Northern Gateway oil-sands pipeline highlights a unique perspective in British Columbia on fossil fuels -- bring on the gas, but not the oil.
The province's benign treatment of natural gas extends to practices and plans that give communities elsewhere a lot of heartburn. B.C. has vast fracking operations in the northeast, plans to build at least two terminals in the Kitimat area on the northern coast to liquefy the gas, and then there are plans to transport the gas aboard special tankers to markets in Asia.
The gas side of the industry even gets the nod of powerful First Nations -- the Haisla is a partner in both LNG facilities. Meanwhile, the risk of spills, contamination and explosions seems to get little attention.
Read the full artilce here.
VICTORIA - The controversy over the proposed Northern Gateway oil-sands pipeline highlights a unique perspective in British Columbia on fossil fuels -- bring on the gas, but not the oil.
The province's benign treatment of natural gas extends to practices and plans that give communities elsewhere a lot of heartburn. B.C. has vast fracking operations in the northeast, plans to build at least two terminals in the Kitimat area on the northern coast to liquefy the gas, and then there are plans to transport the gas aboard special tankers to markets in Asia.
The gas side of the industry even gets the nod of powerful First Nations -- the Haisla is a partner in both LNG facilities. Meanwhile, the risk of spills, contamination and explosions seems to get little attention.
Read the full artilce here.