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B.C. gives green light to LNG pipeline, with no need for new environmental assessment
- On June 5, 2025, the British Columbia Environmental Assessment Office ruled that construction on the 900-kilometre Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline in northern B.C. Has substantially started, allowing it to proceed under its original 2014 certificate.
- This decision follows the pipeline's 2014 approval, its March 2024 purchase by the Nisga'a Nation and Western LNG, and construction beginning in August 2024 to meet the certificate's 10-year requirement.
- Western LNG reported clearing 42 kilometres of right-of-way, building 47 kilometres of access roads, and erecting nine bridges in 2024 with 30 percent Indigenous employment, while opposition groups dispute the extent of progress and raise environmental concerns.
- Environmental groups, local First Nations such as the Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs, and the BC Greens criticized the ruling, citing risks to salmon habitat and Indigenous rights, while proponents emphasize Indigenous co-ownership and U.S. Financial backing.
- The ruling allows the pipeline to continue supplying the planned Ksi Lisims LNG facility, though ongoing legal challenges and regulatory reviews could delay the project affecting LNG export timelines and regional economic development.
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On Thursday, the province approved a pipeline project near Prince Rupert, northern BC.
Sending natural gas pipeline project back for environmental review could put $20 billion investment at risk
From Resource Works By Nelson Bennett Ksi Lisims LNG too important to fail The BC Environmental Assessment Office (EAO) is expected to soon determine whether the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline project has been “substantially started” as per the conditions of its provincial environmental certificate. Later this summer, the EAO is also expected to issue a recommendation on the Ksi Lisims LNG project, which would be supplied by the …
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.
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