Our Karen Ogen says Canada wants to begin exporting our LNG — and that features transport it to Europe from the East Coast.
The CEO of our First Nations LNG Alliance informed ‘The Huddle’ podcast from Atlantic Canada: “We’re seeing with the European power disaster that Canada is properly located geographically to have the ability to ship our LNG to the European international locations. . . . It is not going to solely assist our financial system but additionally assist the Indigenous financial system as properly.”
She famous that Alliance members embody the Miawpukek First Nation from Newfoundland and Labrador. And whereas Canada could also be saying no to LNG exports from the East Coast, “I perceive they’re nonetheless working with Germany (and) the European international locations but. There’s a requirement for it. Canada ought to be the one to say Sure to those tasks. It’s not solely going to assist these international locations however Indigenous communities as properly.”
For one factor, she mentioned, we’ve got to have a look at the massive image of LNG and what it means to Canada and different international locations.
“After we take into consideration local weather change, we’re simply fascinated with our personal international locations in silos, like, ‘That is Canada and these are our emissions and that is how we have to get our emissions all the way down to a sure degree.’
“However once we take into consideration different international locations which might be larger emitters, like Asian international locations which might be persevering with to make use of coal . . . we’d like to have the ability to assist these international locations get their coal emissions down.
“And the way can we that? We are able to do this by . . . LNG, and so I believe we will hit greater targets globally somewhat than simply fascinated with our personal nation. That’s the place Canada must be pondering globally and appearing domestically.
“How we act domestically is by taking a look at new tasks on the East Coast and West Coast of Canada . . . and collaborate and associate with Indigenous individuals.”
And, she added: “With all of the pure assets that we’ve got, not solely in BC however Canada, there ought to be completely no purpose why Indigenous individuals are dwelling in poverty. These assets ought to be shared with First Nations.”
“We’ve been left from the desk for too a few years. . . . It’s like we’ve lastly been given a seat on the desk however now they’re pulling the meals away from us, as a result of LNG has been placed on the again burner.
“LNG continues to be related. . . . We can not simply go away LNG out of the image relating to local weather change, it’s related. . . . We’re at a important time with the power disaster. We’re in a place to assist these international locations and we have to act now.”
Podcast co-host David Campbell: “We’ve acquired challenges creating pure gasoline in our (Atlantic) area, and I believe reaching out and partnering with First Nations has acquired to be a key a part of that.”
LNG NL, developer of a deliberate LNG export challenge in Newfoundland and Labrador, is in talks with offshore oil operators to provide stranded gasoline from the Jeanne d’Arc basin as feedstock for LNG NL’s proposed facility.
It hopes to course of its first gasoline in 2030, by way of a 600-km underwater pipeline to maneuver gasoline from offshore to an on-shore processing facility on Placentia Bay.
It proposes to begin preliminary manufacturing of two.5 million tonnes of LNG a yr, which might make it just a little bigger than Woodfibre LNG (2.1 million tonnes) in BC.
Fairness companions in LNG NL embody the Miawpukek First Nation. The Mi’kmaq individuals would be the most well-liked vendor for escort vessels and provide ships in the course of the building part, and also will profit from everlasting jobs, together with working an ice-breaker as soon as the gasoline begins to circulation.
Chief Mi’sel Joe mentioned the Mi’kmaq will advocate for environmental considerations.
“This (challenge) was going to occur with out or with out us. So the perfect factor we might do, as an alternative of standing on the shore and watching it occur, was to get entangled to ensure the surroundings is being protected. We will be a part of the answer.”
Elsewhere in Atlantic Canada, the Bear Head LNG challenge in Nova Scotia has, below new possession, turn out to be the Bear Head Vitality hydrogen challenge. Buckeye Companions plans to provide inexperienced hydrogen and ammonia for home and export markets.
“Given the challenge’s distinctive options and the geographic benefits of the area, together with its standing as one of many prime areas globally for wind power technology, we consider that this has the potential to turn out to be one the world’s premier green-hydrogen manufacturing services.”
Nova Scotia’s authorities has authorised the challenge.
In New Brunswick, Spanish-owned power firm Repsol had checked out turning its LNG import terminal at Saint John into an export terminal, however determined in that finish that making certain an ample provide of gasoline could be too pricey.
(In principle, the gasoline might transfer from Western Canada on TC’s mainline to Quebec, then cross the border to US strains in New England, then transfer again into Maritime Canada by way of the Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline. However there might be capability issues. Quebec has already mentioned a flat no to any new gasoline pipeline working via that province; and Ottawa has gone together with that.)
(Posted right here 18 Could 2023)
