The natural gas business in BC and North America has switched from a position of North American deficiency of supply, to more gas than anyone thought possible five years ago. There's no obvious need or business justification to import LNG from anywhere. The BC government has tightened up the policy reins around BC Hydro's neck - BC Hydro won't be commissioning any new gas-fired generation any time soon. Kitimat LNG appears to be firming up shippers and customers for its LNG export scheme, and the Pacific Trail Pipeline (aka Kitimat - Summit Lake) which would supply gas to Kitimat LNG, is likewise making like it is alive and will become a reality. All these factors make it highly unlikely that WestPac will resurrect its Texada LNG scheme. The Alliance to Stop LNG is happy, therefore, to put this website, and its initiatives related to the WestPac project, on a watching brief. There are more than enough issues related to energy, climate, and protection of the coast to keep many more than us busy twice over. But we're not gone. Remember that. Contact us at Texada Action Now, Georgia Strait Alliance or Dogwood Initiative. This site is pretty much as we left it in 2008, when shale gas and energy policy caused WestPac's hopes to evaporate. |
This website is sponsored by The Alliance to Stop LNG, for British Columbians concerned about the proposal by WestPac LNG to build a liquified natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal and a gas-fired generation plant on the north end of Texada Island. This project is NOT a done deal. There is plenty that citizens can do to ensure that it never becomes one. |
September 26, 2008
Candidates in the Federal Election: Do you support a LNG tanker ban and will your party work in Ottawa to implement a LNG tanker ban? All regional governments around Georgia Strait have now passed resolutions calling on the provincial and federal governments for these policies to be adopted. |
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