Citizens Guide to Liquefied Natural Gas in British Columbia

Dogwood Initiative's recently released Citizen's Guide to Liquefied Natural Gas in British Columbia

This Citizen's Guide is designed help people affected by proposed Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) projects understand the potential impacts on their communities, and to help individuals, communities, and First Nations to participate more effectively in the approval process to ensure their interests are protected. In addition, this guide identifies opportunities for the reform of specific laws to more broadly protect the interests of the public in the future.

Over the last few years three separate LNG projects have been proposed in British Columbia: Kitimat LNG, Westpac's cancelled proposal for Prince Rupert, and Westpac's new proposal for Texada Island.

The proximity to U.S. markets, the Province's lax regulatory environment, substantial pipeline capacity connected to southern markets, and advantageous shipping costs have combined to make British Columbia a target for LNG proposals. However, the people living on BC's coast have little familiarity with LNG or the oil and gas industry.