by LaurenEBS | Oct 1, 2024 | Ksi Lisims LNG Project, LNG Development, PRGT pipeline
A B.C. pipeline project touted by the Nisga’a Nation as a prime example of economic reconciliation has instead become a thorny issue marked by rising tensions and complications with nearby Indigenous groups. Construction of the 750-kilometre Prince Rupert Gas...
by LaurenEBS | Sep 25, 2024 | Ksi Lisims LNG Project, LNG Development, PRGT pipeline
The current environmental assessment certificate for the PRGT line is set to expire on Nov. 25, 2024 The Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline’s environmental assessment is a point of contention between the Gitanyow First Nation and the Western...
by LaurenEBS | Sep 10, 2024 | Climate, Ksi Lisims LNG Project, LNG Development, PRGT pipeline
Some Indigenous leaders and youth are posting roadblocks and mounting legal challenges to a planned gas pipeline in Northern British Columbia while the Nisga’a Nation, as the project’s partial owner, pushes back. At the centre of the dispute is a nearly 10-year-old...
by LaurenEBS | Sep 9, 2024 | Climate, Ksi Lisims LNG Project, PRGT pipeline
As construction of the PRGT pipeline begins on Nisg̱a’a lands, their Gitanyow neighbours set up a blockade In the misty mountains of northwestern “B.C.,” resistance is unfolding under the looming shadow of the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline....
by LaurenEBS | Sep 3, 2024 | Climate, Ksi Lisims LNG Project, PRGT pipeline
The Kispiox Band council in British Columbia is seeking a judicial review to overturn a provincial energy regulator’s decision to allow the construction of a natural gas pipeline on the nearby Nisga’a Nation’s territory. The elected band council, representing the...
by LaurenEBS | Aug 30, 2024 | Climate, Ksi Lisims LNG Project, PRGT pipeline
Community organizations demand updated environmental assessments and greater local consultation for the PRGT pipeline The BC Energy Regulator (BCER) is facing escalating legal challenges over its approval of the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline, with...
