New Joint Review Panel possible for Coastal GasLink pipeline project to Kitimat
The federal Environment Assessment Agency is asking northwestern British Columbia to comment on whether or not a federal assessment is needed for the TransCanada Coastal GasLink pipeline project that...
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DFO study on ancient Douglas Channel tsunamis shows minimal impact on...
A follow up study by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans on the discovery of prehistoric slope failure tsunamis in Douglas Channel concludes that the events would have had minimal impact on Kitimat...
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Intervenor files challenge after Enbridge tells JRP it wants major expansion...
Enbridge filed a revised map of Kitimat harbour with the revised route for the Northern Gateway Pipeline and terminal in December 2012. Enbridge Northern Gateway wants a much larger tank farm at its...
View ArticleCoastal First Nations pull out of Joint Review Hearings in Prince Rupert
Coastal First Nations have pulled out of the Joint Review hearings in Prince Rupert. In a news release, Art Sterritt, executive director said: This is a David and Goliath scenario, said Art Sterritt....
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Environment agency calls for comments on Prince Rupert LNG pipeline
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency is calling for comments on the proposed LNG project at Prince Rupert. An agency news release says: As part of the strengthened and modernized Canadian...
View ArticlePART FOUR: State Department assessment of the railway to Rupert route for...
Here are edited portions of the EIS assessment for a major oil terminal at Prince Rupert Environmental Setting The EIS says “the local surface geology at the Prince Rupert site consists of bedrock...
View ArticleJoint Review Panel confirms closing arguments to begin in Terrace June 17
The Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel has confirmed that final, closing arguments for the controversial Enbridge pipeline project will take place in Terrace for approximately two weeks, beginning on...
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JRP refuses to consider latest DFO findings on Humpback Whales
The Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel has refused to consider the latest findings from the Department of Fisheries and Ocean on humpback whale critical habitat on the coast of British Columbia,...
View Article“Conservatives’ hatred for science intentional part of their environmental...
Skeena Bulkley Valley MP and NDP House Leader, reacting to Northwest Coast Energy News exclusive story that the Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel has refused to consider a Fisheries and Oceans...
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Commentary: The earthshaking difference between Enbridge and LNG
The Northern Gateway Joint Review panel, Kenneth Bateman, Sheila Leggett and Hans Matthews, listen to final arguments in Terrace, June 17, 2013. (Robin Rowland/Northwest Coast Energy News) Buried deep...
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Joint Review Panel tells northwestern BC to bear the “burdens” of Northern...
Cover of Volume 1 of the Joint Review Panel ruling on Northern Gateway If you read both the 76 pages of Volume One of the Northern Gateway Joint Review decision and the 417 pages of Volume 2, a...
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How Gateway’s plans to dredge Douglas Channel show the limitations of the JRP...
(First in series of reports on how the Joint Review Panel report will affect the Kitimat region) Joint Review map of Northern Gateway plans for dredging and blasting on Douglas Channel (JRP) If there...
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District of Kitimat calls for plebiscite on the Northern Gateway project
Councillor Phil Germuth listens as District of Kitimat Council debates his motion that would have required Enbridge to enhance monitoring of leaks on the pipeline in the Kitimat watershed. (Robin...
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Editorial: Kitimat Council fails in approving confusing Gateway plebiscite...
Unhappy councillors during the debate on the Northern Gateway plebiscite. (Robin Rowland/Northwest Coast Energy News) District Council failed the people of Kitimat Monday night by approving a...
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Enbridge’s Michigan cleanup costs now exceed JRP pipeline conditions for...
US National Transportation Safety Board staff examine a ruptured pipe from the Enbridge oil spill in August, 2010. The photo was released by the NTSB May 21, 2012. (NTSB) The costs for Enbridge to...
View ArticleTwo JRP conditions are already outdated, Cullen says
Skeena Bulkley Valley MP Nathan Cullen says at least two of the Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel’s 209 conditions may already be outdated. In a news release January 15, 2013, Cullen said, “The...
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Editorial: (II) Kitimat Council in chaos
At the January 20 council meeting, Peter Ponter asks what happened to the District of Kitimat’s original motion on neutrality. (Robin Rowland/Northwest Coast Energy News) The District of Kitimat...
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Editorial (I) Kitimat Council, major league or bush league?
Three members of Kitimat Council voted Monday for a clear, concise question on the Northern Gateway plebiscite (Robin Rowland/Northwest Coast Energy News) Monday’s District of Kitimat Council meeting...
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Haisla challenge JRP, asking Federal Court of Appeal to quash flawed report;...
Updates with Gitga’at court challenge The Haisla Nation have filed a challenge to the Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel with the Federal Court of Appeal requesting that court quash the JRP findings....
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Haisla response lists evidence rejected by Northern Gateway Joint Review
Members of the Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel, left to right, Kenneth Bateman, chair Sheila Leggett and Hans Matthews make notes at the June 25, 2012 hearings at the Haisla Recreation Centre,...
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