US EditionLegal challenges claim B.C. natural gas pipeline hasn’t been ‘substantially started’
Gitxsan Chief Charles Wright challenges B.C.’s pipeline approval citing lack of consultation and an outdated environmental assessment despite $584 million spent on project development.
- Hereditary Chief Charles Wright and other petitioners filed legal challenges in British Columbia contesting the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline project.
- The legal action follows the province's June decision that the pipeline, approved in 2014, has been "substantially started," allowing it to proceed without a new environmental assessment.
- Opponents argue the pipeline, spanning 900 kilometres and supplying the Ksi Lisims LNG facility, lacks sufficient progress, with only five percent of trees cleared and limited infrastructure built.
- Wright argued that the project depends on an outdated evaluation, and his legal challenge seeks to address the lack of proper consultation regarding effects on Indigenous land claims and rights.
- These legal disputes suggest ongoing conflict over the project's legitimacy and raise questions about protecting important cultural areas affected by pipeline construction.
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Legal challenges claim B.C. natural gas pipeline hasn't been 'substantially started'
VANCOUVER — Two legal challenges filed in British Columbia claim a liquefied natural gas pipeline hasn’t been “substantially started,” contrary to a decision made by the provincial government back in June. Petitions filed in B.C. Supreme Court last week allege the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission natural gas pipeline project has been given the green-light by
Gitxsan hereditary Chief alleges BC pipeline approved without proper consultation
A hereditary Chief with the Gitxsan Nation has filed a legal challenge against the British Columbia government's decision to allow a liquefied natural gas pipeline project to proceed through its "untouched" territory without proper consultation.
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Gitxsan hereditary Chief alleges B.C. pipeline approved without proper consultation
Legal challenges claim B.C. natural gas pipeline hasn’t been ‘substantially started’
VANCOUVER — Two legal challenges filed in British Columbia claim a liquefied natural gas pipeline hasn't been "substantially started," contrary to a decision made by the provincial government back in June. Petitions filed in B.C. Supreme Court last week allege the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission natural gas pipeline project has been given the green-light by the B.C. Environment Ministry to go ahead without requiring a new environmental assessment…
Gitxsan hereditary Chief alleges B.C. pipeline approved without proper consultation – Energeticcity.ca
VANCOUVER — A hereditary Chief with the Gitxsan Nation has filed a legal challenge against the British Columbia government’s decision to allow a liquefied natural gas pipeline project to proceed through its “untouched” territory without proper consultation. The B.C. Environment Ministry announced in June that the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission natural gas pipeline project has been “substantially started,” meaning the environmental assessment cer…
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