The C.D. Howe institute found that increasing LNG exports would likely increase emissions in most potential markets, sullying the environmental arguments made in favour of expanding LNG market.
Premier Christy Clark's dreams of a booming liquefied natural gas industry in BC have been dealt another blow after a Shell-backed venture delayed a final investment decision indefinitely.
The Canadian Energy Research Institute says production in Western Canada will drop and Eastern Canada will see a production drop or an end altogether due to high cost and provincial fracking bans.
Climate change scientist and British Columbia Green Leader Andrew Weaver said Christy Clark's concerns about wildfires and her promotion of fossil fuels don't add up.
The massive LNG proposal would blow out BC's legislated climate targets, but open new markets for Canadian fossil fuels. Prime Minister Trudeau wants both. Which will he choose?