B.C. court hears challenge to Nisga’a-led natural gas pipeline – Global News

March 26, 2025

A court hearing is underway in Vancouver in a battle over a natural gas pipeline in Northern British Columbia.

The 800-kilometre Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline will run from northeastern B.C. to a floating liquified natural gas terminal on Nisga’a land on Pearse Island.

The project is owned by the Nisga’a Nation and Texas-based Western LNG, and would move between 2 billion and 3.6 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day.

But a coalition of community groups and the Kispiox First Nation are challenging the project in court, arguing the B.C. Energy Regulator allowed construction on a small section of the pipeline without first conducting a legally required assessment of the project’s full impact.

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