Indigenous-owned Canadian LNG project advances – Asian Pacific Post

May 31, 2022

There’s been a big step forward for a major proposed Canadian liquefied natural gas (LNG) project that’s seen as an opportunity for economic reconciliation with Indigenous communities and help to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions.

Partners in the Ksi Lisims LNG project, including the Nisga’a Nation, have applied for a 40-year LNG export licence and filed a detailed project description with regulators.

“The project has the potential to support the Nisga’a Nation and other Indigenous nations’ goals of responding to climate change while allowing for economic development,” the project description says.

Ksi Lisims would be a floating LNG project on B.C.’s northern coast, about two km from the Alaska border.

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