Fight brewing as construction looms for natural gas pipeline in northern B.C.

The start of pipeline construction is contingent on TC Energy Corp.’s sale of PRGT to the Nisga’a and Western LNG.The Nisga’a Nation in northern British Columbia has agreed to allow the start of construction of a major pipeline on its territory in August, despite opposition from climate activists and some Indigenous groups.

“Our Nation’s objective is to build a meaningful economy at home so future generations can live fulfilling lives in the Nass Valley,” Eva Clayton, the elected president of the Nisga’a Lisims government, said in a statement on Wednesday. “Construction activities will be initiated within Nisga’a lands,” said the letter signed by Allison Denby, TC Energy’s director of environment, land and regulatory.

PRGT initially received its environmental assessment certificate in 2014, and won approval for a five-year extension in 2019, giving the project until Nov. 25, 2024, to “substantially start” pipeline construction. The Wilderness Committee, David Suzuki Foundation, Dogwood and Sierra Club are among the climate and environmental groups warning about fossil fuels such as LNG, saying there are substantial deficiencies in the application by Ksi Lisims to the Environmental Assessment Office.

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