Ukraine dispute opens door for Goldboro LNG exports from N.S.

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Pieridae is branding its proposed liquefied natural gas plant as transition energy, replacing coal with a less-polluting fuel, but environmentalists aren’t buying what they consider a cosmetic change, calling for a shift instead to renewable energy.

The United States and the European Union are threatening punishing sanctions should Russia invade Ukraine.

Russia, which has stationed at least 100,000 troops within striking distance of Ukraine, insists no invasion is foreseen. Should that plan change, triggering Western sanctions, Russia holds a punishing trump card.Talks are planned in Washington next week between theabout supplying LNG from Qatar to Germany, according to a Reuters report.

Nature Québec, an environmentalist organization, suggests that rather than seeking new sources of natural gas, Germany, and other countries dependent on fossil fuels should use this opportunity to switch to renewable energy. “We maintain our position that fossil fuels are not a transition energy,” said Nature Québec spokesperson Anne-Céline Guyon.

“We are late,” Guyon said, noting that while leaders talk about transition away from hydrocarbons, “the reality is that we are not advancing fast enough.”“Fossil is finished,” Guyon said, suggesting other jurisdictions should follow Quebec’s commitment to ban oil and gas exploration and production in the province.The initial Goldboro project would have required an expansion of the existing“We won’t let that happen, Guyon said. “Opposition is extremely strong in Quebec.

 

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