A number of local environmental groups are pleased that the environment minister has determined that the proposed Placentia Bay Liquid Natural Gas project must undergo an Environmental Impact Statement. The groups are disappointed, however, that the project, which they call “poorly conceived,” was not rejected outright based on environmental grounds.
The joint media statement on behalf of Decarbonize NL, the Bay St. George Climate Network, The Council of Canadians and the Sierra Club of Canada, says the Grassy Point LNG project should be rejected, and should at the very least undergo robust assessment by an arms-length board and public hearings.
National Programs Director with the Sierra Club of Canada, Gretchen Fitzgerald, says the project, if approved, will make Newfoundland and Labrador’s climate targets “completely unattainable.”
The proposal for a liquified natural gas hub in the Jeanne d’Arc Basin includes a 600 km pipeline that would run from the offshore to Grassy Point in Placentia Bay.
