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Quebec rejects $14B LNG project over environmental concerns

#1651 of 1654 articles from the Special Report: Climate Change The Saguenay Fjord between Baie-Sainte-Catherine and Tadoussac in 2017. Photo by Pierre André / Wikimedia Commons Listen to article After a groundswell of opposition to GNL Québec’s multibillion-dollar natural gas project, the provincial government has rejected the plan. Now advocates say it’s time for other governments to follow suit. The $14-billion proposal would have moved fracked natural gas from northern British Columbia and Alberta to a liquefaction plant and export terminal at the Port of Saguenay. The company was aiming to export 11 million tonnes per year. GNL Québec said it would be a carbon-neutral facility by offsetting its “direct” greenhouse gas emissions, and that it would help offset dirtier pollutants, like oil or coal, around the world.

Quebec rejects $14-billion natural gas project in Saguenay over environmental issues

This is a project that has more disadvantages than advantages, Charette said. GNL Québec had proposed building a plant in Port Saguenay, Que., about 220 kilometres north of Quebec City, to liquefy natural gas from Western Canada. The project would have also required the construction of a 780-kilometre pipeline to connect the plant to existing natural gas pipelines in Ontario. The project had initially been greeted positively by the Coalition Avenir Québec government. Charette said he was predisposed to support the project, but in the end it didn t meet the required environmental conditions. The company said it was disappointed and surprised by the decision.

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