səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) territories [VANCOUVER], 5 June 2025:
Today, the B.C. government approved the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline in northern British Columbia. The decision to greenlight the project’s permits in perpetuity is a stunning abandonment of the B.C. government’s claims to climate leadership.
The PRGT pipeline is designed for one purpose: to flow fracked gas to the Ksi Lisims LNG project, a liquefaction facility that has yet to be approved. If PRGT and Ksi Lisims are built, they will lead to ~$500 billion dollars in climate damage, according to Clean Energy Canada.
“The BC government has made a terrible choice in allowing this pipeline to proceed,” said Emily Lowan, Fossil Fuel Supply Lead at Climate Action Network Canada.
“If it’s ever built, it will line the pockets of Donald Trump’s billionaire allies who are backing this project, like Blackstone’s Stephen Schwarzman. On the heels of Bill 15, this decision is yet another egregious violation of Indigenous rights. There are active court cases underway that oppose the pipeline’s approval, and the government is simply ignoring them. This project’s permits were due to expire six months ago and the project that has just been approved is radically different from the one that was permitted ten years ago, side-stepping due process with impacted communities and a modern environmental review. Between Bill 15 and PRGT, the government has torched its credibility on climate, energy and reconciliation in the span of two weeks.”
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