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More than 100 scientists have penned a letter to the federal government urging them to reject the draft environmental assessment on the Pacific NorthWest LNG project near Lelu Island.
They claim the report misrepresents the importance of the project area to fish populations, especially salmon.
Authored by biologist Jonathon Moore, the letter argues the regulatory agency disregarded science not financed by Pacific NorthWest LNG, and the draft report is, “A symbol of what is wrong with environmental decision making in Canada.”
Current plans call for the Petronas-led group to build a suspension bridge and pier that would carry LNG through a pipeline from Lelu Island to a loading dock for overseas tankers.
The CEAA report has already expressed greenhouse gas emission concern about the proposed project. McKenna announced back in January the Trudeau government would review how the $36 billion-project might affect greenhouse-gas emissions from the production and pipeline shipment of natural gas from this area to the west coast.
However, the agency has issued a statement defending its draft report released February 10 and in it claimed, “The government of Canada is committed to conducting high quality, thorough and science-based environmental assessments that are fair, transparent, and take into account the views of Canadians and indigenous peoples.”
Agencies/Canadajournal
