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The transportation of dangerous goods by rail is set to sky rocket
There are already 50-60 propane tank cars rolling through our towns and watershed every day and this number is set to sky rocket. If the additional three export facilities are approved and built, the Northern BC rail corridor will be carrying up to 230 pressurized LPG/propane tank cars and 180 tank cars filled with petroleum liquids per day. These trains will travel through the hearts of our communities and along the banks of our wild salmon rivers, posing real risks to human safety and salmon health. Read more...
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Developers promote $55 billion LNG project in northwestern B.C.
The Nisga’a have been working with Western LNG, a Texas-based LNG developer, and Rockies LNG Partners, a group of Canadian gas producers, to advance an LNG project called Ksi Lisims LNG. The project has now filed its initial paperwork with the provincial Environmental Assessment Office and the federal Impact Assessment Agency. It…