The Kitimat community is asking questions after it was revealed LNG Canada has been consistently flaring more than 15 times the amount of gas than expected due to an equipment "integrity issue."
LNG Canada should be fine to operate by burning 11,000 cubic metres of gas per day, but due to a flaring issue, it reported flaring an average of approximately 205,000 cubic metres per day between July 1st and November 30th, 2025.
B.C. Environmental Assessment Office records show Woodfibre LNG in Squamish was found to be out of compliance with government regulations over juvenile salmon monitoring.
LNG Canada offered thousands of dollars in compensation to at least one Kitimat resident in exchange for them not complaining or raising objections about flaring at the facility in a week at the beginning of November.
The BC Energy Regulator (BCER) is responsible for ensuring the activities of the energy industry are compliant with more than “1,000 individual regulatory requirements."
Politicians are set to decide the fate of B.C.’s next big liquefied natural gas (LNG) venture - Ksi Lisims LNG - by early September.
The District of Kitimat mayor Phil Germuth has lauded the new LNG Canada project for strengthening relationships with the local Haisla Nation.
Skeena Watershed Conservation Coalition, Kispiox band and Kispiox Valley Community Association have taken the BCER to court over the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline approval.
The Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline has been warned by the BC Environmental Assessment Office for not fully surveying potential bat hibernation sites and roosts.
