No public money for fossil fuels and LNG!

In recent months, we've seen the Canadian government walk away from meaningful climate action and promote a fossil fuel expansion agenda.

As Carney scraps critical climate policies, including the emissions cap, carbon prices, greenwashing legislation and more, he's also doubled down on greenlighting oil and gas in a way that will drive Canada's emissions through the roof, lock us into a risky fossil fuel future in a rapidly decarbonizing world, violate Indigenous rights, and endanger frontline communities and sensitive ecosystems.

Not only does this mean fast-tracking projects without proper consultation, oversight or regulation through Bill C-5, it also means putting our public money into fossil fuel projects that lack Indigenous consent, pose huge risks to communities, and are a bad economic bet.

This spring, the government is likely to make decisions about providing public financing for Liquefied Natural Gas projects in northern British Columbia, including the the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission pipeline (PRGT), Ksi Lisims export terminal, Coastal GasLink phase 2 (CGL2) and LNG Canada phase 2.

These projects face strong opposition from frontline communities. Two have filed lawsuits against Ksi Lisims due to a lack of consultation and consent, and many have spoken out against threats to communities and ecosystems.

Methane has more than 80 times the warming power of carbon dioxide over the first 20 years, which would be a climate disaster for a province already regularly devastated by wildfires and extreme heat.

That's why we need to tell our elected officials we strongly oppose the use of our money for rights-violating, massively polluting projects that waste public dollars.

Why is LNG such a problem?

Liquefied Natural Gas, also known as methane, is a false solution that poses huge risks for communities and the climate.

LNG has significant environmental impacts

LNG's greenhouse gas footprint is 33% worse than coal over its lifecycle
LNG threatens sensitive coastal ecosystems and species in BC, such as salmon

LNG is strongly opposed by frontline and Indigenous communities and violate Indigenous sovereignty

LNG Canada Phase 2, recently added to the Project of National Interest list, is the end point for the still-disputed Coastal GasLink Pipeline that was rejected by the Wet’suwet’en Nation
PRGT & Ksi Lisims are actively opposed by the Gitanyow Nation
Lax Kw’alaams Band and the Metlakatla First Nation have filed judicial review applications in Federal Court, alleging the Minister of Environment and Climate Change ignored their concerns about the impacts of Ksi Lisims

LNG poses unacceptable health risks

LNG is typically extracted through fracking, which is linked to asthma, heart disease, preterm birth, cancers, and other serious health impacts
These health risks and harms disproportionately affect Indigenous and rural communities.

LNG has a weak economic and business case

Canadian LNG projects face a weak market, financial risks and will not offer global or domestic energy security
Canadian LNG faces oversupply, competition with cheaper producers and uncertain overall demand. It's also expensive to produce in Canada, likely to run over budget and rely on public subsidies, and take too long to build in a transitioning global economy

LNG is backed by US billionaires with ties to Trump

Wall Street firms Blackstone and Bechtel are advancing Ksi Lisims and PRGT pipeline, part of a trend of US firms deepening control over BC's methane, extracting huge profits and benefiting from corporate tax breaks

Here's how you can take action against public financing for LNG!

Here are a couple things you can do to push back against our government's fossil fuel expansion agenda and let them know people in Canada don't want public investment in oil and gas.