Petition: Stop the PRGT pipeline
The MAGA pipeline must be stopped:
Stand with the BC Greens and demand that Premier David Eby immediately revoke provincial support for the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline, a dangerous, legally dubious, and environmentally reckless project designed to enrich foreign fossil fuel billionaires at the expense of Indigenous rights, climate action, and the public interest.
British Columbians deserve a climate-safe future, one where energy decisions reflect our values, protect our land and water, and respect the rights of Indigenous Peoples.
But that future is under direct threat.
The NDP government has approved the PRGT pipeline, a 10-year-old fracked gas project with no approved endpoint, no updated environmental assessment, and no respect for BC law, climate commitments, or Indigenous sovereignty.
PRGT is co-owned by Texas-based Western LNG and backed by U.S. private equity firms Blackstone and Apollo, major Republican donors with deep ties to Donald Trump. Its construction contract has gone to Bechtel, one of the most powerful U.S. megafirms in Washington. This project isn’t about protecting BC’s energy security or making a long-term investment in the economy of the future; it’s about handing over our sovereignty to MAGA-backed billionaires who would undermine reconciliation, the climate, and our democracy just to make a buck.
✍️ Add your name now to stop PRGT and protect BC’s future.
Petition Text
To the Honourable the Legislative Assembly of the Province of British Columbia, in Legislature Assembled:
The petition of the undersigned, [Name], of [City or Town], states that:
Whereas:
- The Government of British Columbia has approved the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline, a fracked gas project intended to supply the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG terminal, despite the terminal lacking an approved environmental certificate;
- PRGT is financed by U.S. private equity firms with ties to Donald Trump and awarded to major U.S. contractors, raising serious concerns about foreign influence over BC’s energy infrastructure and public interest;
- The project proceeds under decade-old permits and a “substantial start” loophole, without updated environmental assessment or alignment with BC’s current climate laws and legal obligations under the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA);
- Multiple First Nations, including the Lax Kw’alaams Band, Gitanyow, Gitxaala, and others, have voiced clear opposition to the project, citing threats to their lands, waters, and rights;
- The project undermines BC’s legislated climate targets and entrenches fossil fuel dependence, contrary to the urgent need for a clean, just energy transition;
Therefore, your petitioners respectfully request that the Honourable House introduce legislation to:
- Immediately revoke the “substantial start” approval for the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline and halt further construction;
- Reject the PRGT pipeline and any new LNG export infrastructure that undermines BC’s climate laws and Indigenous rights;
- Uphold the principles of Free, Prior, and Informed Consent by ensuring full consultation and consent from all affected First Nations before approving any resource development project;
- Prevent foreign corporate control over BC’s critical energy infrastructure and affirm BC’s right to determine its energy future in the public interest;
- Commit to a clean, just transition by ending support for fossil fuel expansion and investing in local, renewable, and democratically governed energy solutions.
Dated this [Day] day of [Month], 20[Year].
BC is at a Crossroads
Instead of protecting our land, water, and communities, the NDP government has chosen to approve the construction of a fracked gas pipeline based on outdated permits and a decade-old project plan. The Prince Rupert Gas Transmission (PRGT) pipeline is no longer legally, environmentally, or ethically defensible, and it must be stopped.
This pipeline is intended to serve the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG export terminal, which has not even received an environmental certificate. Yet construction is already moving ahead under a loophole that keeps the project’s decade-old permit from expiring if there has been a “substantial start”. As Naxginkw Tara Marsden, Wilp Sustainability Director with the Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs said, the decision to approve PRGT because a small section of forest has been cleared along the route “makes a mockery of the true purpose and intent of what is considered to be a ‘substantial start’ for major infrastructure projects.”
Why this project must be stopped:
- No approved destination: The pipeline has no authorized terminus. Proceeding with construction violates the principles of responsible planning and legal oversight. Despite the name, this pipeline no longer goes through Prince Rupert.
- No cumulative environmental review: Construction was rushed last summer to avoid proper assessments, including threats to critical salmon habitats along the Nass River.
- Opposition from First Nations: The Lax Kw’alaams Band, Ts’msyen Hereditary Chiefs, Gitanyow, Gitxaala, Metlakatla, and others have raised clear objections — objections the government is ignoring.
- Outdated environmental standards: This project was approved by Christy Clark’s Liberals in 2014. Since then, BC has passed new climate laws and adopted DRIPA, but the pipeline has not been reviewed under either.
- Foreign control over BC’s resources: This pipeline is financed by Wall Street and MAGA-aligned billionaires. It exports fracked gas for foreign profit not BC’s benefit.
The BC NDP should have let the outdated permits expire and conducted a proper environmental assessment under today’s standards. Instead, they chose to sell out our First Nations, climate progress, and sovereignty to further enrich Donald Trump’s biggest backers.
This is not leadership. It is surrender. David Eby is elbows down on protecting BC’s economy and sovereignty from foreign takeover. If we don’t fight back, what else is he willing to sell out?
We demand that the BC NDP:
✅ Immediately revoke PRGT’s substantial start approval
✅ Reject the PRGT pipeline and any future LNG expansion projects
✅ Respect Indigenous sovereignty and the duty to consult all affected Nations
✅ Uphold BC’s climate commitments and DRIPA
✅ Keep BC’s energy future in public hands — not foreign billionaires’ pockets
We’re calling on Premier David Eby to do what’s right — not what’s profitable for offshore investors.
This is our land. Our water. Our climate. Our future.
Add your name now to demand that the PRGT pipeline is stopped — before it’s too late.