VICTORIA, B.C. — BC Greens interim leader Jeremy Valeriote, MLA for West Vancouver-Sea to Sky, has issued the following statement on the government’s investment of $200 million into Cedar LNG:
“The BC NDP’s decision to financially support another liquefied natural gas (LNG) project is irresponsible. The commitment of $200 million in public funds to transmission lines, transformers and electrification to support Cedar LNG, a majority-owned First Nations project, prolongs our dependence on fossil fuels.”
“Fossil fuel expansion contradicts achieving the Province’s legislated emissions reduction targets—which we have already failed to meet. We pushed for a robust, independent review of climate policies in our Cooperation and Responsible Government Accord and will continue to push this government to take climate change seriously.”
“Meanwhile, the Premier and Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions continue to greenwash LNG, marketing it as the lowest-emission LNG in the world, without providing any evidence to support this claim. BC’s LNG is also more expensive than other jurisdictions, who are producing LNG at a fraction of the cost.”
“The government’s continued inaction when it comes to the climate, and their disingenuous greenwashing of LNG as “clean” energy is a distraction from their climate action failures. Publicly subsidizing LNG expansion is not a “clean” way forward and harms climate and communities upstream from fracking. Recently, the Minister of Energy and Climate Solutions tweaked a previous policy requiring LNG facilities to be net-zero by 2030. Now, these facilities only need to have a net-zero “plan” by 2030—not the infrastructure.”
“Instead of continuing to funnel public money into LNG, the Province should invest in economic pathways that support long-term sustainability, public health, and community well-being.”
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