Green candidate Mike Sawyer submits letter of comment to NEB on Second Kitimat LNG proposal

Federal Green party candidate Mike Sawyer pulled a bit of double duty last week, with the long time environmental activist taking time off the election campaign trail to deliver his submission to the National Energy Board relaying his concerns over a proposed second LNG terminal for the Kitimat area at Bish Cove.

Among the contents of the submission are themes on fracking, questions of adequate supply of natural gas to service the terminal and how the proposed terminal is incompatible with Canada's emissions targets under the Paris Agreement.

The nineteen page document (available  here Adobe reader required) outlines a range of material that Sawyer has compiled to support his contribution to the commentary, ending with his call for the NEB to take one of two actions related to the Chevron proposal.

The NEB should deny Chevron’s natural gas export licence Application;

Or that In the alternative, that the NEB establish a full regulatory process that would include the opportunity for intervenors to submit information requests to the Applicant and test the Applicant’s evidence in a public hearing convene with respect to this matter.

In July, Sawyer urged Northwest residents to submit their comments towards the Chevron project to the CEAA which opened up its public comments call on July 11th.

Mr. Sawyer was recently in the news when The National Energy Board ruled  against submissions related to the jurisdiction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline which is to supply the LNG Canada terminal project.

In his Facebook post related to the Chevron commentary for the NEB, he observes how his recent entry to the 2019 Federal election campaign has provided for some challenges towards a more expansive overview of the Chevron project in his NEB submission.

As we outlined on the blog earlier this month, Mr. Sawyer was announced at the Green Party candidate on August 2nd.

His previous work on environmental concerns and ongoing interest in the fate of LNG in the Northwest could make for some interesting debate themes once the candidates assemble in September and October on the way towards election day of October 21st.

You can follow the campaign trail for all of the candidates from our archive page here.

Cross posted from the North Coast Review.