Site C dam Versus LNG Pipeline

Three British Columbian First Nations leaders took a strong stance in favour of building LNG pipelines over the Site C dam project in Canada. Getting First Nations support for any major economic development involving land use and extraction of natural resources as stated in the article will become very crucial in the future as they possess a substantial amount of land where potential gas could be drawn upon, and because natural resources site c damare becoming more valuable. I believe that the First Nations are being very strategic about supporting the LNG over Site C dam because the plan for the Site C dam is further developed and more likely to be approved than the LNG project. Furthermore, they are in favour of the Liquefied Natural Gas project and more opposed to the Site C dam project due to the dangers of massive flooding opposed to a “spillage” from the pipeline which apparently dissipates into the atmosphere. Although there is support from the First Nations for LNG pipelines, it will be a long time before it is approved as there are still concerns for the extraction of the natural gas by fracking, even though it is apparent that public opposition to the LNG pipelines don’t appear to be as strong as it was towards the Northern Gateway pipeline.

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