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Liquefied natural gas (LNG)

Liquified Natural Gas, or LNG, is a carbon-intensive fossil fuel. Companies and governments are falsely suggesting that LNG is a bridge fuel towards a low-carbon future, but that could not be further from the truth. Producing LNG requires extracting natural gas — usually using fracking — cooling the gas to extreme temperatures, shipping the LNG across the ocean, and then burning it for electricity production. Every step of this process is very energy intensive, and LNG companies greenwash the process by promising to use unproven carbon capture and storage technology to bring emissions to net-zero.

LNG has no place in our just transition to a sustainable and equitable future. We want to see public spending directed towards projects and social infrastructure that will move us towards that brighter future immediately, not later.

Council of Canadians opposes LNG agenda in British Columbia

Council of Canadians opposes LNG agenda in British Columbia

The Council of Canadians is opposed to the building of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminals and pipelines in British ...
Council of Canadians to speak in Victoria against LNGs and fracking

Council of Canadians to speak in Victoria against LNGs and fracking

The Council of Canadians and the GVTA Social Justice Committee are organizing a public forum against Liquefied Natural Gas ...
LNG industry in BC would emit 28 million tonnes of greenhouse gases

LNG industry in BC would emit 28 million tonnes of greenhouse gases

Darwish speaks in Ladner on October 22. The Council of Canadians is opposing the development of Liquefied Natural ...
Factsheet: LNG in B.C.: Fracking our future

Factsheet: LNG in B.C.: Fracking our future

The B.C. government is touting liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports as an economic panacea. Read about how B.C.’s fracking plans ...
Darwish speaks against LNG agenda in Courtenay, BC tonight

Darwish speaks against LNG agenda in Courtenay, BC tonight

Finn, Spratt and Darwish at the public forum in Ladner. Photo by Brigette DePape. Vancouver-based Council of Canadians ...
Council fights tar sands pipelines & LNG terminals to avert climate catastrophe

Council fights tar sands pipelines & LNG terminals to avert climate catastrophe

In December 2013, the Harper government told the United Nations that it forecasts emissions from the oil and gas sector ...