LNG Canada flared an average of 40 times more gas than its permits allow for warm/wet and cold/dry flares (involved in the acid gas removal and liquefaction processes) during the last three months of 2025 and the first month of 2026, according to documents recently obtained by Canadian Physicians for Environment (CAPE) from the BC […]
The US aluminum company, Alcoa, announced officially on Monday March 16, that it will demolish its smelter at Ferndale, Washington. Calgary based AltaGas has acquired the rights to develop the site possibly for a green hydrogen plant. AltaGas is the parent company of Pacific Northern Gas, which supplies natural gas to Kitimat, through its consumer […]
Ravens are among the smartest birds on the planet. The intelligence of ravens as tricksters, messengers and observers has been described since time immemorial with myths and legends around the world. On the northwest coast ravens are prominent in the crests and stories of the indigenous peoples. A new study published in the journal […]
The LNG Canada flare spiked at 260 million standard cubic feet per day or about 7,362,380 cubic metres per day during production problems with Train 2 during October, satellite data obtained by Northwest Coast Energy News can reveal. That is much higher than the expected 11,000 cubic metres per day for normal plant operations and […]
Updated with statements from Coastal First Nations and Gitga'at Nation Second update: Statement from the Heiltsuk Nation January 13, 2026 Official statement from Prime Mnister Mark Carney after meeting with First Nations leaders Prince Rupert, British Columbia Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, met with the President of the Coastal First Nations-Great Bear Initiative (CFN), […]
US President Donald Trump has opened large areas of Alaska, including the Gulf of Alaska just north of the BC border to oil leases. The additional leases also allow more drilling the Arctic. If drilling and production does go ahead, which isn't certain, that might also mean there could be even more oil tanker traffic […]
In 1999, a tropical fungus called by scientists Cryptococcus gattii unexpectedly appeared on Vancouver Island. Spores from the fungus can cause a sometimes fatal pneumonia-like illness in humans, cats, dogs and marine mammals, including porpoises and dolphins. There is one reported case of the fungus infecting a great blue heron. Normally, the fungus is most […]
THE RIVERBANK PAPERS: After the flash flood on September 11, 2017, Northwest Coast Energy News filed Freedom of Information/Access to Information requests with a number of provincial and federal agencies who have jurisdiction over the Kitimat river and riverbank camping. The first response to the FOI request is from the Ministry of Forest, Lands […]
The second mate of the tug Nathan E. Stewart fell asleep on watch when the tug grounded off Bella Bella, on October 13, 2016, according to an investigation report released by the United States National Transportation Safety Board. The NTSB also said “Contributing to the grounding was the ineffective implementation of the company’s safety management […]
Two related scientific papers published in the past two weeks, one on the First Peoples initial settlement of coastal North America and the second giving a probable new timeline of the retreat of the glaciers during the last Ice Age, taken together are likely confirmation of the Haisla story of how that nation first settled […]