BC Is Prioritizing Coastal GasLink’s Interests Over the Public’s | The Tyee:
As I write this, salmon are spawning in that river. Countless eggs —
an entire generation of salmon — have been laid in the riverbed gravel.
And Coastal GasLink is drilling a massive borehole within 12 metres of
those salmon eggs.
The potential impacts of drilling on these salmon eggs are unclear. What is clear is that Coastal GasLink cannot be trusted to safeguard the Wedzin Kwa and the surrounding environment.
The company has an
egregious track record. Coastal GasLink has damaged wetlands, rivers and
lakes along the $11-billion pipeline route — a pipeline that aims to
transport fracked gas from northeast B.C. to LNG Canada in Kitimat.
Since construction began in 2019 the company has been issued 51
warnings, 16 orders and two fines by the BC Environmental Assessment
Office for repeated non-compliance related to erosion and sediment
control.