2024: No UnnaturalLG! New peer reviewed paper shows LNG is worse polluter than coal.
@AShields_Devoir:
Dans la foulée des révélations du Devoir, le gouvernement Legault se dit «ouvert» au mégaprojet de gazoduc, d’usine de liquéfaction de gaz naturel (GNL) et de terminal maritime que Marinvest Energy veut construire à Baie-Comeau. Des «discussions» ont déjà eu lieu. https://ledevoir.com/environnement/
In the wake of the revelations of duty, the Legault government says it is “open” to the megaprojet of gas pipeline, a natural gas (LNG) and maritime terminal factory that Marinvest Energy wants to build in Baie-Comeau. “Discussions” have already taken place.
@TankiesFTW:
WAAAAAAAH! Marinvest proposes to build a natgas liquefaction terminal here in Quebec Specifically, in Brian Mulroney’s hometown, Baie-Comeau. Gas would come from … (* drum roll *) … WESTERN CANADAAAAAA!!!
Legault government is ‘open’ to Marinvest Energy’s LNG project by Alexandre Shields, 4 July, 2025, Le Devoir
The Legault government claims to be “opened” to the mega-project pipeline, natural gas liquefaction plant and liquefied natural gas (LNG) maritime terminal that Marinvest Energy wants to build in Baie-Comeau, on the North Shore. Indeed, “discussions” have already taken place with various ministries, including the environment, said Minister Benoit Charette on Friday.
Le Devoir revealed on Friday that the Norwegian company’s Canadian subsidiary was currently working on a Western Canadian natural gas export project that would be as imposing as the defunct Quebec LNG project, rejected by Quebec and Ottawa after the environmental assessments of the industrial complex designed to promote the marketing of this fossil energy production.
The Legault government is aware of the project and is “open” to study it. “No draft is tabled at a time when we are talking. However, the government’s speech has always been the same. Each project is assessed on its own merits. There is therefore no one without having taken cognizance of the project. Subsequently, it will be evaluated according to its merits,” said the Minister for the Environment, the Fight against Climate Change, the Wildlife and the Parks, Benoit Charette, on the airwaves of the 98.5 FM.
“There are discussions that have taken place with different ministries. The Ministry of the Environment has been informed,” he also said. “We are in the very early stages of the company, which is evaluating its options. It is therefore far too early to decide on the value of a particular project. ”
Prime Minister François Legault, for his part, insisted on the economic impact of such a project on Quebec. “The first thing we’re going to look at is the economic fallout. Are there paid jobs for Quebecers? Are there income that can go to Quebecers? We’re really at the beginning of the project, but if it pays for Quebecers, we’re going to look at it. If it doesn’t pay for Quebecers, we won’t look at it. ”
“The Trump Effect”
According to Minister Charette, the return of the climate of the climatonist Donald Trump to power weighs heavily on the balance.
“The Trump effect is particularly evident in our energy needs. Greater independence must be developed from the United States at all levels. We are therefore open to receive projects, but subsequently, these projects must qualify according to our environmental regulations and, of course, we must ensure the social acceptability where the projects will be implemented. ”
Earlier this year, Minister Charette had already indicated that Quebec was open to a possible LNG project, returning to the Quebec LNG project, which was rejected by the government in 2021. “Basically, we remember the conclusions of the BAPE, we remember the conclusions of the Ministry of the Environment. If these fears are met today, these are projects that could be accepted. These are projects that are being studied on their own,” he said.
The Bureau of Public Environmental Hearings (BAPE) concluded that the Quebec LNG project would increase greenhouse gas emissions and risk slowing the energy transition needed to combat the climate crisis, in addition to posing risks to social acceptability and biodiversity protection.
Gas pipeline in Quebec
Marinvest Energy’s project would involve the construction of a multi-hundred-kilometre gas pipeline on Quebec soil to connect the future liquefaction plant to TC Energy’s Canadian network.
It would thus be possible to transport gas exploited in Alberta, mainly by fracturing, an industry banned in Quebec, to Baie-Comeau.
As far as the plant is concerned, it could be installed directly in the marine environment, in the waters of the Bay of English, located east of Baie-Comeau, according to the information obtained by Le Devoir. Discussions on this subject have been ongoing for some months with the Management Corporation of the Port of Baie-Comeau. But at the moment, we do not know when the company’s final draft could be presented.
“While lobbyists are negotiating behind the scenes, Quebecers are left in ignorance of a project that could prove devastating for their portfolio as for the well-being of the planet,” said Louis Couillard, Climate and Energy Campaign Manager at Greenpeace Canada, on Friday.
“Who will want to pay the bill for a project of the last century that is likely to be highly profitable? He asked. The Legault government believes that it is too early to mention financial support.
The LNG Canada project, which has just begun the export of liquefied natural gas from the west coast, cost nearly 40 billion dollars. It received political and financial support from the federal government.
That money is pissed in the prairie winds, will never be recovered by Canadians or their kids or their kids, if humans last that long in our ravaged climate extremes destroying more and more and killing more and more (eg current extreme rain dump and subsequent shocking killer flooding in oil soaked, as corrupt as Alberta, Texas)
Texas floods: death toll rises to 59 as search continues for dozens missingAnd how many homes, RV, camps lost, how many pets, livestock and other species killed, and $billions in damages to public infrastructures?
Quebec Solidarity urged the Caquiste government to say the project not as soon as possible. “This idea, that there would be new outlets for natural gas, is a fiction,” said MP Alexandre Leduc, citing a report issued in May that called the revival of the natural gas industry in Quebec as “false solution.”
The Liberal Party of Quebec, on the other hand, does not want to take a decision until a “concrete project to transport hydrocarbons” is under consideration. “Any project will have to comply with our environmental rules and be subjected to rigorous studies in order to assess their merit, including the economic impact on Quebec and its communities,” said the new Liberal leader, Pablo Rodriguez, in a written statement. The Parti Québécois has not reacted.
With François Carabin
@miki_fern:
the fucking ST LAWRENCE RIVER.
Marinvest Energy Canada says there is a strong business case for an LNG project in Quebec that would supply markets in Europe.
@CP24:
Norwegian company has plans for LNG export project in Quebec
@GTremblay1425:
Le principe de base est simple : il faut diversifier la production d’énergie et les marchés tout en minimisant l’impact environnemental. La conciliation de ces objectifs est difficile.
Norwegian company looks to jump-start LNG export project in Quebec, Company sets sights on Quebec to export natural gas to Europe by The Canadian Press, Jul 04, 2025, CBC News
A subsidiary of a Norwegian energy company wants to build a liquefied natural gas export project in Quebec.
Marinvest Energy Canada says there’s a strong business case for an LNG project in Quebec to export Canadian natural gas to Europe.
The company is offering few details about the project, but an elected official in Quebec’s Côte-Nord region says it would be located in Baie-Comeau, along the north shore of the St. Lawrence River.
Quebec Premier François Legault says members of his team have met with representatives of the company.
Legault rejected a proposal for an LNG facility in Quebec’s Saguenay region in 2021, amid widespread opposition to the project.
He has said Quebecers are now more open to fossil-fuel projects due to the trade war with the United States.I don’t believe he’s telling the truth.
@PierrePoilievre:
Conservatives support the exploitation of our natural resources to create paid jobs in the regions of Quebec and reduce our economic dependence on the United States.
The LNG project proposed by Marinvest Energy represents a very interesting economic potential for Baie-Comeau and the Côte-Nord.It would not reduce Canada’s addiction to Nazi USA, and would produce few jobs, while causing massive harms to many that will be forced to live frac’d, and cause dire harm to our climate, which is in trouble enough as it is.
@sebrioux:
NON MERCI
Strong reactions in the region for a new LNG project by Anissa Leduc, July 5, 2025, Radio-Canada [Internet translation]
The announcement of a project similar to that of LNG Quebec, which would be located in Baie-Comeau, elicited numerous reactions on Friday in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region.
Initially, the infrastructure and route of LNG Quebec was to end up at the port of Saguenay, near the maritime terminal of Grande-Anse, in the arrondissement of La Baie.
However, in 2021, the Government of Quebec refused the project to establish a natural gas liquefaction plant in Saguenay by LNG Quebec. The Minister for the Environment and the Fight against Climate Change, Benoit Charette, had described him as “a project that had more disadvantages than benefits”, following an unfavourable report produced by the BAPE.
However, Friday morning, a similar project to LNG Quebec was proposed by a Norwegian company, Marinvest Energy Canada. The Commission is considering launching a natural gas liquefaction plant in the waters of the St. Lawrence River, at Baie-Comeau.
The route has still not been unveiled, but it could pass north of Lac-Saint-Jean to join the North Shore.
Where the draft LNG Quebec was beginning to consider, the Fjord Coalition began acts of mobilization to protect the ecosystems of the Saguenay Fjord. The former co-spokesman of the Coalition, Adrien Guibert-Barthez, has openly expressed his opposition to the possible project.
“In fact, it is the same project as the Quebec LNG project. There is nothing that has changed. It is a project that must be rejected by both governments, federal and provincial, as much as LNG Quebec was.“
In his view, the environmental consequences would be the same. “There is talk of an increase in greenhouse gases from 40 to 60 megatons per year. So, if you do, we can say “goodbye” to the GHG reduction targets of Quebec and Canada”, explained Adrien Guibert-Barthez, who has also already been a candidate for Québec solidaire in Chicoutimi.
Could a new version of Quebec LNG open in Baie-Comeau?
At the time, the Saguenay City Councillor and Chairman of the Finance Committee, Michel Potvin, presented the City’s report in favour of the project in front of the BAPE.
“Quebec, the City of Saguenay or Baie-Comeau must not serve as a transition corridor as if we did not exist. Everyone needs to be able to benefit, including Western Canada and Ontario. It takes plants in Quebec for gas and oil. It is certain that the City of Saguenay is one of” them, he explained on Friday when he was invited to react on the project factory’s proposal at Baie-Comeau.
With information from Michel Gaudreau
@plutusofcrete89:
I’d be shocked if Quebec actually cooperates
@bandit634717255:
Where will they get the gas? It would be entirely hypocritical and reveal true motives for blocking AB energy development if Quebec allows this to go ahead. I suspect that they will because in the end everything is about money.
@plutusofcrete89:
The first thing we’ll look at is the economic benefits. Are there paying jobs for Quebecers? Is there revenue that can flow to Quebecers?” he said. “If it pays off for Quebecers, we’ll look at it. If it doesn’t pay off for Quebecers, we won’t look at it.”
Norway’s Marinvest Energy pitches LNG project in Quebec by Matthew McClearn, July 5, 2025, The Globe and Mail
Liquefied natural gas could be exported to Europe and beyond from Baie-Comeau, Que., according to a new proposal by a Norwegian company.
Known as the Marinvest Energy LNG Export Project, the proposal includes building floating offshore platforms and a liquefaction plant in Baie-Comeau. A pipeline spanning several hundred kilometres would also be required to connect the new facilities to TC Energy Corp.’s TRP-T Canadian Mainline, a major pipeline carrying natural gas from Western Canada to Eastern Canada and into the U.S.
The proponent is Marinvest Energy Canada, a subsidiary of Marinvest Energy AS based in Bergen, Norway. Its chief operating officer, Greg Cano, said in a written statement there’s a “strong business case” for the project, which would export LNG globally, particularly to Europe.
News of the project was first published on Friday by Montreal newspaper Le Devoir. Basic details, including its cost, how it will be financed, who would design and construct it, and even where proposed facilities would be located, were unavailable. Marinvest Energy AS’s website does not disclose information about the project, nor its leadership or partners, nor any previous projects they have executed.
“We are currently at the very early stage of the project,” Mr. Cano wrote.
“For the time being, we are focusing on meeting with various stakeholders and partners, including First Nations communities.”
LNG Canada starts exports to Asia and explores pathways to expansion
Keith Stewart, senior energy strategist at Greenpeace Canada, said his organization began hearing rumours earlier this year of a pipeline proposed near the north coast of the St. Lawrence River. Greenpeace representatives confirmed those rumours during a recent meeting with Quebec’s environment minister.
Mr. Stewart added that Greenpeace representatives in Norway told him Marinvest Energy AS is not a major player in that country.
“They wouldn’t have the money for a project like this,” he said.
“It looks like what they’re trying to do is get government backing for the idea, and then go out and raise the money.”Or pressure Elbows Down Harper Con Carney into paying billions of dollars for it with Canadians’ taxpayer money, the way greedy LNG companies do on the west coast too.
Mr. Stewart said Greenpeace Canada is concerned the federal government might include the project on a list of projects deemed to be of national interest, which could exempt it from traditional requirements such as permits and environmental reviews. It also fears the project could obtain large federal subsidies.
Province says it is open to reviving GNL Quebec gas facility project amid U.S. tariff threats
Karine Otis, chief executive officer of Baie-Comeau Port Management Corp., said Marinvest contacted the port authority less than two months ago.
For the past five years, the port authority has sought to create a hub for energy products and raw materials. For example, a German company known as Hy2gen plans to produce ammonia at an industrial park near Baie-Comeau, with construction set to begin in 2027.
“LNG was not part of this vision until Marinvest came,” Ms. Otis said, and the port is not planning an LNG terminal. But she added that the project could be a good fit in the hub, provided the port can ensure it occupies the least space possible, shares common utilities and other infrastructure with other tenants, and minimizes environmental impacts.
“It’s a matter of, is this project feasible financially? Is it viable? Is it needed for our governmental authorities, and is it acceptable? If it is, the port will do what’s necessary to accommodate that project.”None of that is of consequence with Harper Con Carney’s vile Bill C-5
Another proponent, GNL Quebec, had previously proposed a $9-billion natural gas liquefaction complex in Saguenay, Que., with an annual production capacity of 11 million tonnes of LNG for export to Europe and Asia.
That project – which would have included a 780-kilometre pipeline connecting it to TC Energy’s Mainline – was blocked by Quebec’s government in 2021, and by the federal government the following year. Greenhouse-gas emissions and impacts to beluga whales in the St. Lawrence were identified as concerns.
Refer also to:
2024: Bravo! Canada not interested giving $Billion-profit-raping oil and gas companies $billions in corporate welfare subsidizing Liquid UnNatural Gas (“damp squib” LNG); Robert Howarth: Ending LNG needs to be global priorityBut that was under Justin Trudeau, before Canada’s Liberal party became contaminated with Harper-Con “Decarbonized” Fossil Fool anti Charter, anti Environment, anti Indigenous Carney. Imagine running hundreds of miles/km of life threatening unnatural gas pipeline though heavily populated S Ontario and Quebec with no permits and no assessments! Madness. Quebecers will never allow it. Too bad Carney betrayed Canadians into voting for a super Harper ReformaCon majority with him and Pee Pee at the helm pretending to be enemies.
2023: Wise! Republic of Ireland Planning Board says no to unclean unnatural frac’d LNG
2021: Hello Pieridae, Are you watching? Another LNG project bites the-damning-environmental-report dustOne of the reasons the rich put Harper’s Carney into power, and he so evilly conned and betrayed Canadians promising he’d be Elbows Up (he’s only been cowardly and pathetically Elbows Down since) to get voted into power, then, hit all of us with the oil and gas industry’s eternal wet dream – total deregulation with Bill C-5, passed of course with flying votes because the Pee Pee cons and Carney’s are the same party.
Now, one of Harper’s Carney goons can decide to say yes to any LNG and associated pipelines (think of the masses of families, farms, communities and water that will be harmed by frac’ing to feed that fucking LNG) with no consultations, no environmental, no socio-economic and no cumulative impacts assessments, no permits required. The project can harm millions of people, but if the rich anti life, anti earth, anti health oil or gas boys demand it, Elbows Down Harper Con Carney will bend over and give, especially if Putin (aka Trumpie) orders it.
2014: New logo for British Columbia: British CoLNGumbia, The Best Fracking Place on Earth
