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29 Aug 2022

Canada Sees West Coast LNG Revival as World Scrambles for Gas

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Canada is taking a second crack at developing a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export industry on its west coast a decade after soaring costs and indigenous opposition derailed a previous wave of proposed LNG terminals.This time, companies are focusing on smaller west coast projects they bet will be cheaper and faster to build."Smaller project are easier to manage, especially in Canada," Enbridge chief executive Al Monaco told Reuters in an interview. "The need for global LNG is clearer now than it was before, we're getting a second chance and I hope we don't blow it this time.

01 Apr 2014

Experimental Lakes Research to Continue in Canada

The Honorable Greg Rickford, Minister of Natural Resources and Minister for the Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, and Joyce Bateman, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South Center, on behalf of the Honorable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today announced that agreements have been finalized with the new operator of the Experimental Lakes Area, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD ELA Inc.) These agreements mean that the federal government has fulfilled its commitments to ensuring that research at the Experimental Lakes Area can continue under a new operator. “I am pleased to announce that the federal government has secured a new operator for the Experimental Lakes Area…

03 Sep 2013

Experimental Lakes Area to Remain Open

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The Government of Canada, the Ontario government and the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) signed a Memorandum of Understanding concerning the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) in hopes of ensuring a smooth transition of the ELA to a new operator. The agreement allows the research facility to remain open while a long-term agreement is finalized. The Experimental Lakes Area is a one-of-a-kind, freshwater research region. The research conducted by scientists from right here in Ontario…