Shale Gas Development in Fort Nelson First Nation Territory: Potential Regional Impacts of the LNG Boom

• Main Authors: Garvie, Kathryn H., Lowe, Lana, Shaw, Karena
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: The University of British Columbia 2014
• Subjects: shale gas; Fort Nelson First Nation; environmental impacts; unconventional gas; LNG; cumulative impact assessment; resource management; natural gas and LNG; environment; energy; water; northern development; Political Ecology; First Nations; British Columbia; Fort Nelson
• Online Access: http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/bcstudies/article/view/184887; https://doi.org/10.14288/bcs.v0i184.184887

British Columbia is rapidly pursuing the development of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export industry on the province’s Northwest coast. The natural gas required to feed the export industry will primarily be extracted from shale gas reserves in northeast British Columbia, including the traditional t...