LNG Canada Plant Exceeds Flaring Limits

0:00Documents reveal that the LNG Canada plant in Kitimat, British Columbia, flared way more gas than its permit, allows from October through January. University of Victoria researcher Laura Monet pulled these monthly reports via freedom of information requests, showing warm and wet flares exceeded, limits by about 45 times on average, cold and dry by 40 times, and storage flares by 5 times. The plant chills natural gas into liquid for shipping to Asia, but during start-up, flaring burns off excess safely. LNG Canada says this is normal in early operations and will drop soon, with public data showing low pollutant levels like nitrogen dioxide near zero. At local stations, Monet, who studies flaring worldwide, notes it's been consistently over limits since last September, which surprises her since they should comply. Our work shows LNG startups often flare heavily for around two years, so she pushes for better

1:00accounting in environmental reviews. The company has posted 10 community alerts on flaring events since early March, including a three hour one this week with visible flames up to 15 meters high. They're meeting regularly with locals, first nations, and officials amid talks to double capacity. As Canada eyes massive LNG growth to 100 million tons a year, these early hiccups highlight the need for tight oversight to keep air clean, and trust strong moving forward. From your city, powered by AI, this is Vancouver News Today, I'm Corey with The Story.