Thursday, May 1, 2014

How LNG Fracking Could Damage the World’s Greenest City

From:  EcoWatch

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If there’s a global list of the greenest cities, there’s a good chance Vancouver is included.

Green jobs, eco-friendly modes of transport and urban food security landed the British Columbian (B.C.) city at the top of the United Nations Warsaw 19th Conference of the Parties‘ list of cities taking action against climate change. Vancouver was also named the 2013 Earth Hour capital and was hailed as the world’s greenest city by Siemens, GlobalPost and more. That reputation could get a lot dirtier if the B.C. government follows through on Premier Christy Clark’s aggressive plan to make the province a world leader in fracking for liquefied natural gas (LNG).

The province’s ministry of energy has issued an LNG strategy, and The Canadian Press reports that Clark is “poised to develop a trillion-dollar LNG industry.”

British Columbia Premier Christy Clark wants the province to become a world leader in liquefied natural gas exports.

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