A federal judge has turned down a legal challenge against Woodfibre LNG over an approval to re-purpose a cruise ship housing workers brought in to build a major liquefied natural gas facility near Squamish, B.C.
The advocacy group Citizens for My Sea to Sky had sought a judicial review of a federal decision that granted the company the ability to amend its environmental authorizations to accommodate the parked ship, dubbed the “floatel.”
The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada had approved Woodfibre LNG’s request under the federal Environmental Assessment Act. In court, My Sea to Sky argued that decision was unreasonable and failed to properly address the heightened risk of
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