Activists warn that underwater sounds emanating during construction at the industrial site would be akin to seals and sea lions hearing repeated shotgun blasts
Woodfibre LNG has sparked a fight with environmentalists over whether the B.C. energy project’s noise strategy will be sufficient to protect seals and sea lions.
Marine mammal observers will be hired to detect pinnipeds within 125 metres of the industrial site. Woodfibre would need to follow procedures and order a temporary halt to construction whenever pinnipeds are spotted in waters within the proposed “exclusion zone” at the site. Woodfibre is emphasizing that it has already agreed to ensure a safe distance at 7.3 kilometres for cetaceans such as orcas and dolphins, and its proposed reduction to the exclusion zone pertains only to pinnipeds.
During a time of climate crisis, “building a facility that will lock in substantial greenhouse gas emissions, both in B.C. and at the point of fuel usage, is inexcusable,” they told Mr. Guilbeault. In 2016, Woodfibre had cost estimates of $1.6-billion for its Squamish-area terminal and $520-million for the associated pipeline to operated by FortisBC. Last year, Enbridge announced total estimated costs soared to US$5.1-billion.
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