The three nations have signed a “first of its kind” memorandum of understanding (MOU) that seeks to address the adverse impacts of natural gas extraction and provide opportunities for the Halfway River First Nation to participate in nature-based solutions, like forestry carbon credits, as well as renewable energy and other decarbonisation projects, such as carbon capture and storage and hydrogen production.
“This historic MOU is the first time First Nations governments have formally recognized the upstream/downstream ecological impact of one nation’s economic development activities on another nation’s territories and way of life, and the first time a group of nations have formally committed to working together to find solutions to these impacts,” the signatories say in a joint news release.
Both the Haisla and Nisga’a are developing their own LNG projects. In Kitimat, the Haisla are developing the Cedar LNG…
