Douglas Channel, an inlet near the northern village of Kitimat, is one of the areas on the British Columbia coast being eyed for construction of huge export terminals for liquefied natural gas (LNG.) Photograph by Pensondesignergems/Flickr, Creative Commons license.
Douglas Channel, an inlet near the northern village of Kitimat, is one of the areas on the British Columbia coast being eyed for construction of huge export terminals for liquefied natural gas (LNG.) Photograph by Pensondesignergems/Flickr, Creative Commons license.
In British Columbia, Mulling the Role of Natural Gas in a Sustainable Energy Future
British Columbia finds itself at the forefront of the global debate on natural gas, and its role in the future of energy.
Some 15 energy company consortiums are vying to build massive export terminals on the Pacific coastline of Canada’s westernmost province, with an eye to shipping gas to energy-hungry Asia. British Columbia, in other words, is second only to the Gulf of Mexico in plans for establishing an international gateway for North America’s new energy riches. (See related, “North American Natural Gas Seeks Markets Overseas.”)
That’s why National Geographic chose the seaport city of Vancouver for the latest in a series of roundtable events in its Great Energy Challenge initiative, sponsored by Shell.* (You can see video from
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