Quebec is rejecting a $14-billion natural gas project proposed for the province’s Saguenay region.
Environment Minister Benoit Charette told reporters Wednesday the government is not convinced the project would lead to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
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He adds that the government is worried it would discourage natural gas buyers in Europe and Asia from moving to cleaner energy sources.
GNL Quebec had proposed to build a plant in Port Saguenay, Que., about 220 kilometres north of Quebec City, to liquefy natural gas carried by a 780-kilometre pipeline from Western Canada.
Several environmental groups and Indigenous communities had criticized the plan.
GNL Quebec had said the project would lead to an overall reduction in greenhouse gas emissions because natural gas would replace dirtier fuels like coal and oil. Quebec’s environmental review board, however, said in March those estimates were unlikely.
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