"A proposed $840-million port for liquified natural gas, known as the Rabaska project, has passed its environmental hearing... The Bureau d'audiences publiques sur l'environnement, or BAPE, reviewed the proposal jointly with Ottawa's Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, and the study resulted in a green light. Now it's up to Quebec Environment Minister Line Beauchamp to make a recommendation to cabinet.
Liquified natural gas (LNG) plants are controversial almost wherever they are proposed, and the politics of minority government might complicate the approval process for Rabaska... The gas now used in Quebec comes from Western Canada. The idea of Rabaska is to bring in gas from Russia and Algeria, or elsewhere by ship, condensed to one-600th of its gaseous volume, and then to reconvert it to gas and pipe it to homes and businesses. ... The BAPE-federal study said the plan fits in with Quebec's energy plan, and that the risks connected with the project are acceptable. The study deals not only with apocalyptic scenarios about explosions but also with, among other risks, concern about p[P]latanthera blephariglottis. This is an orchid-like plant [indeed !!!] that is not on anybody's endangered-species list but is "likely to be designated as threatened or vulnerable in Quebec." It's found along the right-of-way of the pipeline, and Rabaska's operators might be expected to transplant some of these plants." ..." URL : http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/editorial/story.html?id=eaf3eee7-93ea-48b1-bb7f-01fec8d0b95a ************** Regards, VB _______________________________________________ the OrchidGuide Digest (OGD) [email protected] http://orchidguide.com/mailman/listinfo/orchids_orchidguide.com
