"Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault greenlit Newfoundland’s first deepwater oil and gas development project. Questions remain about how that decision was made"
"Canada’s Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has approved a major deepwater production project.
Guilbeault, who has a long history of environmental activism, had twice put off either approving or rejecting the Bay du Nord project off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. In a decision released Wednesday, April 6, he concluded Bay du Nord is “not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects,” and will, therefore, move ahead.
“The project has undergone a robust federal environmental assessment and scrutiny through every part of Canada’s legislated review process. As the demand for oil and gas falls throughout the coming decades, it will be more important than ever that Canadian projects are running at the best-in-class, low-emissions performance to play a competitive role,” Guilbeault said in a media release on the announcement."
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