By Matt Simmons Local Journalism Initiative Reporter and Mike De Souza \u00a006\/08\/2024 The phone call to the B.C. premier\u2019s office came on a Saturday in May 2023, one day after a scathing \u00a0inspection report detailed multiple environmental infractions along the \u00a0route of a major gas pipeline under construction in the province. The report, \u00a0issued by the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office, outlined damage to \u00a0sensitive wetlands and other ecosystems on Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en territory in \u00a0northwest B.C. It detailed howTC Energy allegedly failed to protect \u00a0areas around its Coastal GasLink pipeline project from environmental impacts associated with construction and spring snowmelt. As a result, the assessment office said in \u00a0its report that it would keep stop-work orders on pipeline construction \u00a0in place, potentially triggering delays and driving up costs on a \u00a0multibillion dollar… <\/p>\n
By Matt Simmons Local Journalism Initiative Reporter and Mike De Souza \u00a006\/08\/2024 The phone call to the B.C. premier\u2019s office came on a Saturday in May 2023, one day after a scathing \u00a0inspection report detailed multiple environmental infractions along the \u00a0route of a major gas pipeline under construction in the province. The report, \u00a0issued by the B.C. Environmental Assessment Office, outlined damage to \u00a0sensitive wetlands and other ecosystems on Wet\u2019suwet\u2019en territory in \u00a0northwest B.C. It detailed howTC Energy allegedly failed to protect \u00a0areas around its Coastal GasLink pipeline project from environmental impacts associated with construction and spring snowmelt. As a result, the assessment office said in \u00a0its report that it would keep stop-work orders on pipeline construction \u00a0in place, potentially triggering delays and driving up costs on a \u00a0multibillion dollar... <\/p>\n