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GNL Québec is the largest fossil fuel project in Québec’s recent history. It is a fight the size of the one we led against the Energy East pipeline, a fight to which we need to bring the same energy. It’s also an additional controversial mega project to add to the list of polluting projects across Canada (such as TMX, Coastal GasLink, etc.) that have no place in a green and just recovery!
Let’s not forget that GNL Québec includes a pipeline that would cut through Québec and parts of Ontario. It is aimed at exporting liquified gas from Western Canada to international markets. Financed by American interests, it plans (1) the construction of an over 780 km long pipeline to be called Gazoduq crossing the Abitibi region to Saguenay, (2) the construction of a plant to be called Énergie Saguenay which would be built to liquefy this gas as well as a (3) maritime terminal to export it internationally by supertankers via the Saguenay Fjord.
You have to say #GNLNonMerci because this project will simply :
- worsen the climate crisis with estimated emissions of 50 MT of CO2 for its full cycle, the equivalent of 10 million new cars on Quebec roads each year.
- the pipeline Gazoduq will cut through the habitat of 17 endangered animal species.
- open the door to at least 300 transits of supertankers carrying LNG per year in the heart of the critical habitat of the endangered St. Lawrence beluga whale.
- transport liquefied natural gas on the Saguenay Fjord Seaway, which poses risks to the safety of riverside communities.
In spite of all this, the Québec government continues to support the project and has even opened the door to financing it! The project also brings its share of political and fiscal challenges and controversies.
What can you do? Say #GNLNonMerci before September 21!
Get your friends and family to sign up!
Since you’ve already signed, help us circulate the petition. We need to reach 100,000 before the first phase of the BAPE environmental assessment starts on September 21, 2020. We, citizens and environmental groups, plan to table the petition at that time.
Show off your #GNLNonMerci colours!
Take a picture with a signboard (like they did), to remind American shareholders that their dirty gas project won’t go through, because we deserve better than climate polluting industry!
Post your photos on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter with the hashtags #StopGNLQuebec #GNLNonMerci and #GazoduqNonMerci by September 21st!
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We want to make your life easy, you can use these simple phrases below. Remember to tag us on Twitter (@GreenpeaceCA) and Instagram (greenpeace_canada):
- In Quebec, we deserve better than a new “Énergie Est Gazier”. NO to #GNLQuébec and its components #Gazoduq and #ÉnergieSaguenay. Will you join me? https://act.gp/319fCrI #StopGNLQuebec #GNLNonMerci #GazoduqNonMerci
- This pipeline will cross territories inhabited by First Nations for millennia. Stand against this new destructive and polluting fossil fuel project. Act before September 21st. I said NO. Did you? https://act.gp/319fCrI #StopGNLQuebec #GNLNonMerci #GazoduqNonMerci
- We deserve better than a pipeline that risks the livelihoods of communities in Matheson, Timmins and Kirkland Lake in Ontario. I said NO. Did you? https://act.gp/319fCrI #StopGNLQuebec #GNLNonMerci #GazoduqNonMerci
- We deserve better than a +750 km gas pipeline cutting through the territories and forests of Quebec and Ontario, to export gas from the West to international markets. I said NO. Did you? https://act.gp/319fCrI #StopGNLQuebec #GNLNonMerci #GazoduqNonMerci
- Because we deserve better than a pipeline that would threaten 17 already fragile animal species. I said no. Did you? https://act.gp/319fCrI #StopGNLQuebec #GNLNonMerci #GazoduqNonMerci
- I say NO to the passage of 300 supertankers per year in the beluga whale habitat. We deserve better! Will you join me? https://act.gp/319fCrI #StopGNLQuebec #GNLNonMerci #GazoduqNonMerci
- I say NO to gas, which is a false climate solution! We deserve better. #GNLNonMerci
- We deserve better than a company whose American shareholders use tax havens and ask for public funds to carry out a project that brings nothing but problems to Quebec and the planet. I said NO. Did you? https://act.gp/319fCrI #StopGNLQuebec #GNLNonMerci #GazoduqNonMerci
- I say NO to GNL Québec and its components Gazoduq and Énergie Saguenay! We deserve better. Will you join me? https://act.gp/319fCrI #StopGNLQuebec #GNLNonMerci #GazoduqNonMerci
We also have some great visuals that you can share with your post like this one below! Click on this link to access all the visuals.
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We’re counting on you and we’re not giving up!
Discussion
We simply cannot allow a new pipeline which would cut through forests and territories of First Nations, risking their the livelihoods, and pump out the equivalent of 10 million new cars on our roads every year, pass 300 supertankers per year, and destroy 17 already fragile animal species, including our iconic beluga whale. This destructive, polluting project is simply too much for our citizens and our environment to bear. We all must stand against it.
PROTECT THE ENVIRONMENT FOR ALL CREATURES!