Hereditary chiefs try to thwart B.C. natural gas pipeline

The $12 billion project has already been delayed for years considering it was first authorized in 2014 and is co-owned and backed by the Nisga’a Nation.

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A proposed 900 kilometre natural gas pipeline is now in jeopardy as the project is being challenged in B.C. court by a Gitxsan hereditary chief and several environmental groups.

The $12 billion project has already been delayed for years considering it was first authorized in 2014. In June, a B.C. court ruled that it had met all environmental requirements of its approval certificate, following the five-year extension it was granted in 2019.