Ken Summers looks at the absurd claim that the Goldboro LNG project, as Premier Iain Rankin put it, makes sense environmentally.
KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) – Iain Rankin is the Premier who says dealing with climate change is at the top of his list. He featured it when his government was sworn in, and he has repeated the promise.
The Premier also said recently that he supports building the Goldboro LNG project, even if that means the federal government forking out $1-billion in subsidies. When questioned about that, he readily agreed that the project would increase greenhouse gas emissions here in Nova Scotia, “but internationally, it makes sense environmentally.” The theory being that LNG “helps Germany get off coal.” As we know, the Premier continues, “the reality is coal is the most carbon intensive fuel to be burned.”
That is a grotesquely misleading platitude perpetuated by the fossil fuel industry, and repeated by our leaders- presumably because they find it convenient.
