By: Radha Agarwal
Three years out from the expected opening of an LNG export facility in Squamish, scientists are studying what health impacts air pollution from the site could have on people living nearby.
The Woodfibre LNG facility in question is currently under construction and set to open in 2027. The study of the facility’s consequences began in March.
Dr. Laura Minet, lead researcher and head of the Clean Air lab at the University of Victoria, said the study is timely with a total of eight new LNG export facilities approved in Canada — six of them planned in B.