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Energy workers deserve REAL renewable solutions. ‘LNG Canada’ is actually a foreign-owned venture. Other LNG projects are backed by interests tied to the U.S. Administration. Less than 1 in 5 Canadians want their tax dollars going to largely foreign-owned companies to build liquefied natural gas projects, but we subsidize LNG a lot. 72% of Albertans wish to maintain or increase federal climate action and action to transition the country to clean energy. 67% of Canadians want renewables and clean energy INSTEAD of oil & gas development. And then there are the are the negative health impacts of LNG expansion: “[For Albertans] the odds of having negative respiratory and cardiovascular health outcomes increase by nine to 21 per cent, depending on the number of oil and gas wells a person lives near.” - CBC News, January 2025. LNG is often produced through fracking to extract gas from deep beneath the ground. Fracking is extremely water-intensive and requires massive amounts of toxic chemicals, many of which cause cancer and: “Recent studies have shown strong correlations between proximity to fracking sites and increased rates of preterm births, low birth weight, congenital defects, childhood asthma, and leukemia.” - Nova Scotia Doctors Warn of Health Risks from Fracking, CAPE. We have an overburdened healthcare system but the Federal Government is handing over hundreds of millions of public dollars to the largely foreign-owned LNG industry. Germany, France, Spain, the U.K. and Italy have not pursued fracked gas production because of the harmful effects to public health and the environment. We’re in the midst of yet another dangerous wildfire season. LNG is unlikely to replace coal overseas, it’s not good for our health, and it’s a terrible investment for our economies and for local jobs. BC households are going to experience much higher gas bills when BC starts exporting LNG this summer because we’ll be paying global gas prices. In Australia, wholesale gas prices tripled, and U.S. households were paying 50 per cent more for their gas as LNG exports began. The International Energy Agency (IEA), an authoritative voice on energy, says in its World Energy Outlook for 2024 anticipates a surplus of LNG supply in the coming years, and that “we estimate that the sponsors of around 70% of LNG export projects currently under construction would struggle to recover their invested capital." Global demand for oil and gas is set to peak this decade and then decline, and there are enough projects already underway to meet that demand. As a result global oil and gas corporate exploration budgets are already shrinking and oil and gas investment is shifting to short term gains. LNG is a risky bet as renewables are rapidly becoming the default for energy development especially across the ‘Global South.’ Low-cost renewable energy is soaring in China and Vietnam: Vietnam’s wind and solar generation exceeds gas-fired power generation. China has already surpassed its 2030 renewable energy ambitions, by building out a record in renewables last year. Demand is estimated to have already peaked in Europe and South Korea. Learn more (with sources) here: https://www.sierraclub.ca/lng-national-interest-canada/