Quebec approves pipeline project in the Laurentians The Quebec government has authorized nergir to build a 10-kilometre pipeline to supply "renewable natural gas" at the Waste Management technical landfill in Sainte-Sophie, Que. — a project many environmentalists are opposing.
The decree published in the Official Gazette on July 3 requires nergir to comply with several environmental obligations, such as restoring wetlands and reforestation in Quebec's Laurentians region.
But environmental groups, including the Front commun qubcois pour une gestion cologique des dchets (FCQGED), say the conditions lack teeth.
"Too many elements have been put aside in this project for us to give the developers carte blanche," FCQGED president Denis Blaquire said in a news release published Wednesday. "This project was studied in isolation while several organizations are calling for a more general reflection on the place of natural gas in the necessary energy transition."
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