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Rees comments on LNG project in CBC News

May 31, 2016

Post Carbon Fellow William Rees was quoted in this article about climate objections to the Pacific Northwest LNG pipeline project.

From the article:

A group of international climate change experts has come out swinging against a massive LNG project in Northern B.C., saying it would become one of Canada’s largest greenhouse gas emitters, if allowed to move forward.

The 90 signatories on the letter include professors from universities in B.C., across Canada, the U.S. and Australia, including retired UBC professor William Rees.

“Industrial society is really at a crossroads. We are at a time when we have to decide between business as usual, which is bringing about massive climate change … or doing those things that are absolutely necessary if we wish to maintain any orderly civilization on this planet.”

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