Thank you, Madam Chair. I just had one other area I wanted to explore. The science is showing that because of the fugitive, it’s called, and actual emissions of natural gas development from unconventional sources, that’s through exploration, development, decommissioning and transport, and conversion of natural gas into LNG and back and loading it onto trucks, unloading it from trucks and so on, makes LNG from unconventional sources as bad as coal in terms of greenhouse gas emissions. So I see that there’s a commitment here or a mandate for examining the potential for liquefied natural gas to provide a cleaner… That’s the last line in the activity description, “a cleaner and less expensive alternative to the use of imported diesel fuel.” Now, you see, natural gas is as bad as coal when it’s LNG from unconventional sources. That means it’s much dirtier than imported diesel fuel. So, would the Minister follow this up during the life of this Assembly and determine exactly what the situation is and report back to this House in an objective form on whether the science indicates that’s true? This is based on shorter distances of transport than we have in the Northwest Territories, much easier and better conditions for transfer without running into problems and losing more fugitive emissions to the atmosphere. So, would the Minister take that on?
Bob Bromley on Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
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Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
March 8th, 2015
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