{"id":53389,"date":"2021-03-25T20:39:22","date_gmt":"2021-03-25T20:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/?p=53389"},"modified":"2021-03-25T20:39:22","modified_gmt":"2021-03-25T20:39:22","slug":"gnl-quebec-bape-commissioners-concerned-for-beluga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/baleinesendirect.org\/en\/gnl-quebec-bape-commissioners-concerned-for-beluga\/","title":{"rendered":"GNL Qu\u00e9bec: BAPE Commissioners Concerned for Beluga"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quebec’s environmental assessment agency, the Bureau d\u2019audiences publiques sur l\u2019environnement (BAPE), which has been tasked with evaluating the \u00c9nergie Saguenay project being promoted by GNL Qu\u00e9bec, released its report on March 24. The 501-page document covers all the points discussed during information and consultation sessions, in addition to compiling the opinions expressed in the 2,580 briefs submitted by the general public and organizations. The nuanced report does not offer a clear recommendation as to whether or not to approve the project to the Minister of the Environment and the Fight against Climate Change, which has the authority to accept or reject the project. However, BAPE commissioners mention the strong polarization<\/a> triggered by the project in the Saguenay region and elsewhere, and point out that \u201cthe Commission was not able to comment on the social acceptability with regard to the project even if, overall, according to its analysis, the sum of the risks associated with the project exceeds that of its benefits.\u201d The authors of the report also express several reservations with regard to the environmental benefits presented by the promoter. In addition to these major considerations, the commissioners are concerned by the potential impacts of the project on the endangered St. Lawrence beluga.<\/p>\n

Opinions expressed in the report that relate to belugas are summarized by Whales Online<\/em> below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Quebec’s environmental assessment agency, the Bureau d\u2019audiences publiques sur l\u2019environnement (BAPE), which has been tasked with evaluating the \u00c9nergie Saguenay project being promoted by GNL Qu\u00e9bec, released its report on March 24. 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