Environmental groups are celebrating after ExxonMobil relinquished offshore oil and gas exploration permits in B.C. dating back more than 50 years.
A tanker pulls into an ExxonMobil fuel storage and distribution facility in Irving, Texas, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. Environmental groups are celebrating after ExxonMobil relinquished offshore oil and gas exploration permits in British Columbia dating back more than 50 years.relinquished offshore oil and gas exploration permits in British Columbia dating back more than 50 years.
Miron said the groups’ legal challenge remains active against Chevron Canada, which also holds long-standing permits in the province. Miron said the driving concern behind the court action is that a policy-based moratorium doesn’t fully protect ecologically sensitive areas on the B.C. coast, including Queen Charlotte Sound and the Hecate Strait.
The permits fall within the Scott Islands Protected Marine Area and the Hecate Strait/Queen Charlotte Sound Glass Sponge Reefs Marine Protected Area. “They did not do so,” the environmental groups claim. “To this day, the permits have not been converted into exploration licences.”ExxonMobil
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