Emails obtained by DeSmog show county officials continually met privately with Project Sail lobbyists, something denied to local residents opposing the $17 billion data center.

“Groundbreaking investigation” reveals how the IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms.

The programme is “yet another bung to industrial production”, experts say.

Critics say new LNG ventures in British Columbia saddle Indigenous communities with debt, opaque ownership structures, and financial risk that could leave them owing billions.