What Clean Air Alliance White Rock Knows About the Andion Biogas Project...

Andion Global Inc. has negotiated  a land lease for a biofuel facility project with Semiahmoo First Nation. Andion will operate the facility during the 25 year lease. Upon completion of the lease the plant will become property of SFN. The facility is expected to create 14 jobs.

Project location for the proposed Andion Biogas Facility on SFN land near White Rock

The proposed Biofuel facility will be jointly owned by Semiahmoo First Nation’s economic arm, SE-MI-AH-MU LP, and Andion North America. The plant is proposed to be located on the reserve at the corner of Hwy 99 & Vancouver-Blaine Hwy directly across from the Peace Arch Duty Free.

Andion Global is financially backed by a hedge fund called Spring Lane Capital out of Boston, MA. Andion Global secured 270 million dollars for the expansion of their waste processing plants. Read more about the proposal here.

The federal government is currently conducting an Environmental Risk Assessment and the proposal is currently being reviewed for a permit by Metro Vancouver to allow 40 tonnes of pollution to be emitted into our environment.

The federal government has contributed 14.4 million to support this project.

Read more about the proposed project : 

Semiahmoo First Nation - Andion / Taurus RNG Biofuel Facility Controversies 

Semiahmoo RNG Gas Production & Refinery Project - Why We Need to Say NO

Why Renewable Natural Gas Production is a Bad Idea in BC - Despite What Fortis Wants Us to Believe

Andion / Taurus RNG purports to have built Mozatte plant in Italy. Read about the air quality complaints at that plant...

Clean Air Alliance White Rock is Committed to Making a Difference. The Concerns are as follows:

The Environment

Environmental Concerns with the Andion Global Biogas Facility
We support the protection of the unique and fragile ecosystem of the Little Campbell River (LCR) within a kilometer downhill of the proposed site... 

Read More about the Environmental Talking Points here...

The Little Campbell River and its tributaries flow through five jurisdictions, is over 30 km long and drains 74km2 into Semiahmoo Bay and the Boundary Bay system. ​ The Little Campbell flows through Semiamhoo First Nations lands and into Semiamhoo/Boundary Bay, an internationally designated Important Bird Area.

Crucial habitats include: Salmon spawning areas, important wetlands, old field habitat, coastal Douglas-fir woodlands, floodplain, estuary, and saltmarsh.

Currently, there are already species at risk including: Green and Great blue heron, Pacific water shrew, Oregon spotted and Red legged frogs, Salish sucker and Anise swallowtail.

Learn more at Little Campbell Watershed Society.

Health Risks

Health Concerns with the Andion Global Biogas Facility
We deserve to breathe clean air where our children can play outside year-round and for our seniors to retire in a peaceful, safe and clean air setting for their retirement years...

Read More about the Health Risks Talking Points here...
  • The South Surrey Biofuel facility releases toxic gases into the atmosphere and the air over 3600 homes & two elementary schools.  Reference: Air Quality Dispersion Report by Tetra Tech for Andion Global.
  • The facility expects to pollute 40 tonnes of gas a year including Methane gas, Nitrogen Oxide, Sulphur Dioxide, Hydrogen Sulfide, & Ammonia among other VOC's (Volatile Organic Compounds).  Reference: Air Quality Dispersion
  • Methane is a common greenhouse gas; known to be the leading cause of ozone depletion. Methane exposure causes cardiovascular, respiratory illnesses, neurological problems, memory loss, depression. Learn more.
  • Gases are reported by Tetra Tech to cause respiratory illness with long term exposure leading to lung disease among other conditions including epilepsy, pneumonia, claustrophobia and heart problems. Learn more about gas dispersion.

The Semiahmoo RNG Refinery Project

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