Etiket: BAPE
Northvolt submits its battery recycling plant project, which will be submitted to the BAPE
Northvolt has submitted an application for authorization to build another factory planned on its land, but for battery recycling. Unlike its “giga-factory” for manufacturing batteries and the destruction of the…
Hagia Sophia landfill site | Énergir has the green light from BAPE for its connection project
Énergir’s project consisting of injecting methane generated by the Sainte-Sophie landfill site into its natural gas distribution network should be authorized, even if its climate benefits are largely overestimated, concludes…
Marc Tanguay urges Legault to launch a generic BAPE in the battery sector
(Montreal) Believing that the arrival of Northvolt is “basically good news”, but that the landing of the factory project was “laborious”, the Liberals are urging the Legault government to launch…
A nighttime screening to demand a BAPE on the Northvolt project
The environmental movement Mothers at the Front held a new action Monday evening to raise awareness among the population and the Legault government of the importance of Northvolt’s mega battery…
How long does a BAPE assessment take?
Are Quebec’s environmental assessment processes as long as the Minister of the Environment claims? Would the Northvolt project have been delayed by at least 18 months by a review by…
BAPE review | Northvolt had no free pass, maintains Fitzgibbon
(Quebec) Pierre Fitzgibbon maintains that the Northvolt mega-factory project was not entitled to preferential treatment to avoid an examination by the BAPE, despite the declarations of his colleague at the…
Projects under the microscope of the BAPE, or not
In recent years, several projects have raised significant debates in Quebec, particularly because of their potential impacts. Some were evaluated under the aegis of the Bureau d’audiences publique sur l’environnement…
The Northvolt saga sends “a very bad message” about BAPE
Quebec Environment Minister Benoit Charette sent “a very bad message” by confirming that the Legault government had voluntarily chosen not to subject Northvolt to the environmental procedure imposed on large…
Northvolt megafactory | “We wouldn’t have had a project” with a BAPE, says Benoit Charette
Northvolt’s mega-factory project would have been derailed if it had had to undergo an assessment by the Bureau d’audiences publique sur l’environnement (BAPE), according to the Minister of the Environment,…
Demonstrators demand a BAPE study into the Northvolt case
Around 200 people gathered on Sunday in downtown Montreal to demand that the Northvolt battery factory project be subject to an examination by the Bureau d’audiences publique sur l’environnement (BAPE).…
Northvolt project in Montérégie | No factory without BAPE, protesters demand
Hundreds of people demonstrated on Sunday in front of the office of Prime Minister François Legault in Montreal, demanding an independent environmental assessment of the future Northvolt battery factory in…
Northvolt Project: Mothers at the front manifest for the holding of a BAPE
More than a hundred people from the Mères au front group demonstrated in front of the offices of Prime Minister François Legault on Sunday to demand an investigation by the…
The government and the BAPE
It is now recognized by all experts that batteries will be a key component of the energy systems of the 21st century.e century. However, like any major project, Northvolt’s project…
Citizens of the region in favor of a BAPE for Northvolt
A survey commissioned by Northvolt shows that citizens of the region believe that the future mega-factory is a “good project”, but that the industrial complex raises environmental issues which deserve…
Survey on the Northvolt mega-factory | A “good project”, but the BAPE would have been “necessary”
The 7 billion mega-factory that Northvolt will build in Montérégie is “rather a good project”, but an evaluation by the Bureau d’audiences publique sur l’environnement (BAPE) would have been “necessary”.…
BAPE would not be relevant for Northvolt, according to Pierre Fitzgibbon
The Minister of Economy, Innovation and Energy, Pierre Fitzgibbon, reaffirmed Tuesday that the idea of subjecting Northvolt to the environmental procedure normally imposed on large industrial projects is not relevant,…
Elkem decontamination plan | “Acceptable” for Quebec, insufficient for the BAPE
Nearly three decades after demanding it, Quebec has just authorized the restoration of the bank of the St. Lawrence River near the former Elkem Métal Canada factory in Beauharnois, heavily…
BAPE review requested for Northvolt | “There is still time for the government to make amends”
Around a hundred citizens demonstrated near the future site of the Northvolt battery factory, in McMasterville, on the South Shore of Montreal, to demand that the government submit the project…
A BAPE demanded for Northvolt | “There is still time for the government to make amends”
Around a hundred citizens demonstrated near the future site of the Northvolt battery factory, in McMasterville, on the South Shore of Montreal, to demand that the government submit the project…
Battery sector | No BAPE for many flagship projects
The battery industry is emerging from the shelter of the Office of Public Hearings on the Environment (BAPE). In addition to Northvolt, factories of General Motors (GM), Ford, Nemaska Lithium,…