VICTORIA — The British Columbia and federal governments have announced their support for an LNG export facility floating in waters off the province’s northwest, despite opposition from some First Nations and environmentalists.

A B.C. environmental assessment certificate for the project that is designed to export Canadian gas to Asia has been jointly approved by B.C. Environment Minister Tamara Davidson and B.C. Energy Minister Adrian Dix.

Federal Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin also issued a news release announcing her decision to greenlight the project to move to the next stage of permits and authorization.

The project known as Ksi Lisims LNG is being developed in partnership between the Nisga’a Nation, Rockies LNG Limited Partnership and Western LNG, although documents show the pr

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