The Globe and Mail reports in its Thursday edition that as Canada's liquefied natural gas industry expands, British Columbia's environmental regulator has approved Cedar LNG's request to increase its future production capacity by 25 per cent. The Globe's Brent Jang writes that Cedar started construction in 2024 and is scheduled to begin supercooling natural gas into liquid form in late 2028, with exports to be shipped from the Haisla Nation's traditional territory in Kitimat, B.C., to Asia. The BC Environmental Assessment Office recently authorized the Haisla-led project to boost liquefaction capacity to 3.75 million tonnes a year of LNG, up from the previously approved amount of three million tonnes annually. The Haisla own 50.1 per cent of Cedar, while Pembina Pipeline holds 49.9 per cent. Shell PLC-led LNG Canada became the country's first export terminal for the fuel when it began shipping from Kitimat to Asia in mid-2025. The federal government has been seeking to reduce economic dependence on the United States. The Coastal GasLink pipeline, operated by TC Energy, is currently supplying the LNG Canada megaproject in Kitimat and also will be used for Cedar. LNG Canada is considering building a phase 2 expansion.