 The legislation was renewed in 2018, by the Environmental Assessment Act, 2018.In February 2020, it came to light that the EAO was instrumental in approving the Coastal GasLink Pipeline project, on 23 October 2014.The EAO, which acknowledged concerns from, among others, the Office of the Hereditary Chiefs of the Wetʼsuwetʼen, recommended that the ministry of the first Clark government approve the project, which in the event, it did.