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NB Power and PROENERGY counter rumours construction of Tantramar gas plant is imminent
Both the U.S. company PROENERGY and its partner NB Power say construction is not about to begin on the proposed 500 MW gas/diesel plant near Centre Village in spite of rumours circulating in the community that work on the proposed … Continue reading
Posted in Town of Sackville
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Tantramar council urged to act on gas plant conditions as opponents warn time is running out
A member of the group Stop the Tantramar Gas Plant warned town council Tuesday that it will soon be too late to stop a big American company from building a 500 MW gas/diesel generating plant in the wilderness near Centre … Continue reading
Posted in Town of Sackville
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Environmental review isn’t intended to stop Lorneville data centre, provincial official tells opponents
The two companies promoting a hyperscale data centre in Lorneville, west of Saint John, had planned to hold a quiet open house there on Thursday, but ended up listening to a series of passionate speeches after members of the opposition … Continue reading
Lorneville data centre opponents turn company open house into protest town hall
Activists fighting against a proposed hyperscale data centre in Lorneville, west of Saint John, successfully seized control of a company information session Thursday and turned it into a boisterous town hall. They used it to air their complaints about the … Continue reading
Residents demand answers on gas plant safety and Tantramar’s role
Members of a group fighting the NB Power proposed 500 MW gas/diesel plant near Centre Village voiced their concerns Wednesday at the Sackville Music Barn during the last of a series of community meetings the town has been holding in … Continue reading
Posted in NB Power, Town of Tantramar
Tagged Chignecto Isthmus gas/diesel plant, PROENERGY
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Climate committee calls for stronger gas plant safeguards; Tantramar mayor stands by provincial conditions
The Chair of Tantramar’s Climate Change Advisory Committee (CCAC) is urging the town to push PROENERGY and NB Power to meet higher environmental standards for their proposed 500 MW gas/diesel plant near Centre Village. During a presentation to town council … Continue reading
Halifax reporters describe forcible removal from $10-billion data centre announcement
About 120 people crowded into a university lecture hall in Halifax on Friday to hear the story of how two veteran reporters were evicted from a news conference announcing the development of a $10 billion data centre in Point Tupper, … Continue reading
Posted in data centres, Technology, University of King's College
Tagged EverWind Fuels, Halifax Examiner
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