Category Archives: climate change

130 scientists & academics call on Premier Holt to suspend proposed 500 MW gas plant

Posted on February 8, 2026 by brucewark

Energy activist and Adjunct Research Professor Susan O’Donnell says NB Power’s proposal to burn more fossil fuels shows it’s stuck in the dinosaur age. “It’s like NB Power management are lumbering along in an alternative universe where’s there’s no climate … Continue reading →

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Lower our crushing electricity bills, public tells expert panel

Posted on January 25, 2026 by brucewark

By: John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Source: The Daily Gleaner January 24, 2026 People have told an NB Power review team their biggest concern with New Brunswick’s public utility is unaffordable electricity bills that keep going up. Last March, … Continue reading →

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‘Dumb Old Utility Guys’ are pushing 500 MW gas plant ‘boondoggle’ on the Isthmus

Posted on January 19, 2026 by brucewark

Darcie Lanthier, director of the Energy Democracy Now Co-Operative on Prince Edward Island, says her group is organizing a province-wide fight against two PROENERGY diesel-burning turbines that the privately-owned utility Maritime Electric wants installed in Charlottetown. During a lively meeting … Continue reading →

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NB Power defends plans for Isthmus gas plant in the face of overwhelming community opposition

Posted on January 15, 2026 by brucewark

About 170 people attended a public gathering on the Mount Allison University campus Wednesday evening as New Brunswick Power fielded questions about the proposed 500 MW gas/diesel generating plant on the ecologically sensitive Chignecto Isthmus. Doug Bliss, chair of Tantramar … Continue reading →

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Tantramar Council comes out against gas plant on the Isthmus

Posted on December 10, 2025 by brucewark

At its meeting on Tuesday, Tantramar Council reversed its position on the proposed 500 MW gas/diesel plant within town limits near Centre Village when it approved a three-part motion from Councillor Michael Tower directing that: council send a letter to … Continue reading →

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AWI co-founders urge province to cancel Centre Village gas plant: ‘None of our community concerns are being heard’

Posted on December 9, 2025 by brucewark

The co-founders of the Atlantic Wildlife Institute are calling on the New Brunswick government to cancel NB Power’s plans to build a 500 MW gas and diesel generating plant on the ecologically sensitive Chignecto Isthmus. Barry Rothfuss and Pam Novak … Continue reading →

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Memramcook mayor, councillors & residents hear warnings about proposed 500 MW gas/diesel plant

Posted on December 3, 2025 by brucewark

About 60 people attended an information session in Memramcook Monday evening to hear about the environmental implications of the proposed 500 MW gas/diesel plant near Centre Village on the Chignecto Isthmus. “I felt pretty excited that the whole issue was … Continue reading →

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Packed meeting hears objections to proposed gas plant & a suggestion from Mayor Black on how it may be stopped

Posted on November 23, 2025 by brucewark

About 130 people attended a public information session at the Sackville United Church on Sunday to hear about opposition to a 500 MW gas/diesel generating plant that the U.S. company PROENERGY wants to build on the Chignecto Isthmus. “We’re using … Continue reading →

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EUB schedules earlier hearing on NB Power’s 500 MW gas plant project

Posted on November 21, 2025 by brucewark

As work continues building a road into the proposed site of a PROENERGY gas/diesel generating plant near Centre Village, NB Power appears to have succeeded in shortening the timeline to get approval for the project from New Brunswick’s Energy & … Continue reading →

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Mt. A. students point to potential climate & health effects of proposed Tantramar gas plant

Posted on November 17, 2025 by brucewark

The booming voice of an American news anchor echoed inside the Mount Allison University Chapel on Sunday as 5th year biology student Nate Lesser showed a TV report from Tennessee. “A proposed gas plant in South Memphis is raising concerns … Continue reading →

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Expert warns against investing $1.4 billion in ‘high-risk’ gas plant

Posted on October 23, 2025 by brucewark

A renewable energy expert, who serves as research director at Corporate Knights magazine, says this is not the time for New Brunswick to be investing more than $1 billion in a big, gas/diesel generating plant on the Chignecto Isthmus. “Why … Continue reading →

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