Category Archives: climate change

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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Rally goers take their ‘NO TO GAS PLANT’ message to NB legislature

Posted on October 22, 2025 by brucewark

“This is just the beginning,” said Kyle Sacobie of St. Mary’s First Nation as he spoke Tuesday to about 60 people gathered in the rain outside the New Brunswick legislature for a rally against the proposed gas/diesel plant on the … Continue reading →

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PEI co-op opposing proposal for 2 PROENERGY gas/diesel turbines in Charlottetown

Posted on October 19, 2025 by brucewark

A community-based advocacy co-op on Prince Edward Island is speaking out against plans to install two PROENERGY combustion turbines in Charlottetown at a cost of $334 million. The co-op, Energy Democracy Now, was responding to the privately owned power company … Continue reading →

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Opponents of NB Power gas/diesel plant applaud EUB ruling

Posted on October 16, 2025 by brucewark

Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton says she’s relieved that the province’s Energy and Utilities Board has ruled that it does have jurisdiction to review NB Power’s plan to build a 500 MW gas and diesel plant near Centre Village. “I’m certainly … Continue reading →

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Expert questions NB Power plan for gas/diesel plant near Centre Village

Posted on October 13, 2025 by brucewark

An expert on renewable energy at Queen’s University says he would need answers to a number of key questions before determining whether the proposed 500 MW gas/diesel generating plant near Centre Village makes sense. “A lot of jurisdictions have gone … Continue reading →

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NB Power warns province at risk of electricity shortage in 3 years

Posted on October 11, 2025 by brucewark

Executives at public utility argue they must forge ahead with gas plant that will emit greenhouse gases By: John Chilibeck, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. Source: Telegraph-Journal October 10, 2025 NB Power has asked an American firm to build a controversial natural … Continue reading →

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Moncton prof questions ‘credibility’ of PROENERGY environmental summary because of ‘obvious mistakes’

Posted on October 8, 2025 by brucewark

A professor of environmental studies at the Université de Moncton says PROENERGY, the US company that is proposing to build a fossil-fuel-burning generating plant on the Chignecto Isthmus, has grossly underestimated its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from burning backup diesel … Continue reading →

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