Category Archives: Environment

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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NB Power lacks ‘social licence’ for Centre Village gas plant activists say

Posted on January 3, 2026 by brucewark

Meredith Fisher of Seniors for Climate Action Now (SCAN) says New Brunswick Power does not have the social licence needed to operate a big gas/diesel generating plant in the community of Tantramar. “This is a democratic country and we have … Continue reading →

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NB gov’t ‘cannot cancel’ PROENERGY contract, Holt says in response to AWI letter

Posted on December 29, 2025 by brucewark

New Brunswick’s premier says her government “cannot cancel” the contract between NB Power and the U.S. company PROENERGY as suggested in a strongly worded letter from Barry Rothfuss, executive director of the Atlantic Wildlife Institute. “The project is currently undergoing … Continue reading →

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NB Power says Isthmus gas plant needed to avoid risk of blackouts

Posted on December 18, 2025 by brucewark

This is the first in a two-part series on NB  Power’s meeting with Tantramar Town Council. NB Power Vice President Brad Coady warned Tantramar council Wednesday night that the 500 MW gas/diesel plant near Centre Village is essential if the … 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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Lorneville activists want judge to overturn Saint John council’s decision

Posted on November 15, 2025 by brucewark

By: Andrew Bates, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. Source: Telegraph-Journal October 31, 2025 and updated since. Three citizens opposed to rezoning land for the expansion of Saint John’s Spruce Lake Industrial Park say new legal action is their “only option” to … Continue reading →

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Docs reveal business dealings between PROENERGY & Tribal Council on Chignecto gas plant

Posted on November 5, 2025 by brucewark

Documents released this week by NB Power do not support claims that the Mi’kmaq had agreed to invest in the 500 MW gas/diesel plant that NB Power wants built on the Chignecto Isthmus near Centre Village. The documents do show, … Continue reading →

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AWI says NB Power is wrong: There are pileated woodpeckers on proposed gas plant site

Posted on October 29, 2025 by brucewark

Barry Rothfuss, executive director of the Atlantic Wildlife Institute (AWI), is challenging NB Power’s assertion that there was no evidence of pileated woodpecker activity on the proposed Centre Village site of a big, gas/diesel generating plant when the utility chose … Continue reading →

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