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Category Archives: Environment
Opponents of NB Power gas/diesel plant hold strategy meeting at Atlantic Wildlife Institute
About 25 environmental activists, health experts, heritage advocates and Midgic-area residents held a two-hour strategy session Thursday night to discuss ways of stopping NB Power from building a 500 MW gas/diesel generating plant on the Chignecto Isthmus. “We all have … Continue reading
Tantramar Council urged to write letters opposing NB Power gas/diesel plant on the Isthmus
Members of the Stop the Tantramar Gas Plant group asked town council Monday to join their constituents in writing letters opposing the big gas/diesel generating plant that NB Power wants to have built near Centre Village on the Chignecto Isthmus. … Continue reading
EUB promises decision as quickly as possible on NB Power gas/diesel plant on Chignecto Isthmus
The Chair of New Brunswick’s Energy & Utilities Board (EUB) has promised to make a decision “as quickly as we possibly can” on NB Power’s application to avoid the regulator’s financial scrutiny of the proposed 500 MW gas/diesel generating plant … Continue reading
EUB holds 1st day of hearings on NB Power’s proposed gas/diesel plant on the Isthmus
New Brunswick’s Energy & Utilities Board (EUB) held more than five hours of hearings today on NB Power’s application to avoid the regulator’s financial scrutiny of its controversial proposal for a 500 MW gas/diesel generating plant on the Chignecto Isthmus. … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, NB Power
Tagged Chignecto isthmus, New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board, PROENERGY
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Elsipogtog comment contradicts assertions Indigenous First Nations & groups were consulted on Chignecto gas plant
Elsipogtog First Nation and the Indigenous rights-defending organization called Kopit Lodge have filed a comment with federal regulators noting that they and the broader Mi’kmaq community were not consulted about the proposed gas/diesel generating plant on the Chignecto Isthmus. “This … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Environment, Indigenous affairs, NB Power
Tagged Elsipogtog First Nation, Kopit lodge, PROENERGY
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Energy activist ‘bewildered’ by NB Power’s plan for gas plant on Chignecto Isthmus
A member of the Core Group with the Coalition for Responsible Energy Development in New Brunswick (CRED-NB) says he reacts with disbelief when he hears officials from NB Power and the US company PROENERGY say that a big gas/diesel generating … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Environment, NB Power
Tagged Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), CRED-NB
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Challenges to NB Power’s plan to avoid EUB hearings on proposed gas plant
New Brunswick’s energy watchdog is opposing NB Power’s attempt to avoid a public hearing on its controversial proposal for a 500 MW gas/diesel generating plant on the Chignecto Isthmus. Alain Chiasson, who is head of the Office of Public Intervener … Continue reading
Mi’gmaq chiefs say big gas plant can’t proceed without Indigenous-led impact assessment
The chiefs of the nine Mi’gmaq First Nations in New Brunswick say the proposed 500 MW gas plant on the Chignecto Isthmus can’t go ahead until it undergoes a rigorous, Mi’gmaq-led, rights impact assessment. In a news release, the chiefs … Continue reading
Posted in economic development, Environment, Indigenous affairs
Tagged Aboriginal land claims, Chignecto isthmus
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Mitton says community won’t accept proposed gas plant on Chignecto Isthmus
Tantramar MLA Megan Mitton says the proposed 500 MW gas/diesel generating plant on the Chignecto Isthmus is being pushed through in haste, without proper consultation. “It’s pretty hard to stomach this being called transparent when it was really sprung on … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Technology, Town of Sackville, Town of Tantramar
Tagged Chignecto isthmus, NB Power, PROENERGY Canada
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Tantramar mayor calls for comprehensive EIA of proposed 500 MW gas plant on the Chignecto Isthmus
Tantramar Mayor Andrew Black has joined MLA Megan Mitton in calling for a comprehensive environmental impact assessment (EIA) of the proposed 500 MW gas and diesel generating plant near Centre Village on the Chignecto Isthmus. During an interview with Warktimes on Tuesday, … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Environment, Town of Tantramar
Tagged Chignecto isthmus, NB Power, PROENERGY
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Midgic meeting discusses how to stop proposed 500 MW gas plant on Chignecto Isthmus
About 80 people gathered in the basement of the Midgic Baptist Church Monday night to discuss ways of stopping NB Power from building a massive natural gas generating plant near Centre Village on the ecologically sensitive Chignecto Isthmus. “Ultimately, the … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Environment, Town of Tantramar
Tagged Atlantic Wildlife Institute, Chignecto isthmus, NB Power, PROENERGY
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