Environment

The federal minister of Environment and Climate Change has chosen to ignore public concerns about a small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) for New Brunswick, favouring the nuclear industry and weakening oversight of...

New reports from COP27 are useful tools to assess whether Premier Higgs’ natural gas policies reflect current reality. • The Premier calls...

NB Power plans to develop new nuclear reactors at Point Lepreau that will use a controversial technology with implications for global...

Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, mentions “clean energy” and “clean growth” at every opportunity. (Telegraph-Journal, Oct. 14, 2022). The Minister declares that various “critical...

I live in Rusagonis, outside of Fredericton. I went to a family reunion this last summer in Brooks, Alberta, and it was...

The National Farmers Union in New Brunswick has expressed concerns after the provincial government requested proposals for potash exploration in the...

The $970 million just announced by federal natural resources minister Jonathan Wilkinson to build a new reactor at the Darlington nuclear site near...

Last month, Atlantic Canada was battered by one of its worst storms, Hurricane Fiona.  “Climate change is making hurricanes more intense,”...

By researching nuclear technologies, accepting funding from private industry and the state, and publicly advocating in favour of nuclear expansion, the...

The provincial government has released more details about its decision not to require an environmental impact assessment (EIA) for the plastic...