‘We were left in the dark’: Protesters challenge $3.5 billion Tantramar gas plant

A group of protesters walk down a wet road under umbrellas. In the foreground, a person wears a large, brown, sculpted moose head mascot. A man in an orange safety vest and hat reaches out to pet the moose head.

About 60 protesters, including a moose mascot, gathered in the driving rain last Friday for a May Day rally at ...

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A cure worse than the disease Nonmalesficence is the ethical obligation to “do no harm.” NB Power’s proposed diesel and ...

Rows of large white battery storage containers in a fenced facility surrounded by trees and greenery.

NB Power has failed to make its case for gas plant

by Jim Emberger

February 27, 2026

The Energy and Utilities Board hearings over the past two weeks on the proposed Tantramar gas/diesel plant, known as the ...

Sign on a tree in Tantramar reads: "Stop the Tantramar Gas Plant. Clean air, clean water, clean energy for all."

Tantramar diesel plant is a deal New Brunswick can’t afford

by Beverly Gingras

February 26, 2026

New Brunswickers have been told that they’re facing a simple choice: a new gas and diesel plant in Tantramar or ...

Over 120 scientists and academics say ‘no’ to Tantramar shale gas plant

by Jean Philippe Sapinski et al.

February 8, 2026

We are over 120 scientists and academics from all four universities in New Brunswick (Université de Moncton, University of New ...

A large crowd of approximately 170 residents sitting in an auditorium at Mount Allison University for a public meeting on the proposed Tantramar gas plant.

We can do better: Cancel the Tantramar gas plant now and replace it with battery storage systems

by Mira Dietz Chiasson

January 19, 2026

Dear Premier Holt, Yesterday, January 14, 2026, I attended a public hearing about the Tantramar gas plant at Mount Allison ...

Cancel the Tantramar gas plant project because it is harmful to health

by Odette Landry

January 12, 2026

I add my voice to those of the people of the Tantramar region and the many citizen groups who are ...

Tantramar Council comes out against gas plant on the Isthmus

by Bruce Wark

December 11, 2025

At its meeting on Tuesday, Tantramar Council reversed its position on the proposed 500 MW gas/diesel plant within town limits ...

Mount Allison students point to potential climate and health effects of proposed Tantramar gas plant

by Bruce Wark

November 18, 2025

The booming voice of an American news anchor echoed inside the Mount Allison University Chapel on Sunday as fifth year ...

A protest sign reading “There is NO Planet B” held up at a climate demonstration.

Seniors ‘Draw the Line’ on inaction on climate change for future generations

by Penny Mott and Louise Comeau

September 15, 2025

September 20th is an international Draw the Line Day of Action addressing issues like the climate crisis. Civil society groups ...

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