Journalist links data centre push to gas plants and renewed interest in fracking
Journalist and activist Nick Tsergas says Canadian governments see the building of hyperscale, AI data centres as key to the ...
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NB Power has a choice. Keep burning fossil fuels or take climate change seriously
With NB Power's Coleson Cove Generating Station near Saint John set to sunset in about 15 years, will the provincial ...
Climate denialism’s greatest champions are in New Brunswick
In a world where global temperatures are set to rise by at least 1.8 °C and climate scientists say we ...
Auditor General questions NB Power’s $3.55-billion gas plant deal
New Brunswick Auditor-General Paul Martin. Photo: Auditor-General's report New Brunswick Auditor General Paul Martin issued a ...
‘Something smells’: Citizens’ group questions federal approval of Nova Scotia gas plants
A spokesman for the environmental advocacy group Living Ecosystems and Power (LEAP) says he’s not surprised that the federal agency ...
‘He kept us in the dark’: Activists attack Carney’s power strategy and LeBlanc’s silence
New Brunswick environmental activists are reacting with alarm to Prime Minister Carney’s announcement of a National Electricity Strategy that promotes ...
We can do better: Cancel the Tantramar gas plant now and replace it with battery storage systems
Dear Premier Holt, Yesterday, January 14, 2026, I attended a public hearing about the Tantramar gas plant at Mount Allison ...
NB government ‘cannot cancel’ PROENERGY contract, Holt says in response to AWI letter
New Brunswick’s premier says her government “cannot cancel” the contract between NB Power and the U.S. company PROENERGY as suggested ...
Ford’s nuclear push could backfire with higher bills, US gas reliance: report
Ontario's heavy bet on nuclear power could backfire by driving up electricity costs and increasing the province's reliance on US ...
NB Power execs grilled at committee over plans for gas-burning plant
NB Power has asked an American firm to build a controversial natural gas-diesel plant at a cost of more than ...
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