Will New Brunswick choose a ‘small, modular’ nuclear reactor that’s not small at all (among other problems)?
NB Power seems determined to build at least two experimental reactors at the Point Lepreau nuclear site, but their chosen ...
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Will Susan Holt’s new government continue New Brunswick’s nuclear fantasies?
Successive New Brunswick governments have been bewitched by two nuclear fantasies: first, its beleaguered public utility NB Power can connect ...
Reduce power costs, keep the lights on, lose the nuclear albatross!
The Point Lepreau nuclear plant has been out of service for more than five months. NB Power says the main ...
End ‘energy poverty,’ activists tell candidates ahead of election [video]
Activists called for the elimination of "energy poverty" on Friday, pledging to make the cost of electricity a ballot box ...
NB Power rate increases adding to poverty in New Brunswick. This time it’s energy poverty
Decades of mismanagement, extremely overpaid executives, and more levels of management than a mille-feuille dessert have left NB Power on ...
New Brunswick’s nuclear-powered rate hikes
The abject failure of this and previous governments' energy policies is on full display these days. In the 1970s, New ...
Do the research and end the nuclear hype in New Brunswick
New Brunswick's ARC nuclear project is in trouble. This situation highlights the lack of critical knowledge about nuclear reactor designs ...
Chief Akagi requests public hearing to review any new governance arrangement for the Point Lepreau nuclear reactor on Peskotomuhkati homeland
On May 15, New Brunswick’s Energy Development Minister Mike Holland tabled the first reading of a bill to change the ...
How does electricity work when the sun doesn’t shine and the wind doesn’t blow? Storage!
Energy storage plays a key role in helping wind and solar power dominate the growth in electrical grid capacity. Storage ...
Selling NB Power again?
In 2010, the New Brunswick government tried to sell NB Power. Then, it tried to sell “just” the hydro-electric power ...
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