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

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

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

EUB hears conflicting testimony on proposed gas plant

February 15, 2026

New Brunswick’s Energy and Utilities Board heard expert testimony on February 12 about battery energy storage systems (BESS) from Toby ...

NB Power reluctant to say how much Isthmus gas plant would cost

by Bruce Wark

February 13, 2026

About 20 demonstrators chanting, “Hey, Hey, Ho, Ho, the gas plant has got to go,” marched outside the Moncton hotel ...

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 ...

Serious health concerns, lack of consultation: AWI founder slams NB Power’s proposed Isthmus gas plant

by Bruce Wark

February 2, 2026

Barry Rothfuss fought back tears during an interview at the Atlantic Wildlife Institute (AWI) on Friday. “I’m sorry, it shouldn’t ...

What Canada’s nuclear waste plan means for New Brunswick

by Mayara Gonçalves e Lima

January 20, 2026

Canada is advancing plans for a Deep Geological Repository (DGR) to store the country’s used nuclear fuel. In early 2026, ...

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 ...

Mi’gmaq chiefs say gas plant can’t proceed without Indigenous-led impact assessment

NB government ‘cannot cancel’ PROENERGY contract, Holt says in response to AWI letter

by Bruce Wark

December 31, 2025

New Brunswick’s premier says her government “cannot cancel” the contract between NB Power and the U.S. company PROENERGY as suggested ...

Tribunal says notice of eviction ‘not valid,’ as Moncton landlord accused of illegal renovictions, harassment

2025 in review: Crackdown at the border, record penalty for seafood company, far-right event cancelled

by NB Media Co-op

December 30, 2025

It was a turbulent and difficult year practically everywhere in the world. The inauguration of Donald Trump to his second ...

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

There are energy alternatives — the Tantramar RIGS project is not the answer

by Lisa Griffin

December 18, 2025

The Sunday, December 14, Telegraph-Journal article features Premier Susan Holt asserting there are “no alternatives” capable of meeting New Brunswick’s ...

Tag: NB Power