NB Power still lacks Indigenous partner for $3.5-billion gas plant, CEO says

The president and CEO of NB Power says there is still no Indigenous partnership in the utility’s proposed 500 MW ...

A person wearing a clear rain poncho holds a megaphone and a sign reading 'Stop the Tantramar Gas Plant — Clean Air, Clean Water, Clean Energy for All,' standing on a dirt road in overcast, rainy conditions.

Auditor General questions NB Power’s $3.55-billion gas plant deal

June 2, 2026

New Brunswick Auditor-General Paul Martin. Photo: Auditor-General's report New Brunswick Auditor General Paul Martin issued a ...

Opponents vow ‘fight is not over’ after EUB approves gas plant

by Bruce Wark

May 29, 2026

NB Power Vice President Brad Coady says he understands that many people in Tantramar are angry about the utility’s plans ...

NB Power wins regulatory approval for Tantramar gas/diesel plant despite harsh EUB rebuke

by Bruce Wark

May 29, 2026

The New Brunswick Energy & Utilities Board has approved NB Power’s plans for a 500 MW gas/diesel plant near Centre ...

‘Something smells’: Citizens’ group questions federal approval of Nova Scotia gas plants

by Bruce Wark

May 20, 2026

A spokesman for the environmental advocacy group Living Ecosystems and Power (LEAP) says he’s not surprised that the federal agency ...

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.

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

by Bruce Wark

May 4, 2026

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

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

NB Power’s RIGS plant is a ‘fatal remedy’ and New Brunswickers will pay with their health

by Barry Rothfuss

April 9, 2026

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 ...

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 ...

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