Environment
“Energy East pipeline poses ‘enormous threat’ to environment:” Advocates for renewable energy hold parallel summit
Saint John – Renewable energy will ensure human and environmental health that is currently jeopardized by fracking for gas and...
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Restart public review period for Sisson mine project: CCNB Action
Fredericton – CCNB Action is asking for the termination of the current public review period for the Environmental Impact Assessment...
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A compromise between preservation and full-blown urbanization: the UNB Woodlot
I just came in from a long walk in the University of New Brunswick Woodlot on the edge of the...
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Deep Pockets
Deep Pockets (a ghosting of Eliot’s “Burnt Norton”) Legacy sites are oil and gas fields that at one time were...
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Amid mounting shale gas opposition, Premier Alward begins direct talks with Aboriginal leaders, community groups
Elsipogtog Chief Arren Sock accompanied by indigenous warriors and members of his community as he entered...
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Elsipogtog Chief announces resumption of indigenous control of “Crown lands,” serves eviction notice to shale gas company
Protesters exit the Irving Compound where five shale gas thumper trucks have been penned up for...
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Energy for Everyone: A summit beyond pipelines and shale gas
The upcoming "Atlantic Energy Summit" in Saint John NB promotes fracked gas, tar sands pipelines and nuclear energy. These aren't...
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How a shale gas company bought its reputation
The dominant discourse being fed to New Brunswick by Southwestern Energy (SWN) is that no harm to the environment or...
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A pipeline through paradise? A case against the proposal
TransCanada's proposed Energy East pipeline route through what Hugh Leonard calls New Brunswick's paradise. Is the...
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More job creation potential in clean energy than in oil and gas
Government leaders and a number of other pundits are telling us that New Brunswick needs the shale gas industry and...
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