#nbpoli — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #nbpoli, aggregated by home.social.
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New Brunswick "speaks in the name of reconciliation with Indigenous peoples while ignoring their concerns; labels potentially ecologically damaging energy development as green while eliding an exact accounting of its potential impact; promotes fossil fuel generation while cutting green power initiatives; and supports economic developments that absorb the very power it claims is in short supply."
https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/new-brunswicks-energy-contradictions
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"The 500-megawatt diesel & gas power plant proposed for Centre Village should legally fall under federal jurisdiction ... The Protect the Chignecto Isthmus Coalition contends that evidence shows the project is a transboundary issue between New Brunswick & Nova Scotia, & is calling on Beauséjour MP Dominic LeBlanc to review said evidence & coordinate with federal Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin to ensure a proper federal review is completed."
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47 Québec physicians recruited to New Brunswick healthcare system, since October 2025... https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/quebec-physicians-recruited-nb-healthcare-9.7249117 #CAQASTROPHE #polQC #QCpoli #santéQC #QChealth #NBpoli #vitalitéNB #cdnpoli #polcan
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"Glyphosate was long thought to be safe for honeybees because they lack the enzyme the chemical targets in weeds. However, researchers found that exposed bees foraged 13% less after only 3 days and showed changes in brain chemicals linked to behavior. Across a whole hive, that decline could reduce honey production, weaken pollination, and threaten long-term survival."
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260804034638.htm
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«Environment and Climate Change Canada says the [Chignecto] Isthmus contains Atlantic Canada’s largest remaining saltmarsh tidal wetlands.
“The habitats . . . are critical to maintaining ecological stability. Again, not only in this specific location, but throughout all of the Maritime region.”
The Isthmus [is] the only natural land route connecting Nova Scotia to mainland North America.»
https://www.chmafm.com/welcome/why-researchers-have-been-watching-the-chignecto-isthmus-for-decades/
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Progressive Conservative MLA Bill Oliver under scrutiny after reading AI-written speech in New Brunswick :flagnb: Legislature
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/bill-oliver-ai-legislature-reaction-9.7296118
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Le député provincial progressiste-conservateur Bill Oliver est sous les projecteurs après avoir lu un discours écrit par l'IA dans la Législature du Nouveau-Brunswick :flagnb:// Article en anglais //
#NB #NewBrunswick #NouveauBrunswick #NBpoli #AI #IA #ArtificialIntelligence #IntelligenceArtificielle
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FYI for any interested New Brunswick fedizens: the Green Party of NB's leadership campaign opened today and runs until Sept 12. If you want to become a candidate, you can find the rules at the link below. If you'd like to vote for the next leader, all you need to do is be a member by Nov 21.
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NDP politician said Carney must not burn the world, and a reporter laughed and asked if he really meant Carney was trying to "burn the world"
The answer is yes. Yes is the answer.
Carney does not have our permission.
We THOUGHT he was sane.🇨🇦
#wildfires #lpc #ndp #cdnpoli #climate #nspoli #nbpoli #peipoli #polqc #polcan #onpoli #saskpoli #manpoli #kinew #ableg #bcpoli #canada
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Sorry you're having such trouble cleaning up stickers. Know what else is hard to clean up, Mayor Reardon? The environmental damage of AI datacentres.
#NBPoli #AI #FuckAI #SaintJohn #NewBrunswick #YSJ #DonnaReardon
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«But the gas plant is "a little bit of a different project because it does have a fossil fuel or emissions component to it," NB Power chief commercial officer Brad Coady said.»
No, it's 100% fossil fuel burning, 100% of the time. That is not "a little bit" or a "component"
We are being gas lit by our "public" utility
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"Those born before 1970 are generally considered protected from measles."
Nope! Hey Boomer, get an MMR booster
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/measles-case-in-greater-moncton-area-9.7266192
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Our request for a judicial review is getting noted by the mainstream media!
At 500 MWh this will not be a 'peaker' plant used only for energy spikes but rather a full-scale always-on gas-powered electric generating station.
Tomorrow afternoon we march at Exit 504 of the Trans-Canada Highway, Sackville.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/power-plant-eub-judicial-review-application-9.7261592
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New Brunswick is working out a deal with the federal government to join its Canada Greener Homes Affordability Program so that eligible residents can make upgrades, including adding insulation and heat pumps, at no cost.
#climate #nbpoli #Canada
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
N.B. working on deal to join f... -
«The Mi’kmaq Warriors Society opposes plans for a fossil fuel-burning plant in Tantramar, says district war chief Jason Augustine of Elsipogtog.
“Anything that is there to destroy our land, warriors will always oppose it,” said Augustine, who stressed that the facility is slated for construction on unceded Mi’kmaq territory.»
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New Brunswick: the land time forgot.
https://warktimes.com/2026/06/17/mitton-calls-for-data-centre-moratorium-but-holt-liberals-say-no/
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"And if someone were looking to build a new system similar to his, the proposed fees would more than double the expected payback period, moving it from 12.4 years to 32.4 years."
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"Ouellet has done the math on what N.B. Power’s proposed net metering changes will mean for New Brunswickers ... Ouellet's analysis compared what his bills would have been for the past year without solar, under the current system, and with proposed changes by N.B. Power.
Once a 10-year grandfathering period is over, Ouellet said his annual costs would more than double under the proposed system."
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Webinar: The front-lines health impacts of fracking
CAPE Nova Scotia is pleased to invite you to an important webinar exploring the public health, maternal, and pediatric risks associated with hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for methane gas – marketed as “natural gas.”
Date: Monday, June 15, 2026
Time: 7:00 PM AST / 6:00 PM EST (75 minutes)https://nbmediacoop.org/events/webinar-the-front-lines-health-impacts-of-fracking/
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No Gas Plant!
“If you put 10 doctors into one room and hope to get out of there within five or six hours with any sort of consensus on anything, it’s pretty difficult. So yeah, we have a consensus here, no question.” —Dr. Graeme Stewart
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The Supreme Court ruled that the lieutenant-governor of New Brunswick :flagnb: must be at least speak English and French
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/nb-lieutenant-governor-english-french-ruling-9.7233090
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La Cour suprême a jugée que le lieutenant-gouverneur du Nouveau-Brunswick :flagnb: doit minimalement s’exprimer en anglais et en françaishttps://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/2261117/decision-bilinguisme-lieutenant-gouverneur-nb
via: https://forum.agoramtl.com/t/pl-96-debat-sur-les-langues-et-discussions-connexes/3592/594?u=edwing
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‘It’s time for change’: N.B. Green Party Leader David Coon to step down #nbpoli https://globalnews.ca/news/11890280/new-brunswick-green-party-leader-david-coon-to-step-down/
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"As a question of risk, you have the information Madam Premier. When that risk becomes a reality, you will wear the result. It will be you who must answer for the awful consequences of this. There is now no excuse for allowing this project to proceed."
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It looks like New Brunswick has stopped monitoring #Covid levels in wastewater. The latest records are from late April 2026. At least nearby Halifax, NS shows low levels for 24 May.
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The Energy & Utility Board of New Brunswick has approved a 500 MWh methane/diesel powered electric generating plant on the environmentally sensitive Chignecto Isthmus that connects Nova Scotia to the mainland and is an important migratory route for species at risk.
Let's stop it before it's too late!
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Meanwhile, in Australia
"Batteries counter the long-used arguments against renewables – that they are unpredictable and intermittent and therefore put extra burdens on a national grid which must have an expensive backup power source such as gas in place. Instead, batteries mean solar power can be stored and used when it is needed."
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No real alternatives analysis. NB Power presented a false binary: gas plant or nothing. The letter calls out this framing directly and identifies utility-scale BESS, virtual power plants, and demand-side management as proven, deployable alternatives that deliver equivalent grid reliability without imposing a localized health burden on a rural community.
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Professional accountability. Engineers and environmental consultants are bound by codes of ethics requiring them to place the safety, health, and welfare of the public above all else. Presenting regulatory compliance as a guarantee of medical safety — while omitting startup emissions from scope entirely — is a direct breach of that ethical obligation.