New Brunswick U.S.-Controlled Gas Plant is the Wrong Way Forward & Ecofactors

A U.S. company's proposed Tantramar diesel / gas plant could increase energy bills, lock communities into fossil fuels for decades, and put important ecosystems in New Brunswick at risk - when cheaper renewable and battery solutions exist: https://www.sierraclub.ca/renewable-energy-does-not-need-baseload-power-more-facts-on-wind-solar-batteries-grids/

We also hear about the EcoFactors podcast which you can listen to here: https://www.youtube.com/@atlanticwildlife

Find out more about the Protect the Chignecto Isthmus Coalition: https://www.atlanticwildlife.ca/pcic

Our recent Take Action item on the gas plant here: https://www.sierraclub.ca/action-item/toolkit-take-action-on-proposed-diesel-gas-plant-nb/ 

More resources: 

• How batteries let renewables get around needing baseload power: https://www.sierraclub.ca/renewable-energy-intermittent-baseload-power-wind-solar-batteries-grids-reliable/
• Over 120 scientists and academics say ‘no’ to Tantramar shale gas plant, Open letter to the Premier Holt, February 2026: https://nbmediacoop.org/2026/02/08/over-120-scientists-and-academics-say-no-to-tantramar-shale-gas-plant/ 

“Battery storage can now meet peak demand at a much lower cost than thermal power plants. In addition, renewable energy projects come online much faster—between six and eighteen months for solar—and carry less risk of cost overruns....PROENERGY the company promoting the project, is headquartered in Missouri, and the gas burned in the proposed plant will come from the Marcellus and Utica shales in the United States.”

• Renewable energy has strong support and a majority of Canadians want to transition off of oil and gas now more than ever - polling sources and information on even more polling: https://www.sierraclub.ca/lng-national-interest-canada/
• Canada Can Go 100% Renewable: https://www.sierraclub.ca/canada-can-go-100-renewable/
• Canada Wind Power Facts: https://www.sierraclub.ca/canada-wind-power-facts/
• Canada Electric Vehicles Facts: https://www.sierraclub.ca/canada-electric-vehicles-facts/
• A comprehensive list of climate denial myths and why they are myths: https://skepticalscience.com/argument.php

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