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The Case Against Shale Gas: Data Overwhelmingly Supports Continued Moratorium

Commentary | Jim Emberger Everyday, business ads promote the idea that wise business leaders make decisions based on solid data. Premier Higgs likes to project the image of an experienced business leader, but his current effort to resurrect shale gas reveals that he more closely embodies his other reputation as a, “Data, my ass,” decision

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The Case Against Shale Gas: Data Overwhelmingly Supports Continued Moratorium

Commentary | Jim Emberger Everyday, business ads promote the idea that wise business leaders make decisions based on solid data. Premier Higgs likes to project the image of an experienced business leader, but his current effort to resurrect shale gas reveals that he more closely embodies his other reputation as a, “Data, my ass,” decision

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Guest blog: Ditching fossil fuels is like a ‘monkey trap’

A recent Brunswick News Commentary wondered how bad must things get before the concept of ‘climate emergency’ gets traction. One depressing answer may be found in the title of a widely circulated NYTimes editorial: “Australia Is Committing Climate Suicide.” The continuing unimaginable conflagration of Australian bushfires has already burned an area much larger than New Brunswick,

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Let’s close the door on shale gas development once and for all

We applaud the Gallant government’s decision to amend the Clean Environment Act to ban the disposal of fracking wastewater in municipal and provincial sewage treatment systems. The scientific studies behind the decision have long noted that municipal wastewater systems were not designed to deal with industrial waste. They cannot remove substances for which they were

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