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Guest blog: New Brunswick does not need shale gas

Jim Emberger — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 17:55:20 +0000

Commentary | Jim EmbergerIn his commentary, the Fraser Institute’s Alex Whalen suggested that the recent merger of gas company Chesapeake Energy and SWN could be a sign that New Brunswick should reconsider its moratorium on shale gas. He touted its economic potential.That same day Reuters’ news reported: “Chesapeake Energy announced plans to cut production by 30 per cent in 2024 in response to a…

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The Case Against Shale Gas: Data Overwhelmingly Supports Continued Moratorium

Jim Emberger — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 14:50:37 +0000

Commentary | Jim EmbergerEveryday, 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 maker.There is unequivocal data in the latest report from the…

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The Case Against Shale Gas: Data Overwhelmingly Supports Continued Moratorium

Jim Emberger — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 17:50:40 +0000

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

By Jim Emberger – The Daily Gleaner, Tuesday, January 28, 2020 — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 16:45:58 +0000

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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Why the rush to overturn fracking ban?

Jim Emberger — Fri, 11 Jan 2019 16:09:50 +0000

Commentary by Jim Emberger / Telegraph Journal Just before the holidays, Brunswick News interviewed Steve Moran, CEO of gas producer Corridor, Inc. This interview, and conversations that followed it, contradicted everything that Premier Higgs told us about lifting the shale gas moratorium. Mr. Higgs has justified lifting the moratorium because, he said, jobs and $70 million in investment would…

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

Jim Emberger — Wed, 23 Nov 2016 18:41:30 +0000

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 not designed and the plants…

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