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Winter blackouts possible: Energy Probe
(October 25, 2002) “I think Ontario has now got a risk of blackout, possibly as early as this winter,” said Tom Adams, executive director of the industry watchdog group, “but next summer looks very dicey as well.” Continue reading
Week’s events forecast energy’s future
(June 19, 2002) The ties that bind government to energy markets are beginning to loosen. Yesterday in Saint John, Fredericton and Washington, D.C., things happened that will change how New Brunswickers buy, sell and use energy in the years to come. Continue reading
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Lepreau shutdown could cause $70M hit
(June 18, 2002) The economy of Southern New Brunswick would be devastated if the 700 jobs at the Point Lepreau Nuclear plant are elminated, the Public Utilities Board heard Monday. Continue reading
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MDS Nordion has enough enriched uranium for a bomb
(June 9, 2002) Ottawa’s MDS Nordion is creating a tempting target for nuclear terrorists by unnecessarily stockpiling enough highly enriched uranium to build at least one nuclear bomb, says a respected U.S. nuclear watchdog group. Continue reading
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Gas war heats up
(May 27, 2002) New Brunswick’s application to the National Energy Board does not suggest “how to cut off gas shipments to the United States,” as the article East Coast Gas Wars (May 14) states. It recognizes that a certain volume of natural gas is needed to make the Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline viable. Continue reading
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Nuclear plant delays expected to jolt pricing
(May 27, 2002) The delay in Ontario Power Generation Inc.’s efforts to bring its troubled Pickering A nuclear plant back into production could have an impact on the supply, reliability and price of hydro in the province, industry watchers say. Continue reading
East coast gas wars
(May 14, 2002) Open borders and deregulation are on the agenda this morning at an energy conference in Saint John, where the New Brunswick government hosts the New England governors and the Eastern premiers in a long awaited free trade initiative. Continue reading
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NB Power’s Proposed Point Lepreau Retubing
(May 7, 2002) Review of Financial Fitness, Institutional Certainty, and Investment Risk. Continue reading
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New Brunswick expects backing in bid for Canada-first gas
(May 6, 2002) Fredericton — The New Brunswick government says it will have the backing of Quebec, at least one other Maritime government, and powerful Ontario interests when it makes its case to the National Energy Board for a guanteed Canadian share of Sable Island gas reserves. Continue reading
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Public participation and due process missing from Port Hope nuclear waste project
(April 11, 2002) This submission is made with respect to the above-noted request for public comments on the Draft Scope of the Environmental Assessment for the Port Hope Long-Term Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Project on behalf of Lake Ontario Keeper and Energy Probe. Continue reading
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