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Data and Comments on New Brunswick Issues

Tagged: shale gas

Economy / Environment and Health / Health / Politics

What the peer-reviewed science says about shale gas

Shale gas exploration and extraction via hydraulic fracturing is a controversial and polarizing topic in New Brunswick. The public is divided on the issue and, as is often the case these days, social media are being used to rally supporters to one side or the other. Inflammatory rhetoric and exaggerated claims appear to dominate the...

Economy / Environment and Health / Governance / Politics

Text of the Penobsquis report and comments

Recently, the Mining Commissioner of the Province of New Brunswick released his report on the complaint by residents of the Penobsquis area regarding damage to their property they claimed was the result of mining activities by the Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan. As is detailed below, the Commissioner’s report deals mainly with a land subsidence claim...