New Brunswick

Last week, Green Party Leader David Coon tabled a bill to end fossil fuel development. The bill was tabled with “urgency,” he said, after Premier Blaine Higgs said he would pursue fracked gas development with or without First Nations' consent. On Thursday, there was a second reading of the bill.

Sustainable Marine Energy said the project was undermined by government red tape despite providing ample environmental monitoring data and trying to work with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. DFO says it has “developed a clear regulatory pathway" for the industry.

New Brunswick saw a six per cent rise in emissions, according to the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, which put out a provincial breakdown of the federal government’s National Inventory Report. That report, based on the most recent data available from 2021, is an analysis provided to the United Nations to show a country’s progress on reaching climate targets.