Podcast: Karen Ogen on Embracing Natural Gas as a First Nation
Karen Ogen talks candidly about the challenges and how First Nations should be fully engaged in the development of the land and natural resources.
Karen Ogen talks candidly about the challenges and how First Nations should be fully engaged in the development of the land and natural resources.
At his annual state-of-the-province address, Premier Blaine Higgs claimed growth on multiple fronts and a growing awareness of its success as signs of a social and economic “renaissance” in New Brunswick.
Premier Blaine Higgs is pushing a private-sector company, Repsol, to convert its Saint John LNG import terminal into an export terminal for energy security, economic development, and energy transition. Dr. Louise Comeau doesn’t buy his arguments.
In this episode of the “Insights” podcast, Don Mills and David Campbell speak with John Hawkins, the CEO of Nova Scotia-based Heritage Gas, about the natural gas and hydrogen opportunities in the region.
Opinion: As Europe grapples to handle the loss of Russian fossil fuels, the path to securing thermal comfort, firming up public resolve, and transitioning to a renewable and peaceable future is there for us to see, grasp, and employ. What are governments waiting for?
Opinion: It’s easy to focus on the sensless tragedies happening in other parts of the world–and we should refelct on them and help where we can–but we should also think about the lessons they provide us here at home.
Sponsored: In an era in which the costs of living and doing business continue to rise, natural gas is bucking that trend and has saved New Brunswickers over $45-million in the last five years.
If Atlantic Canada had taken a different path on natural gas, could the region have played a part easing tensions in Europe? David Campbell thinks it’s possible.
Heritage Gas estimates that residential and small-commercial customers will see an increase of 10-30 per cent in their natural gas bill. Larger commercial customers may see a 15-35 per cent jump.
Liberty is looking to decrease the distribution rates for residential customers from $10.40 to $10.25. It also wants to increase the customer charge, per month, to $22.40 from $20 – a two-percent increase from 2021.