Background materials on carbon pricing in N.B.
New Brunswick has the 3rd highest per capita emissions in Canada after Alberta and Saskatchewan. Canada itself ranks in the top ten global emitters in the world and on a per capita basis they rank 4th.
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Tons of plastic bags stockpiled in New Brunswick as options are considered | CBC News
“We don’t want to landfill it just yet,”
said Marc-André Chiasson, communications officer with Moncton’s Eco 360,
the company that manages landfill for Southeast New Brunswick.
Producer-funded recycling program could save New Brunswick taxpayers millions | CBC News
“How it works is all of the manufacturers or producers or
owners of the packaging that come into the province in New Brunswick
would pay for the program,” Leblanc said.
owners of the packaging that come into the province in New Brunswick
would pay for the program,” Leblanc said.
“So they would create
an industry-funded organization, that organization would then collect
fees from all of the people that bring stuff into the province and sell
it into the province and then they would use those fees for managing the
program,” Leblanc said.
Irving Oil, province not divulging size of refinery’s carbon bill | CBC News
With less than
two weeks remaining until voters elect a national government, where
carbon pricing is a central issue, information on the potential effect
the policy will have on New Brunswick industry has been difficult and,
in some cases, impossible to come by.
two weeks remaining until voters elect a national government, where
carbon pricing is a central issue, information on the potential effect
the policy will have on New Brunswick industry has been difficult and,
in some cases, impossible to come by.
Last
week, in a new rate application to the province’s Energy and Utilities
Board, NB Power revealed for the first time publicly it expects federal
carbon costs on it to top out at $67 million per year by 2030, if the
province cannot get a provincial substitute plan approved.
That $67 million amount is “significant,” according to the utility, although less severe than earlier estimates.
Irving Oil charged in explosion at Saint John refinery
The explosion happened at the refinery on the city’s east side the
morning of Oct. 8, 2018, sending plumes of thick black smoke into the
sky.