In March, Premier Blaine Higgs sent First Nations in New Brunswick letters encouraging their support for development of a shale gas reserve near Sussex, saying they could see significant profits come their way if the plan moves forward.
A revised proposal hinges on whether the New Brunswick government would be willing to eventually lift a moratorium on multistage hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, of natural gas
Initially, the Ecology Action Centre and New Brunswick Anti-Shale Gas Alliance were denied their bid for a judicial review of an environmental approval for a highway realignment, needed for Goldboro LNG, an on-again, off-again project in Guysborough County.
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