New Brunswick to phase out coal, put price on carbon in new climate plan
FREDERICTON — The New Brunswick government will phase out coal as an electricity source under a new climate change plan that also puts a price on carbon.
Premier Brian Gallant said Wednesday that climate change is the most important issue to face humankind in modern times and New Brunswick must do its part to combat it.
“We act in a way that we ensure economic opportunity today but not at the expense of quality of life of future generations,” Gallant told the legislature as he unveiled the plan.
“Today we act in a way that we will be able to look our children and our children’s children in the eyes and say that we did everything we could do to make the world better.”