On & off shore oil

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The Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) is not ruling out a federal impact assessment for two 300-MW fossil gas plants Nova Scotia’s proposed for Marshdale and Salt Springs in Pictou County, despite the recent signing of the “one project, one review” agreement between Ottawa and the government of Premier Tim Houston.

That Co-operation Agreement between Nova Scotia and Canada on Environmental and Impact Assessment means the federal government will defer to the province, specifically Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change (NSECC), on environmental impact assessments for large industrial projects, even when the projects affect areas of federal jurisdiction such as fish habitat and species at risk.

On Dec. 22, 2025, Nova Scotia’s Independent Energy Systems Operator (IESO) registered the Salt Springs and Marshdale fossil fuel plants with NSECC for a Class I environmental assessment.

The two plants will run primarily on methane (euphemistically called “natural gas”), which is a greenhouse gas 84 times more potent than carbon dioxide on a 20-year timeline. The plants will also run on diesel (light oil) as a “secondary option.”

Critics of the IESO plans for the gas plants have pointed out that the IESO should be looking to large-scale battery storage and transmission lines to import more renewable energy rather than locking the province into decades of fossil fuel use, as it phases out coal use by 2030.

As CBC reports, Ontario-based NRStor is ready to build a large battery storage facility in Trenton, Pictou County, and its chief development officer Jason Rioux casts doubt on the need for the two fossil fuel “peak” power plants!

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