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New Brunswicks power utility has questioned the viability of the Atlantic Loop energy project because of the potential costs.

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FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's power utility has questioned the viability of the Atlantic Loop energy project because of the potential costs. The Atlantic

The utility's latest strategic report says there may be other more efficient and cost-effective ways of greening the province's grid.

N.B. Power is continuing to grapple with major uncertainty as it lays out its plan to decarbonize its electricity grid in time for a 2035 deadline.

For all the progress his government has made in the last year, Environment Minister Tim Halman acknowledges there’s plenty of work still to do if Nova Scotia is going to meet its 2030 legislated targets to combat climate change.

The report, released Monday, details Nova Scotia’s accomplishments over the past year, including the largest-ever procurement of renewables, the establishment of an environmental racism panel, which will make recommendations to government, and more.

One of Canada’s most tangible climate targets is to shut down coal-fired power plants by 2030. Getting off coal, the federal government acknowledges, “is one of the single most important climate steps the world can take.” However, how meaningful is that step if a coal-fired plant is transitioned to run on another fossil fuel?

The Nova Scotia premier and New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs will meet with federal Infrastructure Minister Dominic LeBlanc on Monday. Houston want Ottawa to fund the entire cost of protecting the Chignecto Isthmus, which connects Nova Scotia to the rest of Canada.

Premiers covered a wide range of topics including interprovincial trade, infrastructure, crime and public safety and northern development and sovereignty.