Now that Nova Scotia has lifted its fracking ban, will industry return?
By Aaron Beswick
As Nova Scotians complained about high electricity costs in February, we were burning natural gas from the other side of the world. The Greek-flagged liquified natural gas tanker Maran Gas Hector arrived in Saint John, N.B., at the end of February after a 25,000-kilometre journey from Australia. The Maritimes and Northeast Pipeline carried its tremendously expensive gas through counties with large untapped natural gas reserves to feed industry, home heating and Nova Scotia Power’s Tufts Cove generating station.