PENNIAC, NB – New Brunswickers who are on well water want to know more about the development of natural resources that the province intends to move forward with.
Neville Stewart, a resident of Penniac, NB, said in an interview with Global News that he’d like to know more about what a shale gas industry could do to his water.
“Everybody has an agenda. Who are you going to believe? There’s just not enough information,” Stewart said.
Communities across the province, like Penniac, are coming together to say they aren’t opposed to shale gas but would like to have more information about the industry.
“If the province goes through with fracking in these areas, or furthers it, what will happen to the wells?” said Ashley Bennett, a resident of Hillsborough, NB.
“I want to know what happens after. Are the wells okay? What are the levels of gases in the wells afterwards? What will the province help to do if something goes wrong with the well?”
The New Brunswick Energy Institute held a roundtable discussion Friday. It included researchers from the University of New Brunswick, members from First Nations communities, and a representative from Southwestern Energy – the natural gas and oil company exploring for shale gas in New Brunswick.
The Institute said they work to gather and present information to the public.
“We looked at research that would give information to us, and we’re not presupposing what that information is going to say, and that information, whatever turns out, goes public as well as to the government,” said David Besner, Interim Chair of the New Brunswick Energy Institute.
More discussions will be held in communities across the province, to answer questions and talk about the research they’ve recorded.
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