Journalist @nbmediacoop.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidgordonkoch.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidgordonkoch.bsky.social/post/3mupifja2y22zScoop from @poitrasj.bsky.social -- note: when i asked the Environment Minister about New Brunswick's emissions last week during a media conference, he said: "I can assure you, that right now we are on target with our net zero objectives." https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/net-zero-goal-natural-gas-9.733124604 Sep 2026 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:7o3rlnq2lyjsxt3vsfvuv3r5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mupifja2y22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidgordonkoch.bsky.social/post/3mu3aa5jgsk2g“Climate” wasn't mentioned by politicians or reporters during Wednesday's media conference, which govt comms officials ended without questions from the NB Media Co-op. Natural gas is mainly composed of methane, a major contributor to the climate crisis. https://nbmediacoop.org/2026/08/26/new-brunswick-to-review-fracking-moratorium-prompting-pushback-from-environmentalists/27 Aug 2026 16:08 +0000at://did:plc:7o3rlnq2lyjsxt3vsfvuv3r5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3aa5jgsk2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/davidgordonkoch.bsky.social/post/3mtyv3xkixs2lThe Government of New Brunswick held a media conference today announcing a review of the province's moratorium on shale gas fracking. I was on the call but they ended it without any questions from the NB Media Co-op, so here's what I was going to ask: 1/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:7o3rlnq2lyjsxt3vsfvuv3r5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtyv3xkixs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidgordonkoch.bsky.social/post/3mrx2ytjctc2zNew: The association representing grad students at the University of New Brunswick has cited “privacy reasons” for its silence about the case of a Palestinian scholar who remains trapped in the Gaza Strip after being accepted into UNB’s Master of Computer Science program. https://nbmediacoop.org/2026/07/30/grad-student-association-silent-about-palestinian-scholar-trapped-in-gaza/31 Jul 2026 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:7o3rlnq2lyjsxt3vsfvuv3r5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrx2ytjctc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/davidgordonkoch.bsky.social/post/3mrrytbadqc26Contrast this with the National Post, which has deep enough pockets to absorb legal bills and the cost of a settlement after smearing a pro-Palestine activist with writing that they admit was defamatory. https://nbmediacoop.org/2026/07/27/new-brunswick-prof-reaches-settlement-with-national-post-over-defamatory-reporting-about-palestine-solidarity-activism/ [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jul 2026 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:7o3rlnq2lyjsxt3vsfvuv3r5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrrytbadqc26https://bsky.app/profile/davidgordonkoch.bsky.social/post/3mrrypakm5s26Best case scenario, I guess the judge will call it a frivolous lawsuit and order the plaintiff to pay The Grind's expenses, but for now this looks like an example of lawfare as an existential threat to indie media. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Jul 2026 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:7o3rlnq2lyjsxt3vsfvuv3r5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrrypakm5s26https://bsky.app/profile/davidgordonkoch.bsky.social/post/3mrphiko2jc2eTristin Hopper wrote that Prof. Houlahan had "spent weeks... ignoring an eviction order to maintain a 'Free Gaza' encampment on university property." In fact there was no "eviction order" - campus security had issued a trespass notice, which the faculty union successfully grieved. [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Jul 2026 12:56 +0000at://did:plc:7o3rlnq2lyjsxt3vsfvuv3r5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrphiko2jc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/davidgordonkoch.bsky.social/post/3mrpgopters2eNEW: The National Post has been forced to issue a 150-word correction stating that an article published last year contained a 'defamatory' assertion about University of New Brunswick prof Jeff Houlahan and his Palestine solidarity activism. https://nbmediacoop.org/2026/07/27/new-brunswick-prof-reaches-settlement-with-national-post-over-defamatory-reporting-about-palestine-solidarity-activism/28 Jul 2026 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:7o3rlnq2lyjsxt3vsfvuv3r5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpgopters2e