We know climate change is threatening the things we love doing in New Brunswick.
The good news is there are solutions to lower the pollution causing climate change and keep our families and communities safe from the extreme weather it causes.
Check out our new section, For the Love of New Brunswick, to see how you can be part of the solution!
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This climate change and health special edition of EcoAlert Magazine shines a light on climate change’s lesser-known public health consequences, guides you through our 2nd Annual Eco Buildings Tour, celebrates the passage of Canada’s new Fisheries Act, and gives you the latest environmental news on topics such as Premier Higgs’ plan to end the moratorium
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The conversation is underway. This week the Conservation Council released a new report aiming to start a dialogue about climate change and its effects on public health in New Brunswick. You can read the report, Healthy Climate, Healthy New Brunswickers: A proposal for New Brunswick that cuts pollution and protects health, here. The report, prepared
FREDERICTON — The Conservation Council of New Brunswick today releases a new report on climate change and its physical and mental health effects in New Brunswick. The report, Healthy Climate, Healthy New Brunswickers, prepared by Dr. Louise Comeau, Director of the Conservation Council’s Climate Change and Energy Solutions Program, starts a conversation in New Brunswick
New Brunswickers aren’t used to sweltering, 30+ degree days, let alone long stretches of them. But that’s what the data says is coming in the immediate- to medium-term, along with other effects with serious consequences for people’s health.
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The sky is clear and the sun is punishing.
A thick layer of ozone ripples above the pavement. No matter how much water you drink, you know you’re losing more through your pores whether you’re moving or not.
And for a lot of New Brunswickers, a province with more folks over 65 years of age than any other province, activity is out of the question.
It’s the fourth 30+ degree day in a row. You’re restless. Exhausted, despite having been shuttered inside, blinds drawn, melting in your chair, since the heat wave hit.
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We need strong leadership from our provincial government to do everything it can to protect our families’ health and communities’ safety from the effects of climate change. Write Premier Blaine Higgs about your concerns and call for serious action on climate change today!
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The Conservation Council’s Executive Director, Lois Corbett, issued the following statement with respect to Premier Blaine Higgs’ scheme to use citizens’ money for gas pump stickers containing misleading information about federal carbon tax. “It is very concerning to me. It seems highly politically motivated and runs up against his pledge to have open, honest and
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June 5, 2019, Ottawa—Major Canadian environmental groups are asking all federal parties to reject a set of demands proposed yesterday by the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP), Canada’s largest oil and gas lobby group. CAPP is asking for massive increases in oil and gas production, more oil pipelines and additional oil and gas subsidies,
Outside the New Brunswick Legislature in Fredericton on May 10, more than 250 people, mostly youth, gathered to urge the elected representatives inside to take urgent action on the climate crisis. It was the third “Fridays for Future” climate strike at the Legislature and the crowd has been growing slowly each time.
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