Day: August 2, 2016

The important role New Brunswick’s farmers have to play in addressing climate change

Implementing renewable energy solutions on New Brunswick’s farms By Jimy Beltran (CCNB Intern) The Conservation Council of New Brunswick has released a bold, made-in-New Brunswick Climate Action Plan to address climate change and reduce our Province’s greenhouse gas emissions. This blog examines how farmers, already some of New Brunswick’s greatest conservationists, can implement new practices […]

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NB uses more glyphosate in forestry than anywhere else in Canada

CCNB in the News, Marine Conservation / Corey Robichaud

Conservation Council of New Brunswick forest program director, Tracy Glynn, was featured in a CBC story about the release of a new report by the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health (OCMOH). “It confirms our worst fears that New Brunswick is [using glyphosate], more than any other province, at a more intense rate in forestry,” said

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The stories are flooding in! Tell us how Post-Tropical Storm Arthur affected you

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

Do you remember post-tropical storm Arthur? The July 2014 extreme weather event left 195,000 households without power for as much as a few days to two weeks because winds of 100 km/hour and heavy rain knocked down trees and power lines. The Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB) is conducting research to learn more about

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CCNB on report calling for tanker moratorium on Atlantic waters

CCNB in the News, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation / Corey Robichaud

On July 26, 2016, Matt Abbott, the Conservation Council’ Fundy Baykeeper, was quoted in a Canadian Press article picked up by the Toronto Star, CTV and the Globe and Mail, following the release of an NRDC report that’s sounding the alarm on a massive increase of supertankers set to ship the dirtiest oil in the

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It’s not whether there will be a spill, but when: CCNB Fundy Baykeeper on NRDC tanker report

CCNB in the News, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation / Corey Robichaud

On July 26, 2016, Matt Abbott, the Conservation Council’ Fundy Baykeeper, was quoted in the Journal Metro de Montreal following the release of an NRDC report that’s sounding the alarm on a massive increase of supertankers set to ship the dirtiest oil in the world across the Atlantic Ocean every year. “TransCanada and Irving Oil

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