Day: October 5, 2016

Media Backgrounder on Carbon Pricing: Implications of federal proposal for New Brunswick

Louise Comeau, Director Climate Change and Energy Solutions, Conservation Council of New Brunswick The federal Government is negotiating with provinces and territories a package of actions designed to ensure Canada delivers on the commitments it made at the United Nations climate change negotiations held in Paris, France, in December 2015. The Paris Agreement enters into […]

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Time to protect urban forests

CCNB Blog, Forest Conservation / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

National Forest Week in September got us thinking about all different kinds of forest, including our urban forests. Even our elected representatives in Ottawa are discussing the need to protect our urban forests. On National Tree Day, Sept. 21, 2016, NDP MP Irene Mathyssen proposed a Private Member’s Motion to develop a federal leadership strategy

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New Brunswickers are ready. We’re quite thrifty: CCNB’s Lois Corbett on Walmart’s move to charge five cents for plastic bags in Maritime stores

CCNB in the News / Corey Robichaud

Today, Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick was featured in CBC article commending Walmart’s move to charge five cents for plastic bags in Maritime stores. “Customers are ready for it,” said Corbett. “I think that New Brunswickers in particular understand the impact of wastefulness. We tend to be a quite thrifty type

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Weather is always a factor: Fundy Baykeeper on Federal study how extreme weather caused by climate change effects marine spills off N.S.

CCNB in the News / Corey Robichaud

Yesterday, Matt Abbott, the Conservation Council’ Fundy Baykeeper, was quoted in an article published by Local Xpress following the release of tender documents that say the federal government will be studying the effect extreme weather caused by climate change has on marine spills off the coast of Nova Scotia. Fundy Baykeeper says climate is always a

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