Beverly Gingras – CCNB https://www.conservationcouncil.ca Conservation Council of New Brunswick Mon, 28 Apr 2025 13:47:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Environmental policy should be at the heart of Canada’s federal election debate https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/environmental-policy-should-be-at-the-heart-of-canadas-federal-election-debate/ Sat, 19 Apr 2025 13:22:18 +0000 https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/?p=204958 If we let the environment fall off the political radar, we risk making decisions that will worsen climate impacts, harm our health and cost us more.

]]> From housing to the price of food and energy, the environment shapes everything in the country. Federal election campaigns are well underway, and the biggest ballot box issues are affordability and U.S. tariffs.Rising interest rates, unaffordable housing and grocery bills that seem to climb every week have voters understandably focused on the cost of living. Add the uncertainty that trade tensions…

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]]> Questions need to be answered about Woodstock diesel disaster https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/questions-need-to-be-answered-about-woodstock-diesel-disaster/ Thu, 13 Mar 2025 17:57:59 +0000 https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/?p=204520 What if we continued life as usual while our world fell apart? Belgian companies Focus and Chaliwaté put this question front and centre in their imaginative and comedic take on the climate crisis in Dimanche.

]]> A troubling lack of transparency bodes ill for any efforts to prevent similar environmental disasters in the future.Tens of thousands of litres of diesel leaked from the Irving gas station in Woodstock, but somehow, nobody noticed.The fuel—up to 100,000 litres—leaked from a cracked pipe leading to an underground storage tank, seeping into the ground. To give an idea of the scale…

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]]> “The sense of connection I’d felt as a child became the foundation for a career in environmental work” — A Year-End Message from the Desk of Bev Gingras https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/year-end-message-from-bev-gingras/ Thu, 19 Dec 2024 19:03:03 +0000 https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/?p=203464 That forest wasn’t just where I played — it was where I felt at peace. Growing up on a small Alberta farm with a large family meant that life was rarely quiet. But the forests were a place where I could be alone with my thoughts and feel connected to something bigger.I didn’t think much about what it meant to protect those places at the time. I just knew they were special.As I grew older…

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]]> New Brunswick government’s water strategy review drowns in vague commitments and shifting targets https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/new-brunswick-governments-water-strategy-review-drowns-in-vague-commitments-and-shifting-targets/ Fri, 02 Feb 2024 18:14:42 +0000 https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/?p=199086 In a welcome move, the New Brunswick government has revoked American Iron and Metal’s licence for its Saint John scrapyard. But given the company’s history of flouting regulations, why did this take so long, and what's being done to prevent similar incidents from happening again?

]]> When the provincial government released its water strategy in 2017, it took a crucial step forward to safeguard the well-being of New Brunswick’s communities and water resources.Now, more than six years later, the province’s latest review and progress report examining the strategy leaves the plan in a stagnant pool of empty, vague promises, doing little to impress and lacking a clear direction…

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