Staff from the Conservation Council attended the opening of a new vertical-axis wind turbine at The Ville on Canada Street on Fredericton’s north side this morning. The project was a partnership between Falls Brook Centre, Fredericton-based Naveco Power, and The Ville Cooperative. The turbine was created by Kohilo Wind out of New York, who have […]
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The Conservation Council’s Fundy Baykeeper appeared in dozens of media outlets responding to TransCanada’s amended Energy East application that doubles the amount of tanker traffic related to the bitumen pipeline project in the Bay of Fundy and along the US east coast. Matt Abbott told CBC New Brunswick that the changes will significantly increase the
Over 75% of Energy East Pipeline Capacity Would be Exported out of Saint John Dec. 17, Saint John — TransCanada’s revised Energy East pipeline application filed today would more than double the number of oil tankers carrying tar sands oil through the Bay of Fundy and down the coast of the United States from 115 to
For Immediate Release December 17, Ottawa – The Energy East pipeline cannot be built now that Prime Minister Trudeau has agreed to a climate plan that limits warming to 1.5° Celsius, say numerous environmental groups in response to TransCanada’s updated Energy East application announced today. Estimates show the upstream production emissions of the pipeline,
An investigation by the British Columbia Oil and Gas Commission has confirmed that not only does fracking threaten our air and water, but also the very ground beneath our feet. This week the commission released the results of its investigation into a 4.6-magnitude earthquake in British Columbia on Aug. 17, 2015. The commission determined the
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How’s this for a good story on a blistery Maritime morning? A family in Long River, P.E.I. has paid a total of $20 for heat since February 2015. That wasn’t a typo: $20 to heat their 2,000 square foot house for nearly a year. What’s their secret? As CBC reports, the Peters family built a
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Negotiations ran — as was expected — beyond the deadline, but in the end nearly 200 countries have signed the Accord de Paris in what’s being called an historic, well-constructed and ambitious plan for tackling climate change. Here’s how The Guardian newspaper summarized the agreement: The guts of the agreement hang off the so-called “long-term goal” that
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The following is an update from COP21 Action from yesterday and today. McKenna grilled on Energy East pipeline plans Canadian Environment Minister Catherine McKenna avoided talking about specific projects when asked at a press conference how TransCanada’s proposed Energy East bitumen pipeline will not hurt Canada’s new committed target of not more than a 1.5°
Conservation Council staff were featured in the evening news of New Brunswick’s francophone media this week. French spokesperson, Pascale Ouellette, appeared on Téléjournal Acadie on Nov. 30 to talk about the UN climate change summit happening now in Paris and where New Brunswick stands in Canada for greenhouse gas emissions. Ouellette told Téléjournal Acadie that
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