This blog is the second in a series about our pollinator garden at Conserver House. You can find our first blog here. With the completion of our new ramp and stairs thanks to Peter Cote, we began the preparation and planting of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick’s urban pollinator garden. The garden is being […]
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FREDERICTON — Today the Minister of Energy and Mines, Donald Arseneault, released the draft regulation to allow small-scale renewable energy generation projects in New Brunswick. The regulation is available online for 30 days of public input. Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, issued the following statement: “I’m pleased to see
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FREDERICTON — Five eastern premiers and six U.S. states agreed to a regional target of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 35-45 per cent before 1990 levels by 2030 at the conference of the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG/ECP) this weekend. Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FREDERICTON — Stephanie Merrill, the Conservation Council of New Brunswick’s Freshwater Protector Program Director, issued the following statement in response to the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission’s review that determined hydraulic fracturing activities triggered an earthquake in northeastern B.C. last year: Now we have another piece of scientific evidence showing that fracking
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The New Brunswick ombudsman is now looking into whether the provincial government should conduct its own environmental impact assessment of TransCanada’s proposed Energy East bitumen pipeline, like the province of Quebec is doing. The office of the Ombudsman will investigate why jurisdictions like Quebec are doing their own independent environmental assessment of the mega project while New
Amazing news! Today the Canadian Medical Association — representing more than 80,000 medical professionals across the country — voted to divest from companies whose primary business relies upon fossil fuels! What’s more, the CMA will look at moving its investments into renewable energy solutions! This kind of support from the Canadian medical community in the fight against
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Yesterday we were sent this spectacular video of a humpback whale breaching the surface of the Bay of Fundy from Toronto resident Sandy Seliga. Sandy was vacationing in Atlantic Canada and had whale watching on her bucket list — safe to say she can check that item off her list after a sighting like this!
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This commentary appeared in the Monday, Aug. 24 edition of the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal and the Thursday, Sept. 17 edition of The Daily Gleaner. BY MATTHEW ABBOTT The Energy East Pipeline project, a proposal of Alberta-based TransCanada Corporation, would make gamblers of us all. A single tanker spill of oilsands bitumen in the Bay of Fundy
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The Conservation Council’s new report about the risks posed by TransCanada’s Energy East Pipeline to existing jobs and the environment in the Bay of Fundy-Gulf of Maine was covered by more than 100 media outlets across Canada and internationally. Coverage of the report appeared on the cover of the Thursday, Aug. 20 edition of the
Yesterday afternoon our Fundy Baykeeper Matt Abbott spoke with Vanessa Vander Valk of CBC Shift about the new report we released exploring the risks posed to the Bay of Fundy-Gulf of Maine ecosystem. Listen to the full interview here (length 13:09)
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