North Atlantic right whales are dying faster than they can reproduce. With less than 350
remaining, these great whales rarely die of natural causes. Instead, they are run over by
ships or suffer lethal injuries from fishing gear.
Conservation Council Partners To Present Award-Winning Right Whale Documentary Read More »
Often ‘upstaged’ in the public eye by their larger, more charismatic marine neighbours, forage fish are critical to the health of our ocean ecosystem.
Protecting The Unsung Heroes Of The Ocean Read More »
The beautiful and buzzing mixed-wood Acadian forest of the Maritimes is dependent on pollinators such as bumblebees. The native black cherry and basswood trees require insect pollination, as do native shrubs such as hazelnut and staghorn sumac, native flowers such as spring beauty and trilliums, and native berries such as blueberries and cranberries. Scientists point
Celebrate #WorldBeeDay by planting a feast for our bees! Read More »
Below is a letter sent by St. Mary’s First Nation Chief Candice Paul on behalf Chief Shelley Sabattis, Chief Gabby Atwin, Chief Ross Perley and Chief Patricia Bernard on June 29, 2017 explaining important details about the Sisson Mine Accommodation agreement. To the editors of the CBC and reporter Robert Jones: We are concerned with
Maliseet Chiefs respond to CBC story on Sisson Read More »
Last week, the Expert Panel for the Review of Environmental Assessment Processes report, Building Common Ground: A New Vision for Impact Assessment in Canada, was released. The Report sets out recommendations for how the federal environmental assessment (EA) process should be reformed. Public comments are due by May 5, 2017, and can be submitted at
The five-member expert panel, set up by Federal Natural Resources Minister James Carr to provide advice on how best to modernize the National Energy Board (NEB), heard from the Conservation Council at its meeting in Saint John in March. Conservation Council’s Fundy Baykeeper Matt Abbott and volunteer Scott Kidd wrote the submission. The Expert Panel
Conservation Council presentation to Expert Panel on modernizing energy board Read More »
Carbon pricing. For some people the idea triggers thoughts of positive solutions to climate change; for others, the words trigger thoughts of negative effects on personal costs and lifestyle choices; for many people, both responses are triggered. Can we talk about carbon pricing in ways that keep the door open to dialogue and increase understanding
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There has been much written on New Brunswick’s surface water. We should protect it. We should sell it. We should use it for fracking, tourism, or just simply leave it be for its own sake. Everyone has an opinion. One thing, though—people in general do not have a handle on the state of our province’s
Time for water classification is now Read More »
Dr. Louise Comeau, our Conservation Council’s Climate Change and Energy Solutions Director and Fundy Baykeeper, Matt Abbott, wrote an opinion piece published in the Nov 14, 2016 Telegraph Journal’s Pipeline Battlelines Commentary series looking at the future of the proposed Energy East Pipeline. “To bring it home in hockey terms, how should our government make
Pass the puck forward: CCNB on Energy East Pipeline Read More »
November 4, 2016 The landmark global accord to reduce carbon pollution officially enters into force today, requiring almost 200 countries worldwide, including China, the United States, India and Canada, to act on the commitments their leaders first pledged when negotiating the Paris Agreement in December, 2015. Worldwide, leaders and climate activists have turned to social
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