TransCanada’s Energy East Pipeline project poses significant risks to the unique marine environment of the Bay of Fundy-Gulf of Maine, putting existing jobs in fisheries and tourism at risk, and threatening the habitat of marine mammals and seabirds, including the recovery of the North Atlantic right whale, the most endangered large whale in the world. […]
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The current route for TransCanada’s Energy East Pipeline will cross waterways in New Brunswick 281 times. While all of these waterways are ecologically important to the larger watersheds and valued by many people, some of these crossings are at our most notable waterways, including the Madawaska, Tobique, Canaan, Kennebecasis – all major tributaries of the St. John
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FREDERICTON — Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of the Ombudsman of New Brunswick’s report on the Department of Environment’s management of the Water Classification Program. The report provided evidence showing the department and successive government ministers intentionally failed to enforce the program for more than a decade. The Water Classification Program was introduced in 2002
This blog is the first in a series about our pollinator garden at Conserver House. You can find the second blog here. Last week our interns Aliza, Olivia and Karyn traveled to David Smith’s garden to learn more about native plant species in New Brunswick. David operates Save A (Native) Plant in Fredericton, a nursery dedicated
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Roughly 50 people joined our Fundy Baykeeper Matt Abbott on Saturday, July 18 for the annual Musquash Paddle. Overcast skies provided the perfect conditions for a trek through the stunning flora, friendly wildlife, historic wrecks, and beautifully-preserved salt marsh of the Bay of Fundy’s Musquash Estuary. As always, the event attracted many return paddlers along with a
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Executive Director Lois Corbett spoke with the Moncton Times & Transcript about the provincial government’s proposed electronics recycling program for an article published on Tuesday, July 27. By the fall of 2016, the province is aiming to launch an e-waste recycling program that would operate similar to the beverage container program. Consumers pay a small fee
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…if you won a freezer stocked full of delicious local food! That’s the case for Ann Beers of the Moncton area, the winner of our first-ever Local Food Spring Raffle! Earlier this summer, we sold tickets on a brand new vertical freezer full of local food and products. Ann was the lucky winner and received
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Executive Director Lois Corbett spoke with the CBC’s Kate Letterick for an article on the province’s proposed electronic waste recycling program, which ran on Monday, July 27. The provincial government is considering changes under the Clean Environment Act that would create a program for the proper disposal of electronics, such as televisions, computers, digital cameras and
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