In just a couple weeks, thousands of Canadians will gather in Quebec City to march for a solution to climate change. Will you join them? Save the date: April 11, 2015. That’s the Saturday before some of Canada’s premiers are getting together for a special meeting on climate change. When they arrive, we want to […]
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Living in New Brunswick, there is no way around it — we owe so many of our good, most cherished moments to our water. Think of rock-skipping competitions with yours friends by the brook growing up. Or navigating narrow trails to cast a few lines at your town’s prized fishing hole. Remember pond hockey in
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Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, spoke to media this week following statements from Premier Brian Gallant that the wood allotment for private industry as laid out in the controversial 2014 forestry strategy will not change. Facing heavy questioning from opposition on the forestry file, Gallant told the Legislative Assembly on Thursday, March 19 that the
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Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, sat down with CBC Fredericton Information Morning host Terry Seguin on March 12 to discuss how a carbon tax could be used as a fair and effective tool for reducing pollution in New Brunswick. You can listen to the entire interview here. We’ve pulled out some highlights below: Corbett talks
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The following is a commentary written by Adam Scott, the Climate & Energy Program Manager with Environmental Defence, which originally appeared at The Hill Times Online on Monday, March 9. We post it here with permission from the author. By ADAM SCOTT TORONTO—The regulatory process that reviews energy projects in Canada has always had problems. But since
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FREDERICTON — Proposed new aquaculture regulations will face scrutiny before a senate committee meeting today after a coalition of fishers, fishing associations, business leaders and scientists have said the changes would harm marine environments and wild fisheries such as salmon and lobster. The Conservation Council of New Brunswick’s Fundy Baykeeper, Matt Abbott, will be watching
The Conservation Council of New Brunswick appeared in several media outlets following the deadline for groups and individuals to apply to participate in the National Energy Board’s review of the proposed Energy East oil pipeline. Our Executive Director Lois Corbett and Fundy Baykeeper Matt Abbott appeared in a March 4 article in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. Read
Our President, Liane Thibodeau, spoke with the host of Le réveil Nouveau-Brunswick on March 3 about the work currently underway at the Conservation Council of New Brunswick. Liane spoke about CCNB’s commitment to promote, support and help develop a green economy for New Brunswick, based in renewable energy technologies and energy efficiency. Listen to the radio interview
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Our executive director, Lois Corbett, appeared in a story by CBC New Brunswick’s Julianne Hazlewood about New Brunswick being on track to miss its greenhouse gas reduction targets. In the latest climate action plan, the province committed to reducing greenhouse gases to 10 per cent below 1990 levels by 2020. While we were on track
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FREDERICTON — The Conservation Council of New Brunswick has applied to be an intervenor in the National Energy Board’s review of the proposed Energy East oil pipeline. It is one of nearly 1,000 groups and individuals to apply to participate in the review of TransCanada Corporation’s proposal to build a 4,600-kilometre oil pipeline from the
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