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CCNB calls for reconsideration of Energy East oil pipeline in L’Acadie Nouvelle

CCNB in the News / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

The newspaper L’Acadie Nouvelle ran an article on Feb. 12 about the Conservation Council of New Brunswick’s call for TransCanada Corporation to reconsider the need for its proposed Energy East oil pipeline given the route and details of the project keep changing. CCNB’s call for TransCanada to reconsider the project was also mentioned in an editorial […]

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CCNB recognized as part of award-winning partnership for ecotourism app

Feature, Media Releases / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

FREDERICTON — A ground-breaking partnership between government agencies, recreational groups and environmental NGOs in New Brunswick has received a national award for helping people connect with nature and the outdoors. The groups responsible for ExploreEcoNB, an innovative mobile-mapping application, were presented with the Connected to the Community Award from the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CTWA)

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New Brunswick Francophones deserve all TransCanada’s Energy East documents in French

Media Releases / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

Fredericton — Quebec environmental group, Centre Québécois du droit de l’environment (CQDE), and property owner France Lamonde sought an injunction in a federal court on Tuesday, Feb. 10, to suspend the National Energy Board hearings of the Energy East oil pipeline project for a lack of official documentation in French. The Conservation Council of New Brunswick supports this

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Tracy Glynn on new forestry plan

CCNB in the News / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

Our Forest Conservation Coordinator, Tracy Glynn, was quoted in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal in a story about the new forestry plan that ran on Wednesday, Feb. 11. Glynn spoke of the pressure governments face from forestry companies who want the ability to clear-cut in conservation forest and deer yards, buffer zones along streams and rivers, old forest,

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Forget the National Energy Board — It’s back to the drawing board for TransCanada

Media Releases / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

FREDERICTON — The Conservation Council of New Brunswick says TransCanada Corporation has to head back to the drawing board to patch all the holes that have surfaced in its plans for the proposed Energy East oil pipeline. On Wednesday, Feb. 11, Montreal newspaper La Presse reported that the Alberta-based oil giant had ruled out Cacouna,

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Let’s make fossil fuels history!

CCNB Blog, Feature / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

Money talks, and are we ever loving what it has to say these days. Over the last two years, a combined $50-billion has been divested from the global fossil fuel industry. That means today there is $50 billion less behind the coal, oil and gas companies whose actions threaten the future of our planet and

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Love Your Environment with CCNB!

CCNB Blog, Feature / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

Join us for some photo booth fun at The Northside Market in Fredericton this Valentine’s Day! Love Your Environment is back, a chance to get a few snaps taken with friends, family or loved ones in support of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick. This fundraiser is being organized by students from New Brunswick Community

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CCNB reacts to Trudeau’s carbon pricing proposal

Media Releases / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

FREDERICTON — The Conservation Council of New Brunswick is pleased with Federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s pledge to act on climate change by proposing a carbon pricing framework for the country. Speaking to the Calgary Petroleum Club on Friday, Trudeau proposed a federal carbon pricing framework that would build on the existing carbon pricing programs

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Trudeau commitment to Medicare model to control Canada’s carbon pollution must unleash clean energy resources

Media Releases / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

The following release was issued by Climate Action Network Canada, a coalition of more than 100 organizations working on climate change in Canada, including the Conservation Council of New Brunswick. OTTAWA – Federal Liberal leader Justin Trudeau in a speech today to the Calgary Petroleum Club laid out his plan to get fossil fuel resources

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Tracy Glynn on launch of NEB public participation process

CCNB in the News / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

Tracy Glynn, coordinator of our Forest Conservation and Energy programs, spoke to media following the launch of the National Energy Board’s application to participate in the Energy East oil pipeline hearing. People who are affected by the proposed pipeline or those with relevant knowledge to share about the potential impact of the pipeline have until March

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