Conservation Council of New Brunswick

Congrats to our board member Rebeka Frazer-Chiasson!

Congratulations to our board member Rebeka Frazer-Chiasson on being named part of the 2014-15 cohort of young leaders participating in 21inc! 21inc is a non profit organization dedicated to helping young entrepreneurs from Atlantic Canada gain the leadership skills they need to make our region a prosperous, sustainable and resilient global player in the 21st […]

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Let’s Park Ranger! Live music and local beer in support of CCNB!

Join us for an event in downtown Fredericton on Saturday, Nov. 8 to learn more about an exciting television show being developed in New Brunswick and raise funds for the Conservation Council! “Fred and Carl are Park Rangers” is a comedy show about two mismatched park rangers who are forced to work together to save

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Don’t miss out! The clock is ticking on Membership Month at CCNB

November in New Brunswick may have started out all frosty and furious, but all we got is warm fuzzies at the Conservation Council. Why? It’s membership month, of course. We’re only six days in and our members and supporters are responding with their typical charm. Get in on the action alongside your friends and neighbours

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Lois Corbett talks Energy East on CBC Maritime Noon

Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, had the last word during a call-in segment of CBC Radio’s Maritime Noon program on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Corbett talked about the failure of the National Energy Board to consider the climate change impact of TransCanada’s proposed Energy East pipeline project. She said approving

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CCNB outlines concerns over oil pipeline following NEB filing

Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, appeared in New Brunswick print media on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, after TransCanada Corporation filed its proposed oil pipeline application to the National Energy Board. Corbett outlined the Conservation Council’s main concerns with the proposed oil pipeline project. An excerpt of her comments, which appeared

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CCNB’s Lois Corbett talks about Energy East on CBC Information Morning in Moncton

Lois Corbett, executive director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, spoke about the proposed Energy East pipeline during a segment on CBC Moncton’s Information Morning program on Friday, Oct. 31. Corbett said TransCanada’s application to the National Energy Board, filed Thursday, Oct. 30, doesn’t adequately address the concern shared by thousands of Canadians over

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Pipeline project threatens Picture Province’s rivers, streams and iconic Bay of Fundy

 Proposed pipeline would contribute almost twice as much carbon pollution to the air as all of New Brunswick, but climate change ignored in the filing (Fredericton, N.B.) The Executive Director of Conservation Council of New Brunswick says the multiple risks associated with a proposed oil pipeline from Alberta to Saint John could put thousands of

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CCNB’s Lois Corbett available to comment on TransCanada’s application to NEB

Media Advisory Attention News Editors: The Conservation Council of New Brunswick’s Executive Director, Lois Corbett, will be available for media interviews following a quick review of the documents released today by the National Energy Board with respect to TransCanada’s proposed Energy East pipeline project. Key Issues of Concern: Can we handle a spill? New Brunswick

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CCNB’s Lois Corbett talks about jobs vs. environment debate on CBC Radio

The Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick participated in a panel discussion that aired Sunday, Oct. 26 on CBC Radio’s Atlantic Voices program. The topic was the age-old jobs versus the environment debate: do environmental concerns have to take a backseat to economic development, or can the two coexist? Lois Corbett spoke

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