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New Report For Market Recommendations Ranks Atlantic Canadian Farmed Salmon As “Avoid”

Media Releases / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

Chemical Use, Escapes, and Disease Continue to Pose a Threat to the Marine Environment and Endangered Wild Salmon Populations, According to New Seafood Watch Report FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 2, 2016 Halifax (NS), St. Andrews (NB) and Vancouver (BC) — Open net-pen Atlantic salmon remains on the “Avoid” list after a new assessment outlines the […]

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It sure feels like Groundhog Day

CCNB Blog / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

Today marks two calendar milestones — World Wetlands Day and Groundhog Day. Of course, for New Brunswickers who have been waiting eagerly for a comprehensive wetlands strategy these past six years, one of these milestones is more fitting of our province than the other. Consider the following timeline breaking down the saga of wetlands management in

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CCNB celebrates World Wetlands Day with virtual tour of NB wetlands

Media Releases / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

FREDERICTON — In honour of World Wetlands Day (Feb. 2), the Conservation Council of New Brunswick and New Brunswick wildlife and conservation photographer Nick Hawkins have released a virtual tour of NB wetlands. The tour will be available through the Conservation Council’s website using this link [not active until tomorrow at 7 a.m.]: http://www.conservationcouncil.ca/world-wetlands-day-ccnb-celebrates-with-a-virtual-tour-of-new-brunswick-wetlands/ “You can’t walk

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Fundy Baykeeper talks Energy East risks on CBC’s Maritime Connection

CCNB in the News / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

Fundy Baykeeper Matt Abbott joined host Preston Mulligan for CBC radio’s hour-long call-in show, Maritime Connection, on Sunday, Jan. 31. The topic for the show was, “Does building the Energy East pipeline make sense for the Maritimes?” Abbott talked about the many risks TransCanada’s bitumen pipeline proposal poses to the Bay of Fundy and existing

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Corbett speaks with CTV News on new pipeline rules

CCNB in the News / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

Executive Director Lois Corbett appeared on CTV News Atlantic on Thursday, Jan. 28. Corbett told reporter Michael Cameron that she welcomed the new requirements for pipeline megaprojects announced earlier this week by Ministers McKenna and Carr. “The day before yesterday when we looked at pipeline projects we only looked at the pipe itself, only the

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Live Wild — Together for New Brunswick Biodiversity

CCNB Blog, Feature / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

The importance of our province’s biodiversity needs more attention, so we are thrilled to be part of the team that worked on a logo to create more awareness of our plants and wildlife and to build public interest in preserving them. The logo was developed as an initiative of the NB Biodiversity Collaborative with the

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“I like this approach moving forward” — CCNB responds to new requirements for pipeline projects

CCNB in the News / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

Executive Director Lois Corbett spoke with the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal following the announcement from federal cabinet ministers Jim Carr and Catherine McKenna about critical new rules for pipeline and energy projects. See our official response to the new requirements here. In article published Thursday, Jan. 28, Corbett told the Telegraph-Journal she welcomed the new rules. “Today,

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Statement on critical changes to pipeline/energy project assessment

Media Releases / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

FREDERICTON — Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, issued this statement following the announcement today from Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr and Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna: “We want to congratulate Ministers Carr and McKenna for using both common sense and a comprehensive understanding of the

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Audit reveals half of pipeline projects failed to meet conditions of approval

CCNB Blog, Feature / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

In her 2015 Fall Reports presented to Parliament today, the federal Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development says that half the pipeline projects her office examined hadn’t met the conditions placed on their approval. It was just one of the gaps commissioner Julie Gelfand found while looking at the National Energy Board’s oversight of federally-regulated

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Lantern Snowshoe Hike

CCNB Blog, Feature / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

Join us for a wonderful evening of snowshoeing through the woodland trails at Elmhurst Outdoors at our first-ever Lantern Snowshoe Hike fundraiser on Saturday, Feb. 27. The hike will be followed by a delicious home-made soup, biscuit, dessert and hot drink at the warm and cozy Elmhurt Outdoors Lodge in Kingston Peninsula. Elmhurst Outdoors is a

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