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Send your letter to protect the Nashwaak Watershed from Sisson mine waste

Webinars & Events, Feature, CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Community, Forest Conservation, Freshwater Protection / Corey Robichaud

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”141015″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text] New Brunswickers have one final opportunity to tell the federal government to keep fish-bearing brooks off the list for the proposed Sisson Mine’s waste dam. The companies behind the proposed mine are in the final stages of applying for permission to dump mining waste into portions of Bird Brook and […]

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EcoNews — Fracking follies, Eco-Heroes on set, and beating plastic pollution on Land and Sea

CCNB Blog, EcoNews / Corey Robichaud

In this edition of EcoNews, we bring you an informative commentary from our friend Jim Emberger about the oil and gas industry’s penchant for over-promising, under-delivering, and racking up loads of debt (and environmental messes) in the process; we bring you a breakdown of a new forestry model proposed for Nova Scotia that would see

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Job posting: Gulf of Saint Lawrence Fisheries Specialist

CCNB Blog, Climate and Jobs, Marine Conservation / Corey Robichaud

Full-time Contract Position: Gulf of Saint Lawrence Fisheries Specialist Background: Established in 1969, the Conservation Council of New Brunswick has remained the province’s leading public advocate for environmental protection. A member of the UN’s Global 500 Roll of Honour, we work to find practical solutions to help families and citizens, educators, governments and businesses protect

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Fresh tomatoes in January, anyone?

Uncategorized / Corey Robichaud

New Brunswick PhD student’s ‘climate battery’ greenhouse grows fresh produce year-round The food we eat has a substantial impact on the environment, therefore sustainable food production is a fundamental aspect of addressing climate change. Eating locally grown food is a great way to support climate-smart agriculture, and to mitigate the environmentally-destructive impacts of large-scale food

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EcoNews — Keeping a close eye on Irving, the growing costs of climate change, and back in the fight to keep N.B. frack-free

CCNB Blog, EcoNews / Corey Robichaud

In this edition of EcoNews, we bring you strong reaction from Environment Canada and our Fundy Baykeeper as a plea deal is reached in Irving Pulp and Paper’s latest pollution case; we bring you a great read — and timely reminder — that the moratorium on fracking is smart public policy; we share two op-eds

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EcoNews — Irving’s pollution plea, Canada’s corporate litterbugs, and – finally – something we can all agree on

EcoNews / Corey Robichaud

In this edition of EcoNews, we give you everything you need to write your MLA and political party leaders to show your support for protecting land and water in N.B.; we bring you the bizarro-world plea deal Irving is proposing after pleading guilty to once again polluting a national heritage river; we share the findings

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One thing we can all agree on: protecting nature in N.B.

CCNB Blog, Feature, Forest Conservation, Freshwater Protection, Marine Conservation / Corey Robichaud

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_raw_html]JTNDc2NyaXB0JTIwdHlwZSUzRCUyMnRleHQlMkZqYXZhc2NyaXB0JTIyJTIwc3JjJTNEJTIyJTJGY2NuYi1pbmNsdWRlcyUyRm1sYS1mb3JtLmpzJTIyJTNFJTIwJTNDJTJGc2NyaXB0JTNFJTBBJTNDbGluayUyMHJlbCUzRCUyMnN0eWxlc2hlZXQlMjIlMjB0eXBlJTNEJTIydGV4dCUyRmNzcyUyMiUyMGhyZWYlM0QlMjIlMkZjY25iLWluY2x1ZGVzJTJGbWxhLWZvcm0uY3NzJTIyJTNF[/vc_raw_html][vc_single_image image=”140167″ img_size=”1600×900″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] New Brunswick may be facing an uncertain political future, but there is one topic that all New Brunswick MLAs, new and old, can agree on: the need to protect nature and the natural beauty of our province. Right now, 95 per cent of New Brunswick’s land and water is unprotected, leaving vital

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Most plastic waste in Canada leads back to these 5 companies

CCNB Blog, Community, Feature, Marine Conservation / Corey Robichaud

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] From wrinkled, old Tim Hortons coffee cups to crumpled candy wrappers, mangled Pepsi bottles and empty, waterworn cigarette packs — we’ve all noticed the glint of iconic logos mixed among the grass, half-buried in the sand and rocks at the beach, or tangled in trees along your favourite trail. But how often do we

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EcoNews — Herbicide spraying near your favourite NB lake, new forest conservation areas, and a good day for bees and butterflies

CCNB Blog, EcoNews / Corey Robichaud

In this edition of EcoNews, we break down the 2018 herbicide spray map to identify the spraying hotspots near popular New Brunswick lakes this summer; we take a closer look at the provincial government’s announcement about changes to Crown forest management in New Brunswick; we celebrate a proposal to get rid of bee-killing pesticides in

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2018 spraying hotspots near New Brunswick rivers

Uncategorized / Corey Robichaud

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Conservation Council of New Brunswick

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