Corey Robichaud

Where our forest is being sprayed this summer

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”139434″ img_size=”700 x 400″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The map showing where the forests will be sprayed with herbicides during summer 2018 is now available. Forestry companies spray large swaths of clearcuts with products containing glyphosate — a chemical linked to cancer and a slew of other health problems — beginning in July and continued through August. The full 2018 […]

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Job posting: Learning Outside Project Assistant (20 hrs per week)

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The Conservation Council of New Brunswick is a non-profit organization that creates awareness of environmental problems and advances practical solutions through research, education and interventions. The Learning Outside project  emerged out of our recognition that children today have less opportunity to explore and learn in the natural world than earlier generations.  The Learning Outside project aims to

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Climate change to cause more blue-green algae outbreaks, UNB biologist says

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An expert on cyanobacteria says we can expect to experience more blue-green algae outbreaks as rising temperatures and fluctuating weather patterns become the new normal under climate change. Dr. Janice Lawrence, an associate professor of biology at the University of New Brunswick who studies cyanobacteria, says we can expect to more blue-green algae outbreaks as

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EcoNews — Coastal protection, failure to communicate, and paddling the Musquash

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In this edition of EcoNews, we celebrate more than $1.6 million in federal funding for the Peskotomuhkati Nation to restore and protect habitats around the Bay of Fundy; we bring you the highlights from a new report calling for comprehensive water protection laws in N.B.; we bring you an update on the effort to protect historic features

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EcoNews — Herbicide spray season starts, ‘mystery product’ from Irving Oil, and three cheers for Learning Outside

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In this edition of EcoNews, an oil refinery product is released into a Saint John neighbourhood and Irving Oil won’t say what it was; we bring you the first areas slated to be sprayed with herbicides in New Brunswick this summer; share the highlights from this week’s public meeting about the controversial Officers’ Square revitalization in

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EcoNews — Shiny rooftops, kicking plastic pollution, and oh so many events

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In this edition of EcoNews, we give you some highlights from our first-ever and, it turns out, incredibly popular N.B. EcoHomes Tour; we tell you about the plastics charter we signed onto that gives a roadmap to a plastic-waste-free Canada; invite you to a free webinar about the controversial company behind the proposed Sisson Mine;

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“One thing we’ve discovered, solar panels generate really amazing amounts of power”

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Two homeowners featured in our upcoming Passport to a Low Carbon Economy EcoHomes Tour spoke with CBC Shift NB’s Vanessa Vander Valk this week to share their story and let New Brunswickers know how fun and beneficial switching to a more environmentally-friendly lifestyle has been for them. Peeter and Kate Vihvelin live off-grid at their

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