Tracy Glynn, the Conservation Council’s Forest Conservation Coordinator, was featured in the top story of CBC New Brunswick’s evening news program on Wednesday, June 28, a feature about the widely-used herbicide glyphosate. In July, California will add glyphosate — the active ingredient in the popular herbicide Roundup (and its forest cousin Vision) — to its […]
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You see all those extra seedlings popping up around your garden? Don’t let a good pollinator go to waste! Drop-off any native pollinator plants you can spare at the Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Center at 139 Water St., St. Andrews, and help support the creation of three new pollinator-friendly gardens for our little ones at
The Conservation Council’s Executive Director, Lois Corbett, is calling for caution and transparency after the federal government gave its approval of the proposed open-pit Sisson Mine near Stanley. Corbett told CBC Radio’s Information Morning Fredericton on Monday, June 26 that many details surrounding the project — such as the specific design of the tailings dam
New Brunswick needs to establish a set of coastal protection laws to properly keep our beaches safe and avoid another contamination issue as experienced at Parlee Beach last summer. That was our Executive Director Lois Corbett’s message in a feature news article published by the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal on Saturday, June 24. Noting the province
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Fredericton, June 20, 2017 – New Brunswick’s Auditor General, Kim MacPherson, released the first volume her annual report this week, including a 43-page chapter on climate change action in New Brunswick. According to the report, New Brunswick is on track to meet its 2020 target for greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions, but will miss its 2030 and
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June 20, 2017 — New Brunswick Auditor General Kim MacPherson released the first volume of the 2017 New Brunswick Auditor General Report today, including an assessment of New Brunswick’s progress toward reducing greenhouse gases and adapting to climate change. Speaking to the Telegraph-Journal the day before the report came out, our Executive Director, Lois Corbett,
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In reaction to the news that Irving Oil is asking the National Energy Board not to conduct its own assessment of tanker traffic and downstream emission for the Energy East pipeline and marine export project, Matt Abbott, the Conservation Council’s Fundy Baykeeper told CBC on June 16 that failing to have a public process to examine
In this edition of EcoNews, our executive director Lois Corbett invites you, in the wake of World Oceans Day, to learn more about what a comprehensive set of coastal protection laws would look like for New Brunswick; we give you a glimpse at what the Mount Polley tailings disaster has to teach us about possible
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As of this morning, St. Andrews-by-the Sea is ranked #2 in the race for top 10 USA Today’s Reader’s Choice nominees for best destination in Canada 2017, challenging larger cities like Montreal and Quebec City, and proving the value of Atlantic Canada’s coastal communities. A round of applause for the St. Andrews locals for making
In this week’s edition of EcoNews we invite you to learn more about how Marine Protected Areas can promote sustainable coastal economies and thriving habitats for wildlife, bring you our initial reaction to U.S. President Donald Trump’s Paris Accord announcement today, an update on the largest solar array in New Brunswick, an opportunity for you
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