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Conservation Council’s recommendations on how to respond to ice storms

Following the January ice storm that left over 130,000 New Brunswickers without power, the province has announced public meetings allowing participants to share their experiences and ideas on the response to the January ice storm will take place between April 3 to 6 in Bas-Caraquet, Lamèque, Miramichi, Richibucto, and Tracadie. NOTICE! Participants that want to can also share […]

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Mt. A. student victory, Sackville says no to Energy East pipeline

*Guest Blog written by Bruce Wark and first published by The Wark Times A group of Mount Allison students were all smiles on Feb. 14, 2017, after Sackville Town Council voted 5-3 to oppose the Energy East oil pipeline. The students, who were enrolled last fall in an environmental activism course taught by Professor Brad Walters,

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Fredericton residents challenged to ‘Tug of Wards’ community survey contest!

Fredericton Mayor Mike O’Brien is inviting Fredericton residents to compete in a friendly competition that’s putting the city’s 12 Wards head-to-head in a survey-taking battle royal aptly named the “Tug of Wards!” Fredericton Mayor Mike O’Brien announced the competition as a way to help the Imagine Fredericton Team plan Fredericton the city’s growth over the next

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NB and Maine announce new study on the effect of forestry management on deer population

University of New Brunswick researchers are teaming up with Department of Energy and Resource Development scientists, the State of Maine, the University of Maine and JD Irving to study our region’s whitetail deer populations. The announcement of a joint study on whitetail deer populations in New Brunswick and Maine came in response to a petition

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Lois Corbett reacts to Budget 2017-18

The Conservation Council’s Lois Corbett spoke with Adam Huras from the Telegraph-Journal about the government’s missed opportunity to focus on energy efficiency and climate change in the 2017-18 budget. “The government missed an important opportunity when it chose not to increase spending to help low-income families and seniors invest in energy efficiency retrofits for their

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“It was the right decision. The process was broken,” says CCNB Fundy Baykeeper on NEB decision to restart Energy East Review

Weeks after we requested that the East Energy review start anew, Conservation Council’s Fundy Baykeeper Matt Abbott spoke with Simon Delattre of l’Acadie Nouvelle where he applauded the National Energy Board decision to restart the East Energy from the ground up. “The process was broken. All decisions were suspect, forming a new committee was the

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World Wetlands Day 2017 – Celebrate with a Virtual Tour of New Brunswick Wetlands!

You can’t walk far in New Brunswick without getting your feet wet. New Brunswick’s wetlands can be beautiful, peaceful, full of life and they are critical to our forests, our coastlines and our marine waters. They deserve to be protected and they deserve to be celebrated. That’s why, in honour of World Wetlands Day, Feb. 2, the

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CCNB’s Fundy Baykeeper calls for NEB reform before the review moves forward

CCNB’s Fundy Baykeeper applauds restart of Energy East Pipeline Review and calls for a reform of the NEB before the review moves forward The Conservation Council of New Brunswick’s Fundy Baykeeper applauds the National Energy Board’s decision on Friday to restart the Energy East review process. “This is an important decision, but not an unexpected

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Breaking news — pipeline board orders a reset on Energy East, and high level cabinet committee on climate plan announced

The National Energy Board panel reviewing the Energy East (EE) pipeline project ruled on Friday that all decisions made by the previous panel members, who recused themselves in September last year are void and will be removed from the official hearing record. Former EE Panel members Roland George, Lyne Mercier and Jacques Gauthier stepped down from their positions

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