Louise Comeau, the Conservation Council of New Brunswick’s Climate and Energy Solutions Director, spoke with Harry Forestell in an interview with CBC on Dec 8th, where she set the record straight on the long-term cost and savings associated with the government’s pledge to go carbon-neutral by 2030. “When we generate carbon pollution, it’s really because […]
Matt Abbott, Fundy Baykeeper at the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, was quoted in an article by the Chronicle Herald published on Dec 7, as saying that Senate report’s proposal to move the current route ending from Bay of Fundy to Nova Scotia isn’t really a solution – it’s just shift some of the risk.
PRESS RELEASE New Brunswick’s Climate Action Plan Lays the Foundation for Clean Job Creation December 7, 2016 Fredericton – The Government has listened to New Brunswickers and delivered a credible Climate Action Plan that has all the elements needed for effective implementation: commitments to Premier-led governance, target-driven policies, and sources of funding to support programs
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Fredericton – A strong majority of Canadians support new regulations on energy efficiency, cleaner fuels and renewable energy, says a comprehensive new poll conducted by researchers at the University of Montreal. With only four days until Canada’s First Ministers are expected to release the details of a national climate plan, the survey of over 1,200
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Dr. Louise Comeau, our Conservation Council’s Climate Change and Energy Solutions Director spoke with Terry Seguin on Information Morning Fredericton on the 22nd about the federal government’s announcement to phase-out coal-fired electricity by 2030. “You need to think about the entire electricity system and look at how do we manage the transition to a clean
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What: Dr. Louise Comeau, the Conservation Council’s Director of Climate Change and Energy Solutions, will be available to respond to questions about a new report, Out with the coal, in with the new: National benefits of an accelerated phase-out of coal-fired power. The report will be released in Ottawa by the Pembina Institute in collaboration with CCNB
CCNB’s Weekend Movie Pick: Follow Leonardo DiCaprio in Before the Flood, a fresh new documentary on climate change released earlier this week,and watch as he travels the globe in a quest to show us the real-life effects affects of climate change, the real people it’s affecting and what must be done today to limit the risks
Matt Abbott, the Conservation Council’s Fundy Baykeeper, attended a lively open house by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) on how to best protect the Bay of Fundy in St. George on Oct. 26, 2016. “The Bay of Fundy is a special place. I think all of us that live here know it,” Abbott
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Lois Corbett, Executive Director for the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, was quoted in an interview on CBC’s Information morning with Terry Seguin published on Oct 19, as saying that the Twin Rivers pulp and paper mill in Edmundston should have done a better job at notifying people it had a leak. “The company to its
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October 19, 2016 Fredericton – Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, issued the following statement in response to the announcement of New Brunswick’s Local Food and Beverage Strategy by Agriculture, Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Rick Doucet on Oct. 19. We agree with Minister Doucet when he says the action plan will
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