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That’s worth celebrating: CCNB’s Tracy Glynn on 5 Days for the Forest

Conservation Council of New Brunswick forest program director, Tracy Glynn, spoke with Mark Kilfoil in an recent episode of CHSR’s 97.9 Lunchbox about the Conservation Council’s first-ever 5 Days for the Forest. The festival marks National Forest Week (Sept. 19-24, 2016) and and takes place in Fredericton. The forest festival will celebrate our diverse mixed-wood forest, wildlife and […]

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Forest flicks with CCNB: Join us for a film screening of A Beautiful Forest

Join us for a documentary about the story of our forest as told by Maliseet, Mi’kmaq and Passamaquoddy elders. As part of our celebration of the 5 Days for the Forest, the Conservation Council and Cinema Politica Fredericton are screening A Beautiful Forest by the Aboriginal Peoples’ Television Network (APTN). The film includes the thoughts

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Increased oil tanker traffic will impact fisheries

Saint John — The Conservation Council’s Fundy Baykeeper  Matt Abbott was quoted in a CBC article published on August 12, 2016 on the expected increase in tanker traffic in the Bay of Fundy if the National Energy Board approves Energy East pipeline project. During the NEB panel sessions held in Saint John earlier that week,

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Clean energy opportunities missed due to oil & gas focus, says CCNB president

Yesterday, the president of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick was quoted in two articles,  in which she warned the Legislative Assembly’s select committee on climate change that New Brunswick has missed clean energy opportunities more than once because of the province’s obsession with the oil and gas industry. Global News and CHSJ both reported

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 Dr. Louise Comeau on federal push to accelerate phasing-out of coal power

The Conservation Council’s Director of Climate Change and Energy Solutions, Dr. Louise Comeau, was quoted in article published on August 12, 2016 in the Globe and Mail on the federal government’s push to accelerate phasing-out of coal power as part of its pan-Canadian climate strategy. “It has to be managed, but managed it must be,” said

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Iron & Earth: Workers take charge in the transition to renewable energy

  Have you heard of Iron & Earth? It’s an organization led by Canada’s oil sands workers that came together in the spring of 2015 when oil prices began to drop and workers were facing mass layoffs in the Alberta oil sands. The workers, including boiler makers, electricians, pipe fitters and iron workers, want to

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