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The Select Committee on Climate Change releases schedule for public consultations

The Select Committee on Climate Change, an all-party committee of the Legislative Assembly, is responsible for consulting the public and interested stakeholders on the issues raised in the discussion guide entitled Building a Stronger New Brunswick Response to Climate Change. The purpose of the discussion guide is to help begin a dialogue on how New Brunswickers […]

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Five-hour chase through the Bay of Fundy ends with NB Fishermen rescuing endangered right whale

CCNB Blog / Corey Robichaud

Imagine one of the last remaining right whales in the Bay of Fundy – both its head and body trapped and twisted-up in loop after loop of thin sharp polyblend fishing line cutting into its skin. This was the scene near in the waters near Campobello Island last Saturday, when one of the last remaining

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Day #1 at Energy East NEB sessions in Fredericton

CCNB Blog / Corey Robichaud

Today in Fredericton, the National Energy Board panel heard from representatives from the communities of Edmundston, Plaster Rock and Upper Miramichi; the Miramichi Valley Business Association; the Government of New Brunswick and the New Brunswick Aboriginal Peoples Council. Concerns raised today include: The community of Edmundston recently passed a formal resolution that strongly opposes any

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Dr. Louise Comeau on Fredericton breaking record of heat alerts this summer

CCNB in the News / Corey Robichaud

The Conservation Council’s Director of Climate Change and Energy Solutions, Dr. Louise Comeau, was quoted in article published on August 12, 2016 in Daily Gleaner on Fredericton’s record number of heat alerts issued this past month. “The number of days reaching above 30 degrees Celsius is only going to continue to grow in the province

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Conservation Council to address NEB panel session on Energy East in Saint John

Media Releases / Corey Robichaud

MEDIA ADVISORY August 8, 2016 Contact Info: Mike Girard, Communications Director O: 506-458-874 / C: 506-999-6431 WHEN: Tuesday, August 9, 2016 WHERE: Hilton Saint John, Loyalist Room, Market Square, Saint John WHO: Lois Corbett, Executive Director, Conservation Council of New Brunswick Matt Abbott, Fundy Baykeeper, Conservation Council of New Brunswick WHAT: Lois Corbett and Matt

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“You can’t avoid climate change,” says CCNB’s Fundy Baykeeper on the Energy East Pipeline

CCNB in the News / Corey Robichaud

Yesterday morning, Matt Abbott, Fundy Baykeeper for the Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB) and one of the speakers presenting at the National Energy Board panel sessions on the Energy East pipeline was a guest on CBC’s Information Morning with Stephan Wedd. During the interview, Abbott raised a number of concerns about Energy East pipeline the

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“Don’t risk current jobs, sustainable jobs, for jobs that are short—term,” CCNB’s Lois Corbett on Energy East Pipeline

CCNB in the News / Corey Robichaud

Yesterday morning, Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB) was a guest on CBC’s Information Morning with Harry Forestell. During the interview, Lois said the NEB suffers from a credibility gap that it needs to address. “Credible science, and credible testimony presented transparently to the public, is a must,” Corbett said.

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“Making the money through the Energy East pipeline, puts at risks a lot of other economic opportunities,” says CCNB Fundy Baykeeper

CCNB in the News / Corey Robichaud

Yesterday evening, Matt Abbott, Fundy Baykeeper of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB) and one of the speakers presenting at the National Energy Board panel sessions today was a guest on CTV Atlantic with Steve Murphy. He says we need to look at both sides of the ledger — jobs at risks in fisheries

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Sustainably farmed eggs, sunny-side-up and with no emissions

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy / Corey Robichaud

Whenever someone asks me how I like my eggs, I tell them with, “I like my eggs free-ranged, sunny side-up, bottom-browned, and sprinkled with pinch of salt and pepper.” But thanks to the Brant Hutterite Colony’s push to produce to 13,000 eggs a day in Alberta without producing any greenhouse gas emissions, diners there might

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NB uses more glyphosate in forestry than anywhere else in Canada

CCNB in the News, Marine Conservation / Corey Robichaud

Conservation Council of New Brunswick forest program director, Tracy Glynn, was featured in a CBC story about the release of a new report by the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health (OCMOH). “It confirms our worst fears that New Brunswick is [using glyphosate], more than any other province, at a more intense rate in forestry,” said

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