Jon MacNeill – CCNB https://www.conservationcouncil.ca Conservation Council of New Brunswick Wed, 13 Nov 2024 20:15:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 New Brunswick has opportunity for leadership as host of Canadian Council of Forest Ministers annual Forest Forum https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/new-brunswick-has-opportunity-for-leadership-as-host-of-canadian-council-of-forest-ministers-annual-forest-forum/ Mon, 08 May 2023 11:54:57 +0000 https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/?p=194151 As New Brunswick hosts forest ministers from across the country in St. Andrews this week, conservation groups are calling on the provincial government to step into its leadership role.]]> Traditional territory of the Wabanaki Peoples/Fredericton — As New Brunswick hosts forest ministers from across the country in St. Andrews this week, conservation groups are calling on the provincial government to step into its leadership role and fulfill previous commitments to climate action for forests, conservation targets, biodiversity and sustainable logging. This needs to be done through…

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]]> Send your letter for secure, affordable and sustainable electricity https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/send-your-letter-for-secure-affordable-and-sustainable-electricity/ Wed, 19 Apr 2023 14:30:57 +0000 https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/?p=192624 You can help secure an affordable, reliable, sustainable, 100 per cent zero-emissions electricity grid across Canada by 2035.]]> Acting on climate channel is how we make life affordable. Join our letter-writing campaign calling on the federal government to implement a strong and effective Clean Electricity Regulation that protects our planet…

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]]> NB Power fossil plants to blame for six per cent increase in planet-warming emissions from New Brunswick in 2021  https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/nb-power-fossil-plants-to-blame-for-six-per-cent-increase-in-planet-warming-emissions-from-new-brunswick-in-2021/ Wed, 19 Apr 2023 12:38:39 +0000 https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/?p=193778 New Brunswick’s greenhouse gas emissions increased 700,000 tonnes from 2020 to 2021, a six per cent increase, due to increased emissions in the electricity sector.]]> Traditional territory of the Wabanaki Peoples/Fredericton — New Brunswick’s greenhouse gas emissions increased 700,000 tonnes from 2020 to 2021, a six per cent increase, due to increased emissions in the electricity sector, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 2023 National Inventory Report 1990 – 2021: Greenhouse Gas Sources and Sinks in Canada.New Brunswick’s planet-warming…

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]]> EcoNews—New Brunswickers’ roadmap to affordable energy https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/econews-new-brunswickers-roadmap-to-affordable-energy/ Thu, 06 Apr 2023 16:58:00 +0000 https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/?p=193915 In this edition of EcoNews, we invite you to add your voice to our citizens’ assembly participants’ statement calling for secure, sustainable and affordable electricity; we bring you our reaction to the federal and provincial budgets out this week (spoiler: big money for clean electricity from the feds, not enough from the province); we celebrate a major step toward protecting the world’s largest…

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]]> Federal budget lays track to a zero-emitting electricity future but fails to signal the end of the fossil fuel age https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/federal-budget-lays-track-to-a-zero-emitting-electricity-future-but-fails-to-signal-the-end-of-the-fossil-fuel-age/ Tue, 28 Mar 2023 23:09:46 +0000 https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/?p=193316 Today’s federal budget should be an invitation to New Brunswick and NB Power to get charged up about zero-emitting electricity, particularly least-cost renewable energy, storage, and transmission, rather than more costly and risky nuclear or shale gas. ]]> Traditional territory of the Wabanaki Peoples/Fredericton — Today’s federal budget should be an invitation to New Brunswick and NB Power to get charged up about zero-emitting electricity, particularly least-cost renewable energy, storage, and transmission, rather than more costly and risky nuclear or shale gas, according to the Conservation Council. “The province should accelerate development of…

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]]> Provincial budget an opportunity to take science seriously, protect the vulnerable and our water https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/provincial-budget-an-opportunity-to-take-science-seriously-protect-the-vulnerable-and-our-water/ Mon, 20 Mar 2023 14:10:37 +0000 https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/?p=192787 “The provincial budget indicates provincial priorities through its planned spending. We need to invest in priorities that make peoples’ lives more affordable, and that includes investments to ensure we use less energy, but also environmental protection and clean up.”]]> Traditional territory of the Wabanaki Peoples/Fredericton — The release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change synthesis report and summary for policymakers is a stark reminder that governments need to invest in cutting pollution and protecting people and ecosystems. The provincial budget, coming tomorrow (March 21) is an opportunity to do just that in New Brunswick.

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]]> Time for realistic N.B. plans for economic, environmental benefits https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/time-for-realistic-n-b-plans-for-economic-environmental-benefits/ Fri, 17 Mar 2023 11:58:03 +0000 https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/?p=192640 “There never was a business, environmental, public health or climate case for the Saint John LNG project, including the unrealistic idea from Premier Higgs that the province would lift the shale gas moratorium to supply the Saint John LNG plant quickly and cost effectively.”]]> Traditional territory of the Wabanaki Peoples/Fredericton — The Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB) and the New Brunswick Anti-Shale Gas Alliance issued the following statement with respect to Repsol SA’s announcement that there is no business case for building an export liquefied natural gas plant at the Saint John LNG location. Premier Blaine Higgs pushed a private-sector company…

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]]> New Brunswick needs to protect people in public housing from radon gas https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/new-brunswick-needs-to-protect-people-in-public-housing-from-radon-gas/ Wed, 08 Mar 2023 12:25:16 +0000 https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/?p=192180 The New Brunswick Coalition for Tenants Rights and the Conservation Council of New Brunswick are calling on the government of New Brunswick to immediately act to protect people in government-run housing from radon gas. ]]> Traditional territory of the Wabanaki Peoples/Fredericton — Following the first installment of Andrew Waugh’s multi-part series published March 7 in the Telegraph-Journal, “Public Housing, and an invisible killer,” the New Brunswick Coalition for Tenants Rights and the Conservation Council of New Brunswick are calling on the government of New Brunswick to immediately act to protect people in…

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]]> ‘High Seas Treaty’ advances protection for largest habitat on Earth https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/high-seas-treaty-advances-protection-for-largest-habitat-on-earth/ Tue, 07 Mar 2023 18:27:57 +0000 https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/?p=192149 This weekend, 20 years of work from scientists, environmentalists, and champion countries culminated in a United Nations agreement on a treaty to protect the high seas.]]> The word ‘historic’ is often used for events that don’t necessarily live up to the gravity of the word, but this isn’t one of those moments.This weekend, 20 years of work from scientists, environmentalists, and champion countries culminated in a United Nations agreement on a treaty to protect the high seas.“There’s no exaggerating it—this is a truly historic moment that will bring ocean protection…

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]]> Investigate glyphosate connection to mystery brain disease: Neurologist https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/investigate-glyphosate-connection-to-mystery-brain-disease-neurologist/ Thu, 02 Mar 2023 14:59:16 +0000 https://www.conservationcouncil.ca/?p=191962 The neurologist who first raised the possibility of a mysterious neurological disease in New Brunswick is now urging the federal government to test the environment for glyphosate, suspecting the widely-used herbicide is connected to the disease cluster in the Moncton and Acadian Peninsula areas.

]]> The neurologist who first raised the possibility of a mysterious neurological disease in New Brunswick is now urging the federal government to test the environment for glyphosate, suspecting the widely-used herbicide is connected to the disease cluster in the Moncton and Acadian Peninsula areas.The Guardian and Telegraph-Journal reported this morning, March 2, that neurologist Dr.

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