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Comeau comments on NB Power’s energy efficiency program for homeowners

The Conservation Council’s Louise Comeau, Director of Climate and Energy Solutions, recently spoke to CBC New Brunswick about the recent surge of interest in NB Power’s Total Home Energy Savings Program. The program helps New Brunswickers get an energy audit of their home and offers financial assistance for those who make energy efficiency improvements to […]

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Corbett: New centre for energy education should focus on renewables, not coal, oil and gas.

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, Climate and Energy, Climate and Jobs / Jon MacNeill

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]If the Department of Education is setting up a ‘Centre of Excellence for Energy,’ students and teachers would be best served learning about renewable energy and technology to help the switch to a low-carbon economy, rather than the energy of yesteryear like oil, gas and coal. That was our Executive Director Lois Corbett’s message to

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For the love of New Brunswick

Feature, Uncategorized / Jon MacNeill

We know climate change is threatening the things we love doing in New Brunswick.

The good news is there are solutions to lower the pollution causing climate change and keep our families and communities safe from the extreme weather it causes.

Check out our new section, For the Love of New Brunswick, to see how you can be part of the solution!

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National single-use plastics ban welcome move to reduce pollution plaguing our oceans, rivers, forests and parks

Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

Fredericton, NB — The federal government has announced its intention to regulate plastic production, use and disposal under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, a move that should help citizens, governments and retailers reduce plastic pollution that plagues our oceans and sea life, and dots the province’s forests, parks and rivers. We congratulate Minister Wilkinson and

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EcoNews—Feds make good moves in Throne Speech, bad moves on NB’s heavy polluters

EcoNews / Jon MacNeill

In this edition of EcoNews, we bring you our reaction to the federal government’s Throne Speech, delivered yesterday, which contained strong commitments on climate action, and our reaction to the federal government’s approval of N.B.’s heavy polluters pricing system, announced earlier this week, which was considerably weaker on climate action; we’re excited to share two

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Conservation Council welcomes commitments to climate action, building back #BetterThanNormal, in federal Throne Speech

CCNB Blog, Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

Attention News Editors: Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, issued the following statement in response to the federal government’s Speech from the Throne. “The Government of Canada has laid out its vision for building a more resilient, fair, sustainable and secure Canada in its Speech from the Throne. We look

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Federal approval of lax regulations for big polluters fails to spur clean energy future New Brunswickers want

Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

Attention News Editors: The Conservation Council of New Brunswick’s Louise Comeau, Director of Climate Change and Energy Solutions, made the following statement with respect to the Government of Canada’s approval today of New Brunswick’s proposed regulations for heavy polluters. “The Government of Canada has let New Brunswickers down by approving weak regulations that let Irving

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EcoNews Special Election Edition—New Brunswickers ready to vote for protected areas, forestry changes

EcoNews / Jon MacNeill

In this special election edition of EcoNews, we bring you the results from recent polling we commissioned with ASF and CPAWS-NB showing New Brunswickers want their next government to move fast on creating new protected areas and banning glyphosate in our woods, among other actions; we bring you a questionnaire we’ve sent to all party

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Poll shows New Brunswickers want more protected land, less spraying

CCNB in the News / Jon MacNeill

Polling commissioned by your Conservation Council and our friends at CPAWS-NB and the Atlantic Salmon Federation was covered in the Sept. 9 edition of Acadie-Nouvelle. Read the Acadie-Nouvelle article here. The poll showed overwhelming support from New Brunswickers for conserving forests, ending herbicide spraying in forestry, and protecting critical habitat for fish and wildlife.

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On election eve, New Brunswickers want more protected land

Uncategorized / Jon MacNeill

New poll shows voters look favourably on parties willing to conserve forests and freshwater FREDERICTON – A survey of 500 New Brunswickers conducted between September 1st and 3rd shows overwhelming support for conserving forests and protecting critical habitat for fish and wildlife, with voters looking favourably on parties willing to act. The poll conducted for

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Jon MacNeill

Conservation Council of New Brunswick

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