Our Fundy Baykeeper, Matt Abbott, spoke to reporters this week about the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s new report on the ocean and cryosphere (or frozen parts of the Earth). Abbott spoke with CTV Atlantic’s Mike Cameron about the report’s findings and projections, which he says represents a scientific call to action to protect coastal […]
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Conservation Council consultant Louise Comeau helped New Brunswickers sift through parties’ climate change platforms in the lead up to the federal election. Comeau spoke with CBC Information Morning Fredericton host Terry Seguin on Sept. 27. Listen to the full interview here. Comeau was back at it on Oct. 1, speaking with CBC’s Shift NB host
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Student-led #Fridays4Future climate strikes held across the province on Sept. 20 and Sept. 27 received widespread media attention, with the Conservation Council weighing in to offer support for student strikers and recommendations to government on climate solutions. CBC New Brunswick Evening News led its Sept. 27 broadcast with the strikes. Students led marches or climate
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The Conservation Council’s Marine Conservation Program issued the following statement with respect to the release of today’s Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): “This report is a scientific call to action that we must act urgently to drastically reduce the carbon pollution
The Conservation Council’s Executive Director, Lois Corbett, spoke with journalist Bruce Livesey for his new National Observer series, The man from Irving, a three-part series about Premier Blaine Higgs, the Irvings and the politics of New Brunswick. Corbett told Livesey that Premier Higgs “hitched his horse to the wrong wagon” in aligning himself with the
Atlantic premiers and New England Governors were set to meet Sept. 8-10 in Saint John and climate change was on the agenda. As it happened, the meeting was cancelled due to anticipated extreme weather from Hurricane Dorian bearing down on the Atlantic region. Fittingly, on the agenda for the since-cancelled meeting was energy grid modernization
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In this edition of EcoNews, we invite you to join hundreds of New Brunswickers who have already sent their letter demanding the province ban the spraying of glyphosate-based herbicides in our Crown forest; we share our reaction to Corridor Resources halting its search for investors in its shale gas prospects in southern N.B.; we bring
Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council, issued the following statement with regards to Corridor Resources’ decision to stop looking for investors in its Frederick Brook Shale prospects in southeastern New Brunswick. “It is time for our provincial government to once and for all turn the page on shale gas fracking in New Brunswick
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“And because this is a flowing environment, these things move,” Associate Professor Janice Lawrence said.
“I think the important thing is providing as clear information as we can that this is a different scenario than we’ve seen in the lakes. It’s different than what we’d heard of before. People need to be aware of that when making decisions to spend time recreating on the water, until we have better guidelines we can provide everyone.”
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