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Our climate change and health special edition of EcoAlert Magazine is out!

This climate change and health special edition of EcoAlert Magazine shines a light on climate change’s lesser-known public health consequences, guides you through our 2nd Annual Eco Buildings Tour, celebrates the passage of Canada’s new Fisheries Act, and gives you the latest environmental news on topics such as Premier Higgs’ plan to end the moratorium […]

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‘It’s an indication of a corporate agenda’: Conservation Council’s Lois Corbett on Rob Cumberland firing

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News / Jon MacNeill

“I think it’s an indication of a corporate agenda. If your business is about making money out of pulp and paper products, and the widespread use of glyphosate, then Rod is a problem for you. If you’re a corporate guy, you would ask ‘Why don’t we just fire the guy?’” Corbett told journalist Bruce Livesey in his July 11 story.

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Feds approve plan to dump Sisson Mine waste into Atlantic salmon habitat

CCNB Blog, Media Releases / Kaleigh Holder

The Conservation Council of New Brunswick has been a vocal opponent to the Sisson Mine Project as it is currently designed, and we are on the record pointing out its flaws — including inadequate tailings storage and the impact on Atlantic salmon, brook trout, slimy sculpin, and American eel in the lower Wolastoq (St. John) River watershed. To hold back mine waste, the owners say they would need to build a tailings dam twice the height and 16-times the length of the Mactaquac dam.

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Mercury contamination in N.B. fish: what you need to know

CCNB Blog, Freshwater Protection / Jon MacNeill

Mercury poses a serious health risk, whether it is airborne or concentrated in water. It is an especially severe risk to people consuming fish as recreational fishermen or traditional and/or mainstay sources of protein.

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EcoNews — Climate change and our health, new protections for our ocean, and young New Brunswickers making waves of change

EcoNews / Jon MacNeill

This week’s edition of EcoNews leads with climate change and public health. Read our new report making the critical connection between the changing climate and our physical and mental health; check out the first in our series telling the stories of New Brunswickers who’ve experienced extreme weather linked to climate change and its lingering effects;

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The conversation is underway: coverage of our climate change and public health report from across Canada

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News / Jon MacNeill

The conversation is underway. This week the Conservation Council released a new report aiming to start a dialogue about climate change and its effects on public health in New Brunswick. You can read the report, Healthy Climate, Healthy New Brunswickers: A proposal for New Brunswick that cuts pollution and protects health, here. The report, prepared

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Conservation Council’s new report sparks conversation about climate change as a public health issue in New Brunswick

Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

FREDERICTON — The Conservation Council of New Brunswick today releases a new report on climate change and its physical and mental health effects in New Brunswick. The report, Healthy Climate, Healthy New Brunswickers, prepared by Dr. Louise Comeau, Director of the Conservation Council’s Climate Change and Energy Solutions Program, starts a conversation in New Brunswick

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New Conservation Council report: climate change, floods, ice storms affect our health

Feature / Jon MacNeill

New Brunswickers aren’t used to sweltering, 30+ degree days, let alone long stretches of them. But that’s what the data says is coming in the immediate- to medium-term, along with other effects with serious consequences for people’s health.

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New Conservation Council report: climate change, floods, ice storms affect our health

CCNB Blog / Jon MacNeill

The sky is clear and the sun is punishing.
A thick layer of ozone ripples above the pavement. No matter how much water you drink, you know you’re losing more through your pores whether you’re moving or not.
And for a lot of New Brunswickers, a province with more folks over 65 years of age than any other province, activity is out of the question.
It’s the fourth 30+ degree day in a row. You’re restless. Exhausted, despite having been shuttered inside, blinds drawn, melting in your chair, since the heat wave hit.

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New Brunswick Commission on Hydraulic Fracturing

Uncategorized / Jon MacNeill

Volume I: The Findings Volume II: Potential Economic, Health and Environmental Impacts of Shale Gas Development Volume III: Compendium of Mitigation Options for Potential Human and Environmental Impacts of Shale Gas Development

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