Having a hard time wrapping your head around carbon pricing plans for large industrial polluters? The federal backstop. A new “made-in-New Brunswick” plan. Which is better? How do they work? Fortunately, our Executive Director Lois Corbett can shed some light, in simple language, on what carbon pricing is all about and what we should watch […]
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Marking the 26th annual World Water Day (March 22), the Conservation Council of New Brunswick calls on the provincial government to take immediate action on the commitments made on the Water Protection Strategy released in December 2017. In that strategy, the provincial government committed to: Introducing a new Water Protection Act by 2020, legislation that
Our Executive Director Lois Corbett says she’s keeping a close eye on the province’s proposed new carbon-pricing plan for large industrial polluters to ensure it doesn’t let the powerful industrial lobby in New Brunswick off the hook when it comes to meaningful action to reduce carbon pollution. “We don’t need the huge industrial lobby in
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In this edition of EcoNews, we bring you photos and a recap of the inspiring day of climate action in N.B. and across the planet last Friday; we bring you climate action highlights from the federal budget and (the lack thereof in) the provincial budget; we celebrate the newest offshore marine protected area in the
130 countries, 2238 cities, 1,287,468 strikers. On Friday, March 15th, protesters young and old rallied across the globe, demanding government action on climate change.
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FREDERICTON — The Conservation Council is pleased to see investments in Budget 2019 to make homes more comfortable, affordable and energy efficient, encourage the spread of cleaner vehicles across Canada, and help coal workers in northern New Brunswick prepare for the 2030 phase out of coal-fired electricity. Budget 2019 acts on the recommendations of the
The Banc-des-Américains (American Bank) Marine Protected Area (MPA) received final approval on March 6, 2019 and is now the largest offshore protected area in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (GSL). The final boundaries are shown below and encompass an area of one thousand square kilometres (1,000 km2). Protection objectives for the area are to promote
Thank you for speaking up to protect the Nashwaak watershed by submitting your concerns about the plan to use fish-bearing brooks in the Nashwaak for the proposed Sisson mine’s waste! Thanks to you, and the nearly 900 New Brunswickers who joined you in sending a letter during this second phase, the federal government has heard
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The New Brunswick Anti-Shale Gas Alliance was an intervener in the recent Saskatchewan Court of Appeals reference case on the federal carbon pricing “backstop.” Those opposing carbon pricing portrayed the case as strictly a constitutional matter of jurisdiction, and chose not to discuss the issue of climate change. However, one of the first questions the
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The Ecology Action Centre threw its support behind the recommendations of the federal government’s independent Just Transition Task Force, co-chaired by the Conservation Council’s Lois Corbett. EAC welcomed in particular the recommendations for a public, ongoing process of transition support, including local transition centres, labour market research, and funding for local research, projects and businesses
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