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Meet our summer team of young people working to change the world!

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”138635″ img_size=”700 x 400″ style=”vc_box_shadow”][vc_column_text]We are thrilled to introduce you to our team of bright, enthusiastic and talented young people joining us at Conserver House this summer. We hope you’ll stop by 180 St. John St. to say hello![/vc_column_text][vc_text_separator title=”Hannah Moore”][vc_column_text]Originally from Halifax, N.S., my education brought me to Fredericton to study at St. […]

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Fundy Baykeeper blasts deliberate, illegal pesticide use in the Bay of Fundy

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, Feature, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation / Jon MacNeill

“I wish I was surprised.” That’s what our Fundy Baykeeper, Matt Abbott, told reporters after it was revealed in Saint John provincial court Tuesday that a St. George salmon farming company had deliberately used an illegal pesticide last summer. The company, Northern Harvest Sea Farms, pled guilty to violating New Brunswick’s Pesticides Control Act on

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Give her the gift of a healthy environment, this Mother’s Day

CCNB Blog / Lois Corbett

Our mothers and grandmothers do so much for us. They inspire. They motivate. They lead. They teach. They work tirelessly to keep us safe, happy, and healthy. How can we, on Mother’s Day, return even an ounce of the love, compassion, and guidance they’ve shown us? This year, why not give her the gift of

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Statement on Premier Gallant’s cabinet shuffle

Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

Attention News Editors: Lois Corbett, Executive Director, issued the following statement with respect to Premier Brian Gallant’s cabinet shuffle announced today: “We welcome the Hon. Andrew Harvey (MLA — Carleton-Victoria) as he takes over the role of Minister of Environment and Local Government. We look forward to working with the Minister on bold and innovative

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Flooding reaches historic 2008 level, likely to get worse in lower St. John River basin

CCNB Blog / Jon MacNeill

Officials say flood waters in Fredericton have already reached the historical levels of the 2008 flood, and that communities in the lower St. John River basin are likely in for even higher levels yet. During a media briefing on Tuesday, officials with the New Brunswick Emergency Measures Organization warned that people in communities downriver, such

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Tell us your flood story

CCNB Blog / Jon MacNeill

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Extreme flooding is currently affecting communities and families along the St. John River, with evacuations ordered for some areas in Edmundston, Bathurst, Fredericton and Maugerville. As part of our ongoing research into how New Brunswickers deal with and respond to extreme weather events, we want to hear how the flooding has affected you. Use

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Breaking EcoNews — A fair coal phase out, protecting Parlee Beach, and panning aquaculture oversight

CCNB Blog, EcoNews / Jon MacNeill

In this breaking edition of EcoNews, our Executive Director Lois Corbett leads the effort to ensure a fair and prosperous transition away from coal-fired electricity in Canada as co-chair of a new federal task force; we bring you the key findings from Canada’s environment commissioner’s report on the failings of aquaculture regulation and enforcement from coast

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“It makes me seriously worried” — Environment Commissioner says feds dropping ball on salmon farming oversight

CCNB Blog, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation / Jon MacNeill

Our Fundy Baykeeper says a new report from Canada’s top environmental watchdog reinforces longstanding concerns that the aquaculture industry in Atlantic Canada is severely lacking effective regulation and enforcement. Julie Gelfand, Canada’s Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development, tabled her 2018 Spring Reports on Tuesday, April 24, including a report on salmon farming in Atlantic

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Corbett talks Just Transition Task Force for coal phase out

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News / Jon MacNeill

Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, told media outlets that the Just Transition Task Force will have coal workers’ backs, and that the transition away from coal-fired electricity will create more job opportunities for workers and communities in the fast-growing renewable energy sector. Corbett was in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 25 as Environment and Climate Change

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Lois Corbett appointed co-chair of federal government’s Just Transition Task Force for coal phase out

Feature, Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25 April 2018 OTTAWA — The Conservation Council’s Executive Director, Lois Corbett, has been appointed by the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, the Hon. Catherine McKenna, as the co-chair of the Just Transition Task Force for coal workers and communities. Created in response to the federal government’s commitment to

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