Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council, today issued the following statement: “The Clerk of the Executive Council’s review of the January 2017 Ice Storm, released today, shines a spotlight on just what more works need to be done to protect our homes, families and towns and villages in the face of increasing numbers of […]
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My introduction to the north Atlantic right whale was a spectacular one: standing on a sailboat in the Bay of Fundy surrounded by a pod of the majestic mammals. I could see the curious whales in every direction, some playfully slapping their fins and tail to the water, others sending powerful bursts of air and
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The January 2017 ice storm review report will be released tomorrow (Friday, Aug. 18). Judy Wagner, clerk of the Executive Council and author of the report, will release the review with Public Safety Minister Denis Landry, NB Power CEO Gaëtan Thomas and New Brunswick Emergency Measures Organization director Greg MacCallum at 11:30 a.m. in Neguac.
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Indigenous communities, advocacy groups at the Canadian Energy & Mines Ministers Conference: “No Clean Growth without Clean Mining” St. Andrews (N.B.), 14 August 2017 — As Energy & Mines Ministers from across Canada meet today under the theme of ‘Clean Growth’ for their annual conference in St. Andrews, N.B., a delegation of regional and national Indigenous and
UPDATED: Aug. 11, 2017 11:30 a.m. The federal government has introduced a mandatory slow down for supertankers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence to help prevent further deaths of north Atlantic right whales. Vessels 20 metres or more in length must reduce their speed to a maximum of 10 knots when travelling in the western
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Louise Comeau, the former Director of Climate and Energy Solutions at the Conservation Council and current director of the University of New Brunswick’s Environment and Sustainability Development Research Centre, told the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal in an Aug. 1 article that New Brunswick won’t hit its climate change goals without putting a price on carbon. Comeau
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The map showing where the forests will be sprayed with herbicides during summer 2017 is now available. Forestry companies spray large swaths of clearcuts with products containing glyphosate — a chemical linked to cancer and a slew of other health problems — beginning this month through Sept. 30. The full 2017 spray map is available
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The Conservation Council’s Executive Director, Lois Corbett, was quoted in a July 26 National Observer article about Canada’s problematic pesticide management agency. In the article, investigative journalist Bruce Livesey (a Fredericton High School graduate in the 80s) takes an in-depth look at the failings of Health Canada’s Pest Management Regulatory Agency (PMRA) to protect people,
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Tracadie-Sheila town council is considering a by-law to ban the use of glyphosate within the municipality, Radio-Canada reports. Glyphosate is the active ingredient in the herbicides Vision, Vision Max and Forza, which are widely used by forestry companies on New Brunswick’s Crown forest. Radio-Canada reports that Tracadie-Sheila is looking at banning the chemical, prompting questions over
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Updated on July 27 Another north Atlantic right whale has been found dead in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The CBC reports that the whale — now the eighth found dead in the gulf since June 6 — was spotted by a plane with the U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. The plane also found
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