Amid evidence that at least two of the seven right whales recently found dead in the waters off New Brunswick were likely struck by a ship, a wildlife pathologist leading the investigation says it’s time to slow down tanker and ship traffic in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Dr. Pierre-Yves Daoust of the Atlantic Veterinary […]
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The Conservation Council and Fundy Baykeeper are expressing their condolences following the tragic death of veteran lobster fisher and member of the Campobello Whale Rescue Team, Joe Howlett. Howlett died on Monday, July 10 while attempting to free a right whale entangled in fishing gear in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The whale was saved,
Tracy Glynn spoke with Global News New Brunswick for an evening news feature that ran on Thursday, June 29. The Conservation Council’s Forest Conservation Coordinator said it’s time to stop using herbicides in the Crown forest. “We know that Health Canada is currently doing a review in light of the new studies and in light
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Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, welcomed news reported by the CBC on June 29 that the provincial Department of Health is considering testing and reporting water quality at more provincial park beaches. Right now, water quality test results are only made public for Parlee and Murray beaches. “We do need to report some of the
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The Conservation Council’s Lois Corbett discussed the good news and the bad news found in the first-ever Canada Beach Report with several media outlets this week. Lois spoke with Global News, appeared on CBC Information Morning Fredericton, CBC Information Morning Moncton, and was featured in a CBC web story. The Canada Beach Report was a
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June 27, 2017, TORONTO — How much you know about water quality at your local beach depends on where you live in Canada, reveals the Canada Beach Report, a new report on the state of recreational water quality monitoring across the country released today. Government routinely tests beaches and compares results to recreational water quality guidelines
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Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, appeared in stories by several media outlets responding to the Auditor General’s report on climate change action in N.B. Corbett was quoted in articles by The Canadian Press, the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, a pair of CBC articles (Legislate reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions in N.B., says auditor general, and Conservation Council says
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The Auditor General of New Brunswick, Kim MacPherson, has delivered a substantive review of the province’s climate change plan and what is needed to turn policy intentions into on-the-ground work to protect homes and communities from what she says “may be one of the greatest challenges for communities, governments and corporations in the coming decades.”
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How does a country with an economy heavily reliant on fossil fuel extraction and forest clearcuts begin transitioning its natural resource sector into a more sustainable bioeconomy? Jussi Manninen knows the answer. Manninen, of the VTT Technical Research Centre in Helsinki, is one of the architects of Finland’s national bioeconomy strategy. The strategy, which was
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What do you want for New Brunswick’s 5,500 kilometres of precious coastline on this World Oceans Day? I think New Brunswickers want healthy shores and waters, and prosperous coastal communities, where development proceeds within a plan that protects public and environmental health. The good news for World Oceans Day is that we’re part way there
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