Louise Comeau – CCNB

Energy board hearings demonstrate need for radical reform

Louise Comeau — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 13:46:08 +0000

Commentary Affordable electricity is essential to our quality of life, health and safety, and is a necessity of modern society. Yet, after nine days of Energy & Utility Board (EUB) hearings in Fredericton that ended Feb.

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Op-ed: The science is clear, the politics are muddy, and the public is distracted

Louise Comeau — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 16:36:00 +0000

Dr. Louise Comeau reacts to the week that was climate change What are we to make of the climate change story told to Canadians in recent days? A story featuring dire warnings from climate scientists about the need for the urgent phase-out of fossil fuels, federal approval of a massive…

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Op-ed: An affordable, reliable, sustainable electricity future for Atlantic Canada is renewable

Louise Comeau — Tue, 02 Mar 2021 20:37:51 +0000

Why do we still lack commitments, plans and pathways from our governments and utilities to set us on a clear pathway to affordable, reliable, environmentally-sustainable energy with cleaner electricity? What is getting in the way? It turns out, it’s a political choice. Governments’ laws, regulations and policies are not keeping pace with technology change or the need to protect our most vulnerable.

Op-ed: We Risk False Solutions and Delayed Action on Climate Change with Small Modular Nuclear Reactors

Louise Comeau — Wed, 24 Feb 2021 16:30:00 +0000

By Louise Comeau, Daniel Nunes, Stephen ThomasIn his latest State of the Province address, Premier Higgs announced a $20-million investment in ARC Canada’s small modular nuclear technology, a proposed solution to climate change that the Institute for Climate Choices (CCIC) calls a wild card. New Brunswick has a history of wild-card investments that fail to deliver. Why not hedge our bets and…

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Conservation Council Fed Budget 2017 reaction

Louise Comeau — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 22:55:18 +0000

MEDIA RELEASE March 22, 2017 FEDERAL BUDGET PROVIDES STRONG SUPPORT TO PROVINCES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION FREDERICTON – The Conservation Council of New Brunswick urges the province to take quick advantage of newly announced federal support for clean technology growth, climate change action, and protection of our natural heritage. Federal Budget 2017 announced almost $3 billion to 2022 for…

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Wise leaders go where the trends are

Louise Comeau — Mon, 14 Nov 2016 20:38:28 +0000

LOUISE COMEAU & MATTHEW ABBOTT COMMENTARY (Published in the Nov 14, 2016 Telegraph Journal) Matthew Abbott and Louise Comeau of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick use a hockey metaphor – and concerns about a changing climate – as a lens for the Energy East pipeline project. Photo: MiraMichi Leader archive In a small part of the world like New Brunswick it is easy to think we…

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Post-tropical storm Arthur provides important guidance to the City of Fredericton on how to minimize risks to citizens from climate-change induced extreme events

Louise Comeau — Thu, 27 Oct 2016 17:27:16 +0000

Last June, our team at the Conservation Council conducted a series of interviews, including with you and members of your staff, to assess community capacity to adapt to climate change. We used the community’s experience with post-tropical storm Arthur as a focal point for the study. Community capacity is the ability to get things done. A community capacity assessment measures – qualitatively…

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Select Committee on Climate Change Report Could Set Stage for a Sustainable New Brunswick

Louise Comeau — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 14:50:38 +0000

Select Committee on Climate Change Report Could Set Stage for a Sustainable New Brunswick Louise Comeau, Director of Climate Change and Energy Solutions October 24, 2016 The Final Report of the Select Committee on Climate Change is a testament to the value of making our voices heard. Members of the eight-member, all-party committee listened to New Brunswickers and have delivered a report…

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Select Committee on Climate Change report could set stage for a sustainable New Brunswick

Louise Comeau — Mon, 24 Oct 2016 09:00:17 +0000

PRESS RELEASE Select Committee on Climate Change Report Could Set Stage for a Sustainable New Brunswick October 24, 2016 Fredericton – The Final Report of the Select Committee on Climate Change is a testament to the value of making our voices heard. Members of the eight-member, all-party committee listened to New Brunswickers and have delivered a report that could lay the foundation…

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Media Backgrounder on Carbon Pricing: Implications of federal proposal for New Brunswick

Louise Comeau — Wed, 05 Oct 2016 20:40:36 +0000

Louise Comeau, Director Climate Change and Energy Solutions, Conservation Council of New Brunswick The federal Government is negotiating with provinces and territories a package of actions designed to ensure Canada delivers on the commitments it made at the United Nations climate change negotiations held in Paris, France, in December 2015. The Paris Agreement enters into force November 4, 2016…

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