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Concerned citizens show support for an end to herbicide spraying near Petitcodiac

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, Forest Conservation, Freshwater Protection / Corey Robichaud

In a show of support for an end to herbicide spraying on Crown land near Petitcodiac, roughly 25 people gathered outside the Petitcodiac village office on Tuesday, Aug. 15, where a meeting was scheduled between the village council and J.D. Irving regarding the company’s spray program, Global News reports. The meeting was cancelled after Petitcodiac […]

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Comeau: carbon pricing just one tool in NB’s climate change toolkit

CCNB in the News / Corey Robichaud

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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EcoNews — What you need to know about blue-green algae this summer

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, EcoNews / Corey Robichaud

In this edition of EcoNews, we bring you our primer on blue-green algae after the Department of Health issued an advisory for Nashwaak Lake earlier this week; we update you on the latest news regarding the tragic deaths of north Atlantic right whales off the waters of N.B.; share encouraging news about a community in

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Canada’s pesticide regulator “captured by industry”

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, Feature / Jon MacNeill

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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Conservation Council spreading the power of pollinators

CCNB in the News / Corey Robichaud

The Conservation Council’s recent effort to help teach New Brunswick kids about the power of pollinators was highlighted in a Telegraph-Journal story, published July 23, focused on pollinator education events and activities happening around the province this summer. “It’s been a lot of smiling faces and I think they’ve been enjoying getting their hands dirty

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Letter to the editor: Setting the record straight on N.B. pollution targets

CCNB in the News, Climate and Energy / Lois Corbett

The article originally appeared in the July 20 edition of the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. Dear Editor: I write to correct some errors in the article about New Brunswick’s record on reducing carbon pollution. The National Energy Board (NEB) gets mixed up when describing steps Maritime governments have taken to reduce pollution from regional coal plants.

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eCharge Network a key step: Corbett on transition to electric vehicles

CCNB in the News, Climate and Energy / Leah Meyer

In an interview with Global News, our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, said the soon-to-be-built eCharge Network of 15 new, fast-charging stations is a key step toward getting more electric vehicles on New Brunswick roads. “I don’t think it’s the entire solution but I think it’s a key part of the solution”, Corbett told Global News

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“They will treasure more and protect more”: Corbett on new Swim Guide app

CCNB in the News / Leah Meyer

Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, spoke to Moncton’s 91.9 The Bend radio station about the new Swim Guide app, out now. The new version of the Swim Guide app provides beach-lovers with all kinds of information about beaches at home and abroad, such as directions, amenities nearby, if lifeguards are present, and the state of

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Taking glyphosate out of forest is prudent move: Glynn

CCNB in the News / Jon MacNeill

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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Water quality reporting could be in store for more provincial beaches