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Tracy Glynn, the Conservation Council’s Forest Conservation Coordinator, was featured in the top story of CBC New Brunswick’s evening news program on Wednesday, June 28, a feature about the widely-used herbicide glyphosate. In July, California will add glyphosate — the active ingredient in the popular herbicide Roundup (and its forest cousin Vision) — to its […]
It’s time for 21st Century forestry practices in N.B.: Glynn Read More »
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
Corbett talks the good and the bad from first-ever Canada Beach Report Read More »
The Conservation Council’s Executive Director, Lois Corbett, is calling for caution and transparency after the federal government gave its approval of the proposed open-pit Sisson Mine near Stanley. Corbett told CBC Radio’s Information Morning Fredericton on Monday, June 26 that many details surrounding the project — such as the specific design of the tailings dam
New Brunswick needs to establish a set of coastal protection laws to properly keep our beaches safe and avoid another contamination issue as experienced at Parlee Beach last summer. That was our Executive Director Lois Corbett’s message in a feature news article published by the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal on Saturday, June 24. Noting the province
Want to protect beaches? Make it the law: Corbett Read More »
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
“A good challenge” to government: Corbett on AG climate change report Read More »
June 20, 2017 — New Brunswick Auditor General Kim MacPherson released the first volume of the 2017 New Brunswick Auditor General Report today, including an assessment of New Brunswick’s progress toward reducing greenhouse gases and adapting to climate change. Speaking to the Telegraph-Journal the day before the report came out, our Executive Director, Lois Corbett,
We need to see plans: Corbett on release of AG’s climate change report Read More »
In reaction to the news that Irving Oil is asking the National Energy Board not to conduct its own assessment of tanker traffic and downstream emission for the Energy East pipeline and marine export project, Matt Abbott, the Conservation Council’s Fundy Baykeeper told CBC on June 16 that failing to have a public process to examine
[vc_row 0=””][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_column_text 0=”” css=”.vc_custom_1494861993793{margin-top: 30px !important;margin-bottom: -30px !important;}”]Conservation Council Executive Director Lois Corbett spoke with the Canadian Press last week about New Brunswick’s ongoing efforts to address water contamination at Parlee Beach.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”7334″ img_size=”300 x 200″ style=”vc_box_border_circle”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column css=”.vc_custom_1494858624365{margin-top: -30px !important;}”][vc_column_text]In the May 12 article, both Corbett and Remi Donelle, manager of the Shediac Bay Watershed Association,
Conservation Council’s Lois Corbett featured in Canadian Press story on Parlee Beach Read More »
Don’t stop at just one beach when it comes to protecting the Northumberland Strait — that was Lois Corbett’s main message during interviews with CBC Radio on Thursday, May 12. The Executive Director of the Conservation Council spoke with CBC’s Information Morning in Moncton and Fredericton about the provincial and federal governments’ announcement this week
Don’t stop at just one beach: Corbett on Northumberland Strait coastal protections Read More »
The Conservation Council’s Executive Director says the climate change impacts of large pipeline projects should always be factored into their review process, but noted the addition of a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions test for the Energy East Pipeline is not the final nail in the proposed bitumen pipeline’s coffin. “Any comprehensive review of a project of this
Not the “final nail” in the Energy East coffin, but a step in the right direction Read More »
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