News posts from CCNB or elsewhere
The Conservation Council’s Lois Corbett was featured in a CBC article about the provincial government’s newly-announced infrastructure investments and restrictions on new development specific to Parlee Beach.
Corbett called the funding an important step toward keeping our bays and beaches clean, but noted it’s not enough to solve the problem entirely.
The Conservation Council’s Fundy Baykeeper Matt Abbott was featured in the Hakai magazine on April 7, 2017, where he said sea lice outbreaks are common on East Coast salmon farms. A half-million salmon died in the Bay of Fundy from sea lice outbreak in north Passamaquoddy Bay last summer. More than 240, 000 Salmon died from
Salmon farms as “disease incubators” Read More »
The Conservation Council’s Lois Corbett spoke with host Terry Seguin on the March 30th edition of Information Morning – Fredericton about a vacated Irving Oil bulk-tank farm property on Fredericton’s northside, and who should be responsible for the cleanup. Corbett says there is a fundamental question of legal responsibility and at the end of the
Following mix reactions to the 2017 Federal Budget, Conservation Council Executive Director Lois Corbett was featured in a Telegraph Journal article on March 22, 2017 where she commended the government for their continued investments in cleaner energy, water and air protection, and climate change. “The province now has an opportunity to quickly advance negotiations with
A half-million salmon died in the Bay of Fundy from sea lice outbreak in north Passamaquoddy Bay last summer where Conservation Council’s Fundy Baykeeper Matt Abbott says sea lice problems have occurred in the past and will most likely continue. “There didn’t really seem to be a way to stop someone from essentially restarting an operation
Was last Summer’s sea lice outbreak in Passamaquoddy Bay preventable? Read More »
A recent series of news articles featuring our Conservation Council Director of Climate Change and Energy Solutions, Louise Comeau, speculate that cap-and-trade systems, where large industrial polluters’ greenhouse gas emissions are capped, may be the pricing mechanism chosen rather than a carbon tax when it comes to putting a price on carbon pollution. CBC asked
Move to regional cap-and-trade system gaining momentum? Read More »
The Conservation Council’s Lois Corbett spoke with Adam Huras from the Telegraph-Journal about the government’s missed opportunity to focus on energy efficiency and climate change in the 2017-18 budget. “The government missed an important opportunity when it chose not to increase spending to help low-income families and seniors invest in energy efficiency retrofits for their
Lois Corbett reacts to Budget 2017-18 Read More »
Weeks after we requested that the East Energy review start anew, Conservation Council’s Fundy Baykeeper Matt Abbott spoke with Simon Delattre of l’Acadie Nouvelle where he applauded the National Energy Board decision to restart the East Energy from the ground up. “The process was broken. All decisions were suspect, forming a new committee was the
The Conservation Council’s Fundy Baykeeper Matt Abbott says the Energy East pipeline review process should go back to square one after the naming of the NEB’s new three-member review panel for the project. Abbott told 97.3 The Wave Fredericton that decisions made prior to the replacement of board members are now void in light of
Fundy Baykeeper Matt Abbott: back to the drawing board for NEB Read More »
CCNB’s Lois Corbett is applauding NB Power on the launch of their new Home Energy Report program that’s giving New Brunswickers the tools they need to monitor their home energy over time and make informed choices about energy consumption and energy reduction planning. “The ultimate objective is to reduce electricity consumption,” Lois Corbett told CBC’s
Lois Corbett on NB Power’s new personalized home energy report tool Read More »
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