News posts from CCNB or elsewhere
Yesterday morning, Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB) was a guest on CBC’s Information Morning with Harry Forestell. During the interview, Lois said the NEB suffers from a credibility gap that it needs to address. “Credible science, and credible testimony presented transparently to the public, is a must,” Corbett said. […]
Yesterday evening, Matt Abbott, Fundy Baykeeper of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB) and one of the speakers presenting at the National Energy Board panel sessions today was a guest on CTV Atlantic with Steve Murphy. He says we need to look at both sides of the ledger — jobs at risks in fisheries
The Conservation Council’s executive director, Lois Corbett, and Fundy Baykeeper Matt Abbott presented questions to the National Energy Board regarding the proposed EnergyEast pipeline in Saint John today. While presenting questions to the panel, both Corbett and Abbott communicated the Conservation Council’s deep concerns about the EnergyEast project’s predicted and unpredicted environmental and social impacts
Day #2 of NEB panel sessions in Saint John: what does this mean for N.B.? Read More »
Conservation Council of New Brunswick forest program director, Tracy Glynn, was featured in a CBC story about the release of a new report by the Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health (OCMOH). “It confirms our worst fears that New Brunswick is [using glyphosate], more than any other province, at a more intense rate in forestry,” said
NB uses more glyphosate in forestry than anywhere else in Canada Read More »
On July 26, 2016, Matt Abbott, the Conservation Council’ Fundy Baykeeper, was quoted in a Canadian Press article picked up by the Toronto Star, CTV and the Globe and Mail, following the release of an NRDC report that’s sounding the alarm on a massive increase of supertankers set to ship the dirtiest oil in the
CCNB on report calling for tanker moratorium on Atlantic waters Read More »
On July 26, 2016, Matt Abbott, the Conservation Council’ Fundy Baykeeper, was quoted in the Journal Metro de Montreal following the release of an NRDC report that’s sounding the alarm on a massive increase of supertankers set to ship the dirtiest oil in the world across the Atlantic Ocean every year. “TransCanada and Irving Oil
Last week, the Conservation Council’s Fundy Baykeeper was featured in articles by CBC and CTV on the Musquash Estuary’s 10-year anniversary celebration honoring the day the ecosystem became the first federal marine protected area in New Brunswick. “Really it’s the only fully intact, fully functioning estuary salt marsh system in the Bay of Fundy,” said Abbott.
Fundy Baykeeper on Musquash Marine Protected Area ten-year celebration Read More »
The Conservation Council’s Director of Climate Change and Energy Solutions, Dr. Louise Comeau wrote a commentary, published in Telegraph Journal, rallying New Brunswickers to do their fair share and support the Conservation Council’s recently unveiled Climate Action Plan. “Climate change affects us all, but especially the poor, the old and the sick, even here in
“Together, we can be a part of the global energy revolution,” Dr. Louise Comeau Read More »
The Conservation Council’s Director of Climate Change and Energy Solutions, Dr. Louise Comeau, was recently featured in the Telegraph Journal, CBC, and Acadie-Nouvelle, where she unveiled the Conservation Council of New Brunswick’s bold made-in New Brunswick Climate Action Plan. “Post-tropical storm Arthur opened New Brunswickers’ eyes to the reality of climate change,” said Dr. Comeau.
CCNB’s Dr. Louise Comeau unveils Conservation Council’s Climate Action Plan Read More »
Director of Climate Change and Energy Solutions Louise Comeau spoke with Jean-Marc Doiron of l’Acadie Nouvelle on ‘’NB can easily reduce its greenhouse gas pollution’’ on July 13. Read the article here. ‘’We have the 3rd highest rate of emissions per capita in Canada. Our buildings our getting older, which means that we have great
Louise Comeau on CCNB’s new Climate Action Plan featured in L’Acadie Nouvelle Read More »
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