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The Conservation Council and our Fundy Baykeeper worked for months with a coalition of respected scientists and environmental lawyers to address changes made to the Fisheries Act by the former federal government. On Thursday, March 24 we supported the launch of the West Coast Environmental Law and Nothern Confluence’s #Act4Fish campaign. It involved a briefing […]
Executive Director Lois Corbett spoke with host Terry Seguin on CBC Information Morning Fredericton on Wednesday, March 23, to discuss the provincial government’s plans to build a water protection strategy and its recent discussion paper on that effort. Listen to the full interview here. Corbett said she believes the discussion paper released earlier this month is
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Executive Director Lois Corbett spoke with CTV News Atlantic about the government’s plans to develop a provincial water protection strategy on Monday, March 21. Read the article here, or watch the video here. Corbett said it’s time for the government to make progress on strong water protection in N.B. “Other jurisdictions have moved forward while
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CHSJ Radio in Saint John covered the release of the discussion paper to guide the development of a provincial water protection strategy on Tuesday, March 1. CHSJ reported that CCNB said Environment Minister Brian Kenny laid an excellent foundation for a comprehensive and progressive water protection strategy for New Brunswick. In the discussion paper, Minister
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Stephanie Merrill, Freshwater Protection Program coordinator at CCNB, spoke with media in response to the report from the New Brunswick Commission on Hydraulic Fracturing. Read our official statement, our press release and our commentary on the report. Merrill told Global News that the report challenges New Brunswick to begin the transition to a low-carbon economy.
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Editor’s Note: This article appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal and Woodstock Bugle-Observer on March 1, 2016 The report from the New Brunswick Commission on Hydraulic Fracturing gives New Brunswickers more evidence that our government made the smart policy decision by putting a moratorium in place and throws down the gauntlet for us to start the
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Fundy Baykeeper Matt Abbott joined host Preston Mulligan for CBC radio’s hour-long call-in show, Maritime Connection, on Sunday, Jan. 31. The topic for the show was, “Does building the Energy East pipeline make sense for the Maritimes?” Abbott talked about the many risks TransCanada’s bitumen pipeline proposal poses to the Bay of Fundy and existing
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Executive Director Lois Corbett appeared on CTV News Atlantic on Thursday, Jan. 28. Corbett told reporter Michael Cameron that she welcomed the new requirements for pipeline megaprojects announced earlier this week by Ministers McKenna and Carr. “The day before yesterday when we looked at pipeline projects we only looked at the pipe itself, only the
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Executive Director Lois Corbett spoke with the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal following the announcement from federal cabinet ministers Jim Carr and Catherine McKenna about critical new rules for pipeline and energy projects. See our official response to the new requirements here. In article published Thursday, Jan. 28, Corbett told the Telegraph-Journal she welcomed the new rules. “Today,
The Conservation Council spoke with media outlets in New Brunswick following the announcement on Thursday that Montreal-area mayors are officially opposed to TransCanada’s proposed Energy East project. “We agree that creating jobs is a major priority for our province, and this announcement is another signal that we should turn the page toward a better plan to
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