News posts from CCNB or elsewhere
Fundy Baykeeper Matthew Abbott spoke with the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal about the National Energy Board’s decision to approve Spanish energy giant Repsol’s request for a 25-year licence to export liquefied natural gas from a proposed gas liquefaction terminal in Saint John. The article was published on Friday, Sept, 11. Abbott told reporters the export terminal will […]
Fundy Baykeeper Matthew Abbott spoke with APTN National News on Sept. 10 about our report into the risks posed by TransCanada’s Energy East Pipeline project to sustainable jobs and marine life in the Bay of Fundy. Abbott said the significant increased in tanker traffic the project would bring into the Bay of Fundy will increase
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Executive Director Lois Corbett spoke with CBC New Brunswick about a new regulation from the provincial government to allow small-scale renewable energy projects in NB. “Whether it’s solar or wind installations on our First Nations, whether it’s encouragement to individual homeowners who have a great south-facing roof, we’ve got to have that whole basket of
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This commentary appeared in the Monday, Aug. 24 edition of the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal and the Thursday, Sept. 17 edition of The Daily Gleaner. BY MATTHEW ABBOTT The Energy East Pipeline project, a proposal of Alberta-based TransCanada Corporation, would make gamblers of us all. A single tanker spill of oilsands bitumen in the Bay of Fundy
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The Conservation Council’s new report about the risks posed by TransCanada’s Energy East Pipeline to existing jobs and the environment in the Bay of Fundy-Gulf of Maine was covered by more than 100 media outlets across Canada and internationally. Coverage of the report appeared on the cover of the Thursday, Aug. 20 edition of the
Yesterday afternoon our Fundy Baykeeper Matt Abbott spoke with Vanessa Vander Valk of CBC Shift about the new report we released exploring the risks posed to the Bay of Fundy-Gulf of Maine ecosystem. Listen to the full interview here (length 13:09)
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Stephanie Merrill, our Director of Freshwater Protection, appeared on CBC’s Information Morning in Fredericton on Wednesday, Aug. 19 to discuss the outbreak of blue-green algae blooms on several New Brunswick lakes. Merrill explained the science behind algae blooms and discussed different things people vacationing or recreating on provincial lakes can do to help prevent them from
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Stephanie Merrill, our Director of Freshwater Protection, was interviewed in a story about the one-year anniversary of the Ombudsman’s report into the Water Classification Program. Merrill told the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal in an article published Monday, Aug. 17 that concerned citizens are waiting for the provincial government to put the regulations into place. “All of the work
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When you hear about “blue-green algae blooms” you may conjure up images of Lake Erie or Lake Winnipeg which in 2013 won the dubious distinction of the World’s Most Threatened Lake. So full of blue-green algae, you can see the blooms from space. Yikes. We’ve got a bit of our own blue-green algal bloom problem in
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Executive Director Lois Corbett spoke with the Moncton Times & Transcript about the provincial government’s proposed electronics recycling program for an article published on Tuesday, July 27. By the fall of 2016, the province is aiming to launch an e-waste recycling program that would operate similar to the beverage container program. Consumers pay a small fee
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