News posts from CCNB or elsewhere
The newspaper L’Acadie Nouvelle published an article on March 2 listing several of the individuals and groups from New Brunswick who applied to participate in the National Energy Board’s review of the proposed Energy East oil pipeline. The Conservation Council was included in the list. CCNB applied for intervenor status and for funding which will be […]
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ExploreEcoNB, an app that allows New Brunswickers to connect with nature, was featured in an article on the Francophone tech website MediaTerre on March 2. The app was created through a unique partnership involving the Conservation Council of New Brunswick and other environmental groups, government agencies, and recreational groups. It recently won the Connected to
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Our Science Advisor, Inka Milewski, wrote the following letter in response to statements made by Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, in defense of proposed new regulations for the aquaculture industry which would ultimately harm wild fish and the marine environment. The letter appeared on March 2 in the Opinion section of the New
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David MacDonald, a member of the Conservation Council’s board of directors, appeared in a tribute article celebrating the life of Beth McLaughlin which appeared in the Times & Transcript on Feb. 25. McLaughlin died on Feb. 22. She was a CCNB board member for years who worked tirelessly on a number of environmental issues in the
Our Fundy Baykeeper, Matt Abbott, was one of 120 signatories on a letter written to Prime Minister Stephen Harper calling on him to scrap proposed new aquaculture regulations that would harm fisheries in Atlantic Canada and across the country. The proposed regulations will exempt the aquaculture industry from provisions of the Fisheries Act that deal with the
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The newspaper L’Acadie Nouvelle ran an article on Feb. 12 about the Conservation Council of New Brunswick’s call for TransCanada Corporation to reconsider the need for its proposed Energy East oil pipeline given the route and details of the project keep changing. CCNB’s call for TransCanada to reconsider the project was also mentioned in an editorial
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Our Forest Conservation Coordinator, Tracy Glynn, was quoted in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal in a story about the new forestry plan that ran on Wednesday, Feb. 11. Glynn spoke of the pressure governments face from forestry companies who want the ability to clear-cut in conservation forest and deer yards, buffer zones along streams and rivers, old forest,
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Tracy Glynn, coordinator of our Forest Conservation and Energy programs, spoke to media following the launch of the National Energy Board’s application to participate in the Energy East oil pipeline hearing. People who are affected by the proposed pipeline or those with relevant knowledge to share about the potential impact of the pipeline have until March
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The Conservation Council’s Stephanie Merrill was available to media following the Gallant government’s announcement of a shale gas moratorium in New Brunswick on Dec. 18. Here is what a very pleased and proud Freshwater Protection Coordinator told reporters: Merrill told CBC New Brunswick the council is proud of the premier for protecting clean air and
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Lois Corbett of the Conservation Council welcomes the release of the forest plan documents and anticipates the release of maps and more scientific information needed to make informed decisions about wise forest management that protects wildlife habitat, old forest and rivers and streams. Watch here.
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