News posts from CCNB or elsewhere
Documenting the failure—and the potential—of New Brunswick’s Water Classification Program.Posted on December 8, 2014 in Water Canada’s November/December 2014 issue. During the height of fishing season in New Brunswick, as anglers lured Atlantic salmon on the famous Miramichi River and kids navigated through thickets to seek out their favourite summer swimming holes, a report came […]
The Conservation Council of New Brunswick appeared in several media outlets following the Speech from the Throne on Wednesday, Dec. 3. Many inquiries were focused on the fracking moratorium promised by the Liberal government during the election, which was not mentioned in the speech. Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Coservation Council, told reporters she isn’t worried one
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The following opinion piece by Executive Director Lois Corbett on Quebec and Ontario calling for climate change in the National Energy Board’s review of the oil pipeline proposal was originally published in The Daily Gleaner on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2014. Concern for our planet gaining momentum Re: Pipeline Appeared in The Daily Gleaner, A12, Saturday,
Concern for planet outpaces pipeline proponents: Op-ed from CCNB Read More »
Matt Abbott, the Fundy Baykeeper at the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, and Maude Barlow, national chairperson of the Council of Canadians, co-wrote an article for the Globe and Mail following the conclusion of their two-week tour along the proposed route for the Energy East pipeline in Atlantic Canada. Barlow and Abbott address three myths
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On Monday, Nov. 10, an opinion piece by Executive Director Lois Corbett appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. The letter to the editor was written in response to former New Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna’s comments that Canada didn’t have to be “the boy scouts” of the world when it came to curbing climate change. The full
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Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, had the last word during a call-in segment of CBC Radio’s Maritime Noon program on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Corbett talked about the failure of the National Energy Board to consider the climate change impact of TransCanada’s proposed Energy East pipeline project. She said approving
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Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, appeared in New Brunswick print media on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, after TransCanada Corporation filed its proposed oil pipeline application to the National Energy Board. Corbett outlined the Conservation Council’s main concerns with the proposed oil pipeline project. An excerpt of her comments, which appeared
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Lois Corbett, executive director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, spoke about the proposed Energy East pipeline during a segment on CBC Moncton’s Information Morning program on Friday, Oct. 31. Corbett said TransCanada’s application to the National Energy Board, filed Thursday, Oct. 30, doesn’t adequately address the concern shared by thousands of Canadians over
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The Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick participated in a panel discussion that aired Sunday, Oct. 26 on CBC Radio’s Atlantic Voices program. The topic was the age-old jobs versus the environment debate: do environmental concerns have to take a backseat to economic development, or can the two coexist? Lois Corbett spoke
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Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, comments on Premier Brian Gallant’s election platform promises in an article published Oct. 7, 2014 by CBC New Brunswick. Corbett says she anticipates the timely release of details pertaining to the forestry deal signed by Premier David Alward’s Progressive Conservation government. She also expresses
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