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CCNB’s Lois Corbett on Crown Forest election promises

Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, speaks to Global News’ Laura Brown about promises Liberal Leader and incoming Premier Brian Gallant made regarding Crown Forest management during the 2014 election campaign. In his campaign platform, Gallant pledged “immediately moving to evaluate options under the current forestry plan and release all […]

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Harper’s absence a good thing: Op-ed from CCNB

Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, and Louise Comeau, Executive Director of Climate Action Network Canada, co-wrote an opinion piece that was published in the Fredericton Daily Gleaner on Thursday, Sept. 25. The piece was in response to Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s absence from the UN Climate Summit, and called

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CCNB’s Inka Milewski discusses odours from oil transport and storage with CBC Radio

Conservation Council Science Advisor Inka Milewski spoke to CBC Information Morning Saint John about the odors being emitted from the Irving Oil rail terminal, refinery, marine terminal and oil storage facilities. Inka discussed Ecosorb, a product being used to reduce odours as well as the risks associated with both the smelly and odourless chemicals being

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Media responses to Ombudsman Report on failure of Province’s water protection regulation

On Friday, August 15, the New Brunswick Ombudsman tabled “Report into the Department of Environment’s Management of the Provincial Water Classification Program”.  It wasn’t good news. His investigation concluded that successive governments have been intentionally delaying the acceptance of 19 applications for river protection across the province.  The result, the Ombudsman states,   is a

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Energy East Pipeline route crosses 961 waterways: report

Council of Canadians says oil spill could contaminate ground water, marine environment CBC News Poster Aug 18, 2014 A new report from the Council of Canadians says the Energy East Pipeline would cross and endanger 961 waterways that are important for drinking water, First Nations cultures and treaty rights, fish and wildlife habitat and tourism.

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Wastewater treatment company seeks to dump 30M litres in N.B.

Atlantic Industrial Services in Debert, N.S. is hoping to ditch its wastewater in Dieppe, N.B. CBC News Posted Aug 06, 2014 Stephanie Merrill, the director of Fresh Water Protection Program with the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, said there are still too many questions about the impact of the water. She says the province doesn’t

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CCNB’s Lois Corbett on voters and the environment

From: Province at crossroads on natural resources by Chris Morris, Telegraph-Journal, August 5, 2014. “I think the voter has moved beyond the old jobs-versus-the-environment argument and the belief that you can only have one or the other,” says Lois Corbett, executive director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick. “Folks have a much more sophisticated

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Water Canada: Your 2014 guide to the latest in provincial and territorial water policy.

Posted on July 11, 2014 Written by Elizabeth Hendriks and Lindsay Telfer Canada’s water challenges and the ways provinces and territories address those challenges can be so similar yet entirely unique. Each jurisdiction’s positions on issues of supply, conservation, and management will determine what regulations and policies are priorities. While it may be difficult to

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