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Corbett talks NB’s biggest carbon polluters with Acadie-Nouvelle

Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, spoke with L’Acadie Nouvelle this week about the provincial government’s proposed “made-in-New Brunswick” carbon pricing plan for large industrial polluters and the province’s carbon pollution reduction targets. In new materials distributed on the Government of New Brunswick’s website and Facebook page, the province is claiming it is well on its […]

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The ABC’s of carbon pricing and industrial polluters

CCNB in the News / Jon MacNeill

Having a hard time wrapping your head around carbon pricing plans for large industrial polluters? The federal backstop. A new “made-in-New Brunswick” plan. Which is better? How do they work? Fortunately, our Executive Director Lois Corbett can shed some light, in simple language, on what carbon pricing is all about and what we should watch

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Be weary of “sweetheart deal” between industry and province on carbon pollution: Corbett

CCNB in the News / Jon MacNeill

Our Executive Director Lois Corbett says she’s keeping a close eye on the province’s proposed new carbon-pricing plan for large industrial polluters to ensure it doesn’t let the powerful industrial lobby in New Brunswick off the hook when it comes to meaningful action to reduce carbon pollution. “We don’t need the huge industrial lobby in

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Conservation Council, First Nations, scientists, business owners and Nashwaak residents unite to protect watershed from proposed mine’s waste

CCNB in the News / Jon MacNeill

The Conservation Council joined with First Nation representatives, aquatic scientists, local businesspeople and residents of the Nashwaak Watershed at a press conference about the proposed Sisson Mine near Stanley on Feb. 27. Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, told Global New Brunswick that the coalition is calling on the federal government to keep fish-bearing brooks off

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Corbett questions Premier Higgs’ participation in pro-pipeline rally

CCNB in the News / Jon MacNeill

Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, told Global New Brunswick that Premier Blaine Higgs would be better served “sticking to his knitting” on issues most pressing in New Brunswick, instead of travelling across Canada fighting for oil and gas interests in Western Canada. Global News published an article on Feb. 19 about Premier Blaine Higgs’ participation

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Should Irving’s pollution fine go to an Irving-led project?

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News / Jon MacNeill

Just when you thought you’d heard of everything. J.D. Irving Ltd. has pled guilty to polluting the St. John River with effluent from its Saint John pulp mill. But the company’s lawyers are proposing a plea deal that would see Irving pay part of its fine to a salmon conservation company chaired by the pulp mill’s

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Lois Corbett calls on government to be strategic with plan to protect more Crown forest land

CCNB in the News / Jon MacNeill

Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, told reporters she’ll be watching closely to see if the provincial government gives proposed new conservation forest areas equal status in law as provincial protected areas and parks. This week, the provincial government announced it will add new forest conservation areas as part of its long-awaited review of the controversial

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They put their own interests well above that of their neighbours: Fundy Baykeeper

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, Feature / Hannah Moore

Our Fundy Baykeeper, Matt Abbott, is calling on the province for greater enforcement and oversight of aquaculture companies. Information following the Northern Harvest Sea Farms pesticide case was obtained by the CBC this week. Emails between the aquaculture company and provincial environment officials revealed the “tensions at play” last summer and fall, during a sea

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Severe weather should trigger concerns about water: Corbett

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News / Hannah Moore

Our executive director, Lois Corbett, told the CBC that the extreme weather we have been facing should be a wake-up call for our governments to better prepare to protect our water systems. “With these extreme rains, and in the winter, ice storms, we have to almost always think – not just about the weather –

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Tune in for weekly conversations about our upcoming book, The Great Trees of New Brunswick, Volume 2

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, Forest Conservation / Hannah Moore

Retired New Brunswick forester David Palmer will be speaking on CBC’s Information Morning over the next few weeks to talk about our new edition of the book, The Great Trees of New Brunswick, Volume 2! Published in 1987 by the Canadian Forestry Association of New Brunswick, the original book set out to capture the beauty

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Corbett talks NB’s biggest carbon polluters with Acadie-Nouvelle

The ABC’s of carbon pricing and industrial polluters

Be weary of “sweetheart deal” between industry and province on carbon pollution: Corbett

Conservation Council, First Nations, scientists, business owners and Nashwaak residents unite to protect watershed from proposed mine’s waste

Corbett questions Premier Higgs’ participation in pro-pipeline rally

Should Irving’s pollution fine go to an Irving-led project?

Lois Corbett calls on government to be strategic with plan to protect more Crown forest land

They put their own interests well above that of their neighbours: Fundy Baykeeper

Severe weather should trigger concerns about water: Corbett

Tune in for weekly conversations about our upcoming book, The Great Trees of New Brunswick, Volume 2

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