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The Conservation Council of New Brunswick says that meeting the federal test allows the province’s largest carbon emitters to pollute mostly for free. Consumers, on the other hand, continue to pay for all emissions due to driving.
Would you like to participate in a Citizens’ Assembly to make recommendations to federal and provincial governments and utilities on how to keep electricity affordable and eliminate energy poverty, while eliminating carbon and air pollution from the electricity system?
Nature Canada’s NatureBus tour is heading to the NatureCOP conference in Montreal. If you can’t make it to the bus, send a digital message to make sure your voice is heard!
On the eve of the largest annual global climate conference (COP27), over 70 health and environment organizations are calling on the Government of Canada to acknowledge and act to reduce the logging industry’s significant greenhouse gas emissions.
In a long hoped-for decision, the federal Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) has begun reviewing a formal request from the Coalition for Responsible Energy Development in New Brunswick (CRED-NB) to subject the small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) proposed by NB Power for Point Lepreau on the Bay of Fundy to a full federal Impact Assessment (IA).
Making the connection between looming climate tipping points and changes we’re already seeing in New Brunswick’s Bay of Fundy.
Today, the Province released its updated climate action plan with commitments to leadership and accountability, reducing greenhouse gases and preparing for the effects of climate change.
We’re calling on the New Brunswick government to follow the example of neighbouring Prince Edward Island and Quebec by putting in place a strong mandate and clear targets to achieve a 100 per cent electric school bus fleet over the next few years.
Why are diesel school buses still the default choice for pupil transportation in New Brunswick when there is a non-polluting, non-emitting option? Louise Comeau, Director Climate Change and Energy Solutions, weighs in.
Debunking Premier Higgs’ claims about the Saint John LNG plant conversion, New Brunswick’s role in the European energy crisis, and shale gas development at home.
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