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Want to know which companies and facilities in New Brunswick produce the most climate change-causing pollution? See the tables below. The first which focuses on the province’s two top polluters, Irving oil refinery and the Belledune Generating Station, was produced using provincial data derived from Canada’s latest submission to the United Nations Convention on Climate …
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Today’s Supreme Court of Canada decision that a national price on carbon pollution is constitutional is a win for climate action.
Learn about CCNB and EAC’s recent collaborations with community-engaged artists to reflect on the challenges of climate change and our hopes for the future. Hear about our emotional journey, meet the artists and project partners, and experience some of the music, visual arts and stories that emerged.
Our Dr. Louise Comeau says provincial and federal government investments in SMR research would be better spent helping citizens reduce their carbon pollution footprint today.
Carbon pricing revenue is not being spent to help citizens lower their energy use, make their homes more comfortable and energy efficient, or adapt to a world increasingly moving toward decarbonization.
More money is being invested in long-term speculative SMR research than is going to investments to cut greenhouse gas emissions today.
You’re invited to attend our virtual open house for From Harm to Harmony, a group exhibition by Conservation Council of New Brunswick supporters looking at challenges of climate change and the power of people to make a difference.
Why do we still lack commitments, plans and pathways from our governments and utilities to set us on a clear pathway to affordable, reliable, environmentally-sustainable energy with cleaner electricity? What is getting in the way? It turns out, it’s a political choice. Governments’ laws, regulations and policies are not keeping pace with technology change or the need to protect our most vulnerable.
NB Power’s staggering debt should give provincial government pause on risky small modular reactor investment
New Brunswick has a history of wild-card investments that fail to deliver. Why not hedge our bets and accelerate investment in what the CCIC calls “safe bets” — delivering cost-effective greenhouse gas reductions through investments that emphasize energy efficiency, switching to clean, affordable renewable energy, and shifting to electric vehicles?
© Conservation Council of New Brunswick 2021