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After three years of waiting and no provincial incentives for New Brunswickers looking to purchase electric vehicles, the Conservation Council’s Executive Director, Lois Corbett says the provincial government has no excuse for failing to meet its target of adding 2,500 electric vehicles (EVs) on New Brunswick roads by 2020. “The government has really dropped the […]
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The Conservation Council’s Executive Director, Lois Corbett, recommends that a portion of the carbon revenue should be used to improve essential services that help keep citizens safe from the impacts of climate change. “We’ve got a lot of work to do to protect our homes and our communities and our roads and our sewers,” Corbett
Attention News Editors: Louise Comeau, Director of the Conservation Council’s Climate Change and Energy Solutions Program, issued the following statement with respect to the federal government approving New Brunswick’s carbon pricing system for consumers today. She is available for interviews. “The big question now is, what does the Premier plan to do in 2020 to
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While the world struggles to come to terms with the growing problem of “ecological grief” in the face of the climate crisis – whether it’s the mind-numbing fear of crop-killing droughts, black-outs caused by ice storms, or the slow realization that the wildlife you knew as a child might disappear before your very eyes –
Harvey Station couple brew beer with solar panels and wind turbine Deep in the woods near Harvey Station, five kilometres from the nearest power line, is Randy Rowe and his partner Denise’s brewery, Off Grid Ales. On this morning, Rowe sits on his lakeside porch, relaxing in the summer sun’s heat before tackling the day’s
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This climate change and health special edition of EcoAlert Magazine shines a light on climate change’s lesser-known public health consequences, guides you through our 2nd Annual Eco Buildings Tour, celebrates the passage of Canada’s new Fisheries Act, and gives you the latest environmental news on topics such as Premier Higgs’ plan to end the moratorium
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This climate change and health special edition of EcoAlert Magazineshines a light on climate change’s lesser-known public health consequences, guides you through our 2nd Annual Eco Buildings Tour, and more. Read it now for free!
Our climate change and health special edition of EcoAlert Magazine is out! Read More »
Elaine Price describes herself as a country girl; she even met her husband hunting at age 15. Her home along the shore of Grand Lake allows her to canoe, kayak, fish, skate, snowshoe and bring family up to enjoy the outdoors.
But when the floods came in 2018 – after she already flooded in 2008 – all that changed. She was forced to evacuate.
“We were very scared, frightened, frustrated that it happened again,” Price said. “Just, very sad.”
After the flood: deciding to stay Read More »
Ontario’s Court of Appeal has ruled Parliament’s carbon charge is constitutional The Court of Appeal for Ontario ruled this afternoon that the federal government has the constitutional authority to impose a carbon tax upon provinces that choose not to implement one themselves. “The need for a collective approach to a matter of national concern, and
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We want to hear about your experience with climate change. Whether it’s from the 2017 Acadian Peninsula ice storm, the two back-to-back, 100-year-floods along the Wolastoq (St. John) River in 2018 and 2019, Hurricane Arthur or something else altogether, we want you to reach out.
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