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Send your letter to protect the Nashwaak Watershed from Sisson mine waste

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Community, Forest Conservation, Freshwater Protection, Webinars & Events / Corey Robichaud

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”141015″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text] New Brunswickers have one final opportunity to tell the federal government to keep fish-bearing brooks off the list for the proposed Sisson Mine’s waste dam. The companies behind the proposed mine are in the final stages of applying for permission to dump mining waste into portions of Bird Brook and […]

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NB Power launches energy efficiency hub

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Community / Vishal Verma

NB Power has launched a new website dedicated to making your home cozier in the winter, cooler in the summer and cheaper to power year-round. The public utility’s new energy efficiency web hub highlights ways New Brunswickers can save energy and details how you can access a variety of residential, commercial and industrial incentive programs.

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EcoNews — Call to action on Sisson Mine, Premier at the pro-pipeline rally, Fundy Baykeeper on aquaculture reform, and Drive Electric NB’s happy problem

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Climate and Jobs, Community, EcoNews, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation / Corey Robichaud

In this edition of EcoNews, we encourage you to use our letter-writing tool to have your say on the Sisson Mine’s plan to use fish-bearing brooks in the Nashwaak Watershed for part of its waste tailings as the federal government takes final comments from the public; we bring you our Fundy Baykeeper’s preliminary recommendations as

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Happy problem: Drive Electric NB’s rebate program was so popular it had to end early

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy / Hannah Moore

Climate change is an issue that demands attention – and it looks like New Brunswickers are listening. In hopes of promoting a low-carbon lifestyle, Drive Electric NB and the New Brunswick Lung Association reintroduced their rebate program last July. The program offered New Brunswickers a $1000 rebate toward the purchase of a new or used electric

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Who’s your Eco-Hero? Snap a music video and win $1,000!

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Community, Fundy Baykeeper / Corey Robichaud

Are you a nature-lover with an eye for video editing? Are you proud of all the great work happening in your community to help move New Brunswick toward a green economy? Then this contest is for you! New Brunswick has many champions for rural, social, environmental and economic justice and four fantastic groups have joined

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Nova Scotia makes first steps toward ‘ecological forestry’ triad model

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Forest Conservation / Vishal Verma

In the summer of 2017, the provincial government in Nova Scotia appointed Professor William Lahey, a former deputy environment minister and current president of the University of King’s College, to lead a long-sought review of forestry practices in the Bluenose Province. Lahey released his report — containing 163 conclusions, 45 recommendations, and involving seven advisors

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Why the rush to overturn fracking ban?

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Feature, Freshwater Protection, Uncategorized / Jim Emberger

Just before the holidays, Brunswick News interviewed Steve Moran, CEO of gas producer Corridor, Inc. This interview, and conversations that followed it, contradicted everything that Premier Higgs told us about lifting the shale gas moratorium.

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Window is closing to avert climate disaster

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy / Jim Emberger

Amidst the excitement over New Brunswick’s political situation and the hubbub surrounding cannabis, Brunswick News columnist Chris Morris provided a sober shot of reality in a commentary advising our new MLAs to pay attention to the latest, vitally important report from the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Her column,“New Brunswick position unclear as

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Ignoring climate change is a risky venture

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Climate and Jobs, Community, Feature / Dr. Louise Comeau

When we debate climate solutions like carbon pricing, let us keep in mind the risks we face and costs we are paying from the floods, heat waves, wildfires and coastal erosion affecting New Brunswickers. The strength of these type of events is increasing because of the warming planet. Let’s not forget that climate change is

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Hard hats and work boots: energy efficiency could create 25,000+ jobs in New Brunswick

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Climate and Jobs, Feature / Hannah Moore

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_cta h2=”Election 2018: Ask candidates in your riding…” h2_font_container=”font_size:30″ h2_google_fonts=”font_family:Alegreya%20Sans%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal” color=”white” use_custom_fonts_h2=”true” use_custom_fonts_h4=”true” css=”.vc_custom_1536683693228{background-color: #abd68d !important;}”]Will you commit to aggressive investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy that will create good-paying jobs for tradespeople in New Brunswick?[/vc_cta][vc_column_text]The transition to an energy-efficient economy would create more than 25,000 full-time jobs in New Brunswick and increase the

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