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A recent series of news articles featuring our Conservation Council Director of Climate Change and Energy Solutions, Louise Comeau, speculate that cap-and-trade systems, where large industrial polluters’ greenhouse gas emissions are capped, may be the pricing mechanism chosen rather than a carbon tax when it comes to putting a price on carbon pollution. CBC asked […]
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Carbon pricing. For some people the idea triggers thoughts of positive solutions to climate change; for others, the words trigger thoughts of negative effects on personal costs and lifestyle choices; for many people, both responses are triggered. Can we talk about carbon pricing in ways that keep the door open to dialogue and increase understanding
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*Guest blog first featured in the Huddle* A carbon tax is coming to New Brunswick. What will it mean for the province’s businesses? That’s something many are pondering following an announcement by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last month saying he’s giving the provinces until 2018 to adopt a carbon pricing system, or the federal government will
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November 4, 2016 The landmark global accord to reduce carbon pollution officially enters into force today, requiring almost 200 countries worldwide, including China, the United States, India and Canada, to act on the commitments their leaders first pledged when negotiating the Paris Agreement in December, 2015. Worldwide, leaders and climate activists have turned to social
CCNB’s Weekend Movie Pick: Follow Leonardo DiCaprio in Before the Flood, a fresh new documentary on climate change released earlier this week,and watch as he travels the globe in a quest to show us the real-life effects affects of climate change, the real people it’s affecting and what must be done today to limit the risks
Louise Comeau, the Conservation Council’s Director of Climate Change and Energy Solutions, told CBC in a story published on Nov. 1, 2016 that a new report on flood preparedness in Canadian provinces and the Yukon by a researcher at the University of Waterloo only give us the part of the picture. The report gave New Brunswick a
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Last June, our team at the Conservation Council conducted a series of interviews, including with you and members of your staff, to assess community capacity to adapt to climate change. We used the community’s experience with post-tropical storm Arthur as a focal point for the study. Community capacity is the ability to get things done.
Select Committee on Climate Change Report Could Set Stage for a Sustainable New Brunswick Louise Comeau, Director of Climate Change and Energy Solutions October 24, 2016 The Final Report of the Select Committee on Climate Change is a testament to the value of making our voices heard. Members of the eight-member, all-party committee listened to New
PRESS RELEASE Select Committee on Climate Change Report Could Set Stage for a Sustainable New Brunswick October 24, 2016 Fredericton – The Final Report of the Select Committee on Climate Change is a testament to the value of making our voices heard. Members of the eight-member, all-party committee listened to New Brunswickers and have delivered
University of New Brunswick Forestry Professor Charles Bourque was quoted in an article published by CBC on Sept 19., saying that if emissions remain at their current level then softwood species like the balsam fir may be gradually ‘eradicated’ due to climate change. “The tree species that require lower temperatures will tend to be eradicated
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