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Film screenings in June: 40th anniversary of Neal Livingston’s Budworks, plus 100 Short Stories

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”138606″ img_size=”500 x 700″ alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_shadow” onclick=”link_image”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Conservation Council is hosting a pair of film screenings with award-winning independent filmmaker Neal Livingston on June 12 and June 13, including the 40th anniversary screening of Budworks, a film about the controversial, decades-long budworm spraying program in New Brunswick that was featured in Rachel Carson’s seminal […]

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Bees are in trouble — here’s what you can do to help!

CCNB Blog, Community, Feature, Forest Conservation / Corey Robichaud

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Bees are having a tough time filling their bellies this spring. This was the message we got from our New Brunswick beekeepers after many opened their hives to find 30 to 80 per cent of their colony hadn’t made it through the winter. Beekeepers are calling on New Brunswickers to help reduce the strain

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Fundy Baykeeper blasts deliberate, illegal pesticide use in the Bay of Fundy

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, Feature, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation / Jon MacNeill

“I wish I was surprised.” That’s what our Fundy Baykeeper, Matt Abbott, told reporters after it was revealed in Saint John provincial court Tuesday that a St. George salmon farming company had deliberately used an illegal pesticide last summer. The company, Northern Harvest Sea Farms, pled guilty to violating New Brunswick’s Pesticides Control Act on

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As Moncton moves toward plastic bag ban, tell us what you’re doing to keep plastic pollution out of our oceans!

CCNB Blog, Feature, Freshwater Protection, Marine Conservation / Corey Robichaud

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”138314″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_custom_heading text=”Did you know Moncton is moving toward a ban on single-use plastic bags?” google_fonts=”font_family:Alegreya%20Sans%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:500%20bold%20regular%3A500%3Anormal”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s true! According to CBC New Brunswick, when a local community group presented a petition calling for a ban at a public meeting earlier this month, the members of Moncton City council jumped on the opportunity, with one

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New study shows energy efficiency investments will create 25,000+ jobs in New Brunswick

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Feature / Hannah Moore

The transition to an energy-efficient economy would create more than 25,000 full-time jobs in New Brunswick and increase the provincial GDP by $4.9 billion over the next 13 years, according to a new study from Dunsky Energy Consulting. The study, The Economic Impact of Improved Energy Efficiency in Canada, calculates the carbon pollution we could

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Lois Corbett appointed co-chair of federal government’s Just Transition Task Force for coal phase out

Feature, Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 25 April 2018 OTTAWA — The Conservation Council’s Executive Director, Lois Corbett, has been appointed by the federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, the Hon. Catherine McKenna, as the co-chair of the Just Transition Task Force for coal workers and communities. Created in response to the federal government’s commitment to

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Call for nominations — 2018 Beth McLaughlin Environmental Journalism Award

CCNB Blog, Community, Feature / Corey Robichaud

It’s that time of the year again! The Conservation Council of New Brunswick is pleased to announce nominations are open for our 4th annual Beth McLaughlin Environmental Journalism Award, presented annually in recognition of in-depth and thoughtful coverage of environmental issues in New Brunswick. By recognizing the best environmental reporting, this award seeks to inspire

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Economic research shows Canada can afford to take greater climate action

Climate and Energy, Climate and Jobs, Community, Feature, Media Releases / Corey Robichaud

Canada’s GDP is expected to grow at least 38 per cent by the 2030 Paris Agreement deadline, even with greater greenhouse gas reductions than the current federal plan OTTAWA, ONT. — Meeting Canada’s international climate commitments under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change will have virtually no impact on the country’s continued economic growth, finds research

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CCNB Members nominated for 2017 Atlantic Journalism Awards

CCNB Blog, Community, Feature / Corey Robichaud

*Image originally published in March 2018 edition of the Atlantic Salmon Journal, We’d like to give a hearty spring shout out to three of the Conservation Council’s talented volunteers, supporters, and occasional bloggers — whom were all recently nominated as finalists in the magazine category for the prestigious Atlantic Journalism Awards. Kudos go out to Deborah

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Guest blog: A plea to the people of New Brunswick

CCNB Blog, Feature, Forest Conservation, Freshwater Protection, Uncategorized / Tom Cheney with photography by Nick Hawkins

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Don’t let it happen. The Sisson Mine is a disaster we can’t afford. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Every summer I go trout fishing on the Nashwaak river. Actually, I mostly go fishing on one of its tributaries. It’s a relatively healthy system, with no major dams and cold, clean water. I know a couple of good spots and

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