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Statement on provincial water protection strategy

Attention News Editors: Lois Corbett, Executive Director, released the following statement with respect to today’s announcement about a provincial water strategy: “The provincial water strategy released today includes short-term and long-term actions that demonstrate what can happen when citizens and groups like the Conservation Council speak up for clean water. Introducing a new water protection […]

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Breaking EcoNews — N.B.’s Climate Change Act

CCNB Blog, EcoNews, Feature / Jon MacNeill

So, we have a Climate Change Act for New Brunswick — something your Conservation Council has said we’ve needed for years. Is it exactly what we had in mind (or even close)? No. But let’s start with the good. The new bill, introduced in the Legislature today, does three very important, smart things: It increases transparency in

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Background Materials on N.B.’s carbon pricing system

Feature, Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

Attention News Editors: Here is some background that may be helpful in reporting on Environment and Local Government Minister Serge Rousselle’s comments today about a carbon-pricing system for New Brunswick: To date, Canadian jurisdictions that have announced or implemented a system for pricing carbon include Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British

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Pepsi can imprint on Bay of Fundy lobster tells story of pollution problem in NB coastal waters

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

The Fundy Baykeeper says an unusual catch in the waters off Grand Manan tells the story of a dishearteningly common and pervasive problem in our oceans: the abundance of human-made garbage. The CBC reports that Grand Manan lobster fisher Karissa Landstrand recently pulled in a lobster with part of a Pepsi can imprinted on its

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Read the debate over the motion on glyphosate spraying in NB

CCNB Blog, Feature, Forest Conservation / Jon MacNeill

On Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, elected officials in New Brunswick’s Legislative Assembly debated a motion about the spraying of glyphosate-based herbicides in the province’s Crown forest. The motion, brought forward by Gagetown-Petitcodiac MLA Ross Wetmore (PC), called for the formation of a working group made of government departments and outside stakeholders to look at the

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Have your say on a water protection strategy for NB!

CCNB Blog, Feature, Freshwater Protection, Marine Conservation / Kaleigh Holder

In 2016, the provincial government announced it would develop a water strategy that would update New Brunswick’s outdated way of protecting water. The draft, A Water Protection Strategy for New Brunswick 2018-2028, has now been released, and the deadline for comments is November 20, 2017. It is up to us to ensure decision makers are aware

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Have you sent your #stopspraying letter yet?

CCNB Blog, Feature / Jon MacNeill

The letters are working! MLAs Ross Wetmore and Jeff Carr talked about glyphosate spraying at the Legislature last week, and today, our elected officials debated a motion concerning herbicide spraying in the Legislative Assembly. Let’s keep the momentum going! We’ve made it easy for you to write your MLA to ask them to stop the spraying of

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CCNB Southeast chapter Buy Local Celebration

CCNB Blog, Community, Feature, Fundraiser / Corey Robichaud

Everything tastes better with friends, family and fresh local ingredients! That’s why we’re inviting you to join us for the Conservation Council of New Brunswick Southeast Chapter’s Buy Local Celebration, coming up on Sunday, Nov. 19. Enjoy a complimentary glass of wine and hors d’oeuvres in the new Dolma Food Restaurant (251 St George St, Moncton, NB), with guest

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Class-action lawsuit underway against large open-pit mine in Quebec

CCNB Blog, Feature / Corey Robichaud

More than 200 residents who launched a class-action lawsuit against the operators of a large open-pit mine in Quebec are getting their day in the Quebec Superior Court. MiningWatch Canada reports that the class-action suit — representing roughly 1,200 people, families and businesses near the Malartic gold mine outside Val d’Or, Que. — started before

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Another right whale found dead just as scientists warn species might not last 20 years

CCNB Blog, Feature, Marine Conservation / Corey Robichaud

The devastating year for right whales continues. Another north Atlantic right whale has been found dead and decomposing off the coast of Massachusetts this week, reports the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), making it the 16th dead North Atlantic right whale found in U.S and Canadian waters this year. Having lost more than 3

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