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Snowed in? No better time to read the holiday edition of EcoAlert Winter 2016!

This special holiday edition of EcoAlert sets the stage for NB’s climate future with an update on the Select Committee on Climate Change report, dives headfirst into NB’s new Local Food and Beverages Strategy, and takes you on a tour through the province’s burgeoning craft beer and cottage wine scene. In this issue: • The NB […]

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New Brunswick’s largest ever petition calls for ban of glyphosates in the forest

CCNB Blog, Feature / Tracy Glynn

The work of New Brunswickers to ban glyphosates in forestry in the province marked a milestone on Dec. 6 when it collected the largest number of signatures to any petition ever tabled in the Legislative Assembly. To date, almost 28,000 New Brunswickers have signed a hard copy petition against spraying glyphosates in the forest in just

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Majority of Canadians support climate action, says new poll

CCNB Blog, Feature / Corey Robichaud

Fredericton – A strong majority of Canadians support new regulations on energy efficiency, cleaner fuels and renewable energy, says a comprehensive new poll conducted by researchers at the University of Montreal. With only four days until Canada’s First Ministers are expected to release the details of a national climate plan, the survey of over 1,200

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The Great Tree Challenge! Nominate your great tree

CCNB Blog, Feature, Forest Conservation / Tracy Glynn

What’s your favourite tree? Atlantic Forestry Review and the Conservation Council of New Brunswick want to know. It has been almost 30 years since the book, Great Trees of New Brunswick, was published. We think it’s time to work on another compilation that captures your pictures and stories of more of our native trees. Read David Palmer’s history of

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Iron & Earth: Workers take charge in the transition to renewable energy

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Climate and Jobs, Feature / Corey Robichaud

Have you heard of Iron & Earth? It’s an organization led by Canada’s oil sands workers that came together in the spring of 2015 when oil prices began to drop and workers were facing mass layoffs in the Alberta oil sands. The workers, including boiler makers, electricians, pipe fitters and iron workers, want to

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Conservation Council of New Brunswick releases policy options to spur climate change conversation

Feature, Media Releases / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

MEDIA RELEASE Conservation Council of New Brunswick releases policy options to spur climate change conversation READ: A Climate Action Plan For New Brunswick July 13, 2016 Fredericton, N.B. – A new report from the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, released today, offers provincial politicians, environmental policy makers, and citizens a bold vision for New Brunswick. The

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The stories and photos are flooding in! Tell us how post-tropical storm Arthur affected you…

CCNB Blog, Feature / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

Do you remember post-tropical storm Arthur? The July 2014 extreme weather event left 195,000 households without power for as much as a few days to two weeks because winds of 100 km/hour and heavy rain knocked down trees and power lines. How did you experience post-tropical storm Arthur? Did you lose power, have enough food,

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Fundy Baykeeper Wins Visionary Award

Feature, Fundy Baykeeper, Media Releases, Webinars & Events / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

June 8, 2016 FREDERICTON, N.B. – The Conservation Council’s Fundy Baykeeper, Matt Abbott, has been awarded Gulf of Maine Council’s 2016 Visionary Award. The Gulf of Maine Council Visionary Award presented annually to an individual or organization within each of the five Gulf of Maine jurisdictions of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, New Brunswick, and

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Community forest/solar energy champion to take part in McCain Entrepreneurial Leaders Program

CCNB Blog, Feature / Tracy Glynn

Jeff Schnurr, a local community forest and solar energy champion, has deservedly earned a spot in this year’s Wallace McCain Institute’s Entrepreneurial Leaders Program. Jeff is the executive director and founder of Community Forests International (CFI), an organization devoted to community forests, sustainable forestry techniques and environmental education. Jeff and others with CFI introduced themselves

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Conservation Council of New Brunswick says extending fracking moratorium is good public policy

Feature, Media Releases / Corey Robichaud

Fredericton, N.B. – The Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB) welcomed the Gallant Government’s decision to extend the fracking moratorium in New Brunswick. Energy and Mines Minister Donald Arsenault responded to the Hydraulic Fracturing Commission’s February 26 report by announcing that the moratorium his government put in place in 2014 would be extended “indefinitely”. Stating

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