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Monarchs Migrate To IUCN’s Endangered Red List
The IUCN listed monarch butterflies as endangered globally on July 21, citing threats to their habitat from climate change, extreme weather and deforestation.
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“Nature Is Our Best Neighbour”
One of the biggest nature protection announcement in New Brunswick’s history received widespread media coverage as Conservation Council and allies applaud move, push for even more forest protection and reform.
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Top Environmental Groups Welcome First Step Toward Doubling Nature Protection in New Brunswick
In a ‘watershed moment’ for conservation, the provincial government has added 100,000 hectares of new protected areas.
Three Strikes You’re Out! For Bayer
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused two bids brought by Bayer to appeal previous decisions that its glyphosate products like Roundup cause cancer.
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Back To The Drawing Board For Glyphosate: American Court
A California appeals court has ordered the US Environmental Protection Agency to review glyphosate, saying its 2019 re-authorization did not adequately consider the human health and ecological risks associated with the herbicide’s use.
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Long Distance Flyers To Elusive Lichen: Draft Regulations For Five Species Listed Under Species At Risk Act
Some of these species, such as the bohemian cuckoo bumble bee and the wrinkled shingled lichen (what a name!), are extremely rare in the province, while you may recognize the trademark song or the iconic, colourful wings of some of the others.
A Big Win From The Baie des Chaleurs To The Bay Of Fundy: Canada Bans Single-Use Plastics
It’s a victory that’s been a long time coming—Canada is banning some of the most common plastic waste littering our streets, beaches, forests, rivers and oceans.
Nullity And Dullity: Little Progress on Forestry Reform in N.B.
With herbicide spray season about to start in New Brunswick, it may be a good time to check in on the progress made since the Legislative Assembly received a committee’s report that recommended a more “cautious approach on pesticide use, including glyphosate.”
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Clearcutting And Softwood Plantations “Smoking Gun” On New Brunswick’s Bird Population Decline: Study
New research published today shows New Brunswick forestry companies’ decades-long practice of clearcutting natural forest and replacing it with massive softwood plantations is driving significant declines in the province’s bird populations.