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Conservation Council’s recommendations for a strong water strategy

CCNB Blog, Freshwater Protection / Kaleigh Holder

The Conservation Council has submitted comments on the Department of Environment and Local Government’s draft water strategy, A Water Strategy for New Brunswick 2018-2028. Following the release of the draft water strategy, we created a free toolkit and prewritten letter to help the public and supporting groups respond to the government’s call for public comments. […]

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Dallas McQuarrie wins 2nd Annual Beth McLaughlin Environmental Journalism Award

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Community, Forest Conservation, Freshwater Protection, Marine Conservation / Corey Robichaud

Dallas McQuarrie, a Kent County-based journalist who has written about forestry mismanagement, Aboriginal title claims, and other pressing environmental issues in New Brunswick, is this year’s first-place recipient of the Beth McLaughlin Environmental Journalism Award. McQuarrie received the award, given annually since 2015 to a New Brunswick journalist in recognition of in-depth reporting and thoughtful

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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In 2016, the provincial government announced it would develop a water strategy that would update New Brunswick’s outdated way of protecting water.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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Pollution test Irving takes issue with has been used “to the benefit of all Canadians”

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, Freshwater Protection / Jon MacNeill

Our Fundy Baykeeper, Matt Abbott, told CBC New Brunswick the pollution test that Irving Pulp and Paper claims is being applied unconstitutionally has in fact been used across the country for decades “to the benefit of all Canadians.” Last year, Irving Pulp and Paper was charged under the Fisheries Act with 15 counts of dumping

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EcoNews – Pulp mill pollution, pipelines, and water policy

CCNB Blog, EcoNews, Freshwater Protection, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation / Corey Robichaud

In this edition of EcoNews, we look at Irving Pulp and Paper’s intention to argue that pollution charges laid against it by the federal government last year are unconstitutional (sorry, come again?); we breathe a sigh of relief and look with hope toward a smarter low-carbon economy with the cancellation of TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline;

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Irving claims pollution charges against it are unconstitutional

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, Feature, Freshwater Protection / Jon MacNeill

We’re pretty certain the authors of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms didn’t have the right to pollute, at will, in mind when they penned the iconic document. Irving Pulp and Paper intends to launch a Charter challenge claiming that the 15 charges of illegal dumping into the St. John River levied against it

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Protect what is close to you, on World Rivers Day

CCNB Blog, Freshwater Protection / Kaleigh Holder

To mark this year’s World Rivers Day (Sept. 24), people across the globe are joining together to celebrate our marvelous rivers. Often compared to arteries or highways, rivers are essential to the livelihood of communities. It is no doubt that on its 12th annual Rivers Day, the world has lots to celebrate! Here in New

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Moncton restaurant cuts out plastic straws entirely

CCNB Blog, Freshwater Protection / Leah Meyer

Congratulations to St. James Gate for making efforts to reduce its ecological footprint! The local company’s restaurants in Moncton, Dieppe and Shediac are no longer offering plastic straws to their customers. According to the owner, Kolin Barely, his is the first establishment in Moncton to cut out plastic straw use entirely, after he found that

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Herbicide spraying within municipal drinking water supply areas

CCNB Blog, Forest Conservation, Freshwater Protection / Jon MacNeill

As forestry companies continue to spray glyphosate-based herbicides across the province this month, we’ve taken an in-depth look at exactly how much spraying is happening within the drinking water supply areas of some New Brunswick communities. Here’s a breakdown of what we found, using the publicly-available data at forestinfo.ca: Want the spraying to stop? Our representatives in

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Concerned citizens show support for an end to herbicide spraying near Petitcodiac

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, Forest Conservation, Freshwater Protection / Corey Robichaud

In a show of support for an end to herbicide spraying on Crown land near Petitcodiac, roughly 25 people gathered outside the Petitcodiac village office on Tuesday, Aug. 15, where a meeting was scheduled between the village council and J.D. Irving regarding the company’s spray program, Global News reports. The meeting was cancelled after Petitcodiac

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