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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In 2016, the provincial government announced it would develop a water strategy that would update New Brunswick’s outdated way of protecting water.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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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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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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Tanker strikes leading cause of right whale deaths: report

CCNB Blog, Marine Conservation / Leah Meyer

Scientists have a clearer picture of how a record-setting number of North Atlantic right whale deaths occurred in East Coast waters this summer. Wildlife pathologists released their necropsy results in an incident report out Oct. 5, concluding that tanker strikes were the main cause for the large number of deaths. In total, 15 right whales

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Environment and Climate Change Canada Reluctant to Enforce Regulations against Aquaculture Operators

Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation, Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

For Immediate Release – Sept. 26, 2017 Environment and Climate Change Canada Reluctant to Enforce Regulations against Aquaculture Operators K’JIPUKTUK/HALIFAX — A retired Environment Canada employee and conservation and environmental law groups are calling for action from the federal government after Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) confirmed certain aquaculture activities result in a disposal at

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Update: Feds order tankers to slow down in Gulf of St. Lawrence

CCNB Blog, Feature, Marine Conservation / Jon MacNeill

UPDATED: Aug. 11, 2017 11:30 a.m. The federal government has introduced a mandatory slow down for supertankers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence to help prevent further deaths of north Atlantic right whales. Vessels 20 metres or more in length must reduce their speed to a maximum of 10 knots when travelling in the western

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Baykeeper calls for mandatory slow down of supertankers

CCNB Blog, Marine Conservation / Olivia DeYoung

A tenth north Atlantic right whale has been found dead, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) stated in a series of social media posts Tuesday evening. The carcass was found south of the River of Ponds area in Newfoundland by a DFO surveillance flight. The department issued an advisory in July asking mariners to

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Seven dead right whales devastating blow: experts

CCNB Blog, Feature, Marine Conservation / Jon MacNeill

Amid evidence that at least two of the seven right whales recently found dead in the waters off New Brunswick were likely struck by a ship, a wildlife pathologist leading the investigation says it’s time to slow down tanker and ship traffic in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Dr. Pierre-Yves Daoust of the Atlantic Veterinary

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Fundy Baykeeper disappointed by Irving Oil’s request to limit scope of NEB review for Energy East

CCNB in the News, Marine Conservation / Corey Robichaud

In reaction to the news that Irving Oil is asking the National Energy Board not to conduct its own assessment of tanker traffic and downstream emission for the Energy East pipeline and marine export project, Matt Abbott, the Conservation Council’s Fundy Baykeeper told CBC on June 16 that failing to have a public process to examine

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