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Conservation Council of New Brunswick comments on NEB Energy East announcement

Media Releases / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

June 22, 2016 FREDERICTON, N.B. — The Conservation Council of New Brunswick has been selected as an intervenor in the National Energy Board’s review of the proposed Energy East oil pipeline. Announced on June 22, the decision means the Conservation Council’s team of scientists and experts can file written evidence, ask written questions about […]

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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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CCNB on Premier Gallant’s cabinet shuffle

Media Releases / Corey Robichaud

FREDERICTON — Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, issued the following statement regarding Premier Gallant’s cabinet shuffle. “We congratulate the Premier as well as the new and returning cabinet ministers after today’s shuffle. We look forward to seeing this government take bold and innovative measures to protect our air, land, and

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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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Conservation Council of New Brunswick encouraged by GNB’s Climate Change Discussion Paper

Media Releases / Corey Robichaud

Fredericton, N.B. – The Conservation Council of New Brunswick says the Gallant Government’s discussion paper on climate change opens the door for a positive conversation in New Brunswick about how we can move toward a clean, green and lean economy. The discussion paper, released Wednesday, May 26th, by Minister of Environment Brian Kenny is designed

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Conservation Council comments on Sisson Mine project environmental assessment report

Media Releases / Tracy Glynn

Fredericton – The Sisson Mine should not be approved based on an expert review of the federal government’s Comprehensive Study Report of the project, says the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, a funded participant in the federal environmental review of the project. The Sisson Mine project, if built, would be an open-pit tungsten and molybdenum mine

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Celebrating diversity of life: New logo for New Brunswick

Media Releases / Tracy Glynn

Fredericton, NB) To celebrate May 22, the UN International Day for Biological Diversity, groups in New Brunswick are demonstrating the high value they place on the province’s natural beauty and wild spaces with the launch of a new logo. The logo, with the words ‘Live Wild: Together for New Brunswick Biodiversity’, will help to mainstream

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Conservation Council appointed member of Sustainability Development Advisory Council

Media Releases / Tracy Glynn

FREDERICTON – The Conservation Council of New Brunswick’s Executive Director, Lois Corbett, has been appointed by the Federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change Canada, the Honourable Catherine McKenna, to the Canada’s Sustainable Development Advisory Council. Developed in response to the federal government’s promise to update our nation’s environmental policy, members of the Sustainable Development

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Conservation Council supports Mi’kmaq First Nations’ Lawsuit

Media Releases / Tracy Glynn

Attention News Editors: Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, issued the following statement about today’s filing of a legal action by Mi’kmaq First Nations Chiefs opposing the provincial government’s 2014 Crown Forest Management Strategy. She is available for comment.“The statement of claim filed today clearly explains how the strategy is

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Conservation Council ecologist set to help NB teachers who want to take their classes outside

Media Releases / Olivia DeYoung

FREDERICTON — The Conservation Council’s Learning Outside Coordinator, Nadine Ives, will join Emma McIntyre of Nature NB for an in-depth nature education training session for New Brunswick elementary teachers in Moncton this week. Thousands of teachers will participate in three different professional development days across the province on May 6 organized by the New Brunswick

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