Official CCNB Media Releases
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick citizens have been invited to comment online about how to build a smart climate plan for Canada and create jobs here at home, says the Conservation Council of New Brunswick. Federal Minister and Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna used the eve of Earth Day 2016 to launch the public consultation […]
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FREDERICTON — Establishing a Select Committee on Climate Change is an excellent step toward engaging all New Brunswickers in the important work of growing our economy and protecting our communities from extreme weather and sea level rise. The Legislative Assembly voted unanimously in support of a motion to establish the all-party committee on Friday, April
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FREDERICTON — The budget released this week delivers on the federal government’s commitments to act on climate change and begin transitioning Canada to a low carbon economy. Finance Minister Bill Morneau’s first budget included significant investments in clean energy research and development, energy efficiency, and green infrastructure projects such as electric vehicle charging stations. It
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Attention News Editors: Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, issued the following statement about the Department of Environment and Local Government’s Discussion Paper, Working Together to Build a Water Strategy for New Brunswick, released today. She is available for comment. “Environment Minister Brian Kenny gives us an excellent foundation for
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FREDERICTON — The report released today from the New Brunswick Commission on Hydraulic Fracturing provides more evidence that the provincial government made the smart policy decision by putting a moratorium in place and throws down the gauntlet for N.B. to start the transition to a thriving low-carbon economy. Consider what the Commissioners say in their
FREDERICTON — Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, issued the following statement about the report released today by the New Brunswick Commission on Hydraulic Fracturing: “The Commissioners’ report gives New Brunswickers more evidence that our government made the smart policy decision by putting a moratorium in place and throws down
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Chemical Use, Escapes, and Disease Continue to Pose a Threat to the Marine Environment and Endangered Wild Salmon Populations, According to New Seafood Watch Report FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – February 2, 2016 Halifax (NS), St. Andrews (NB) and Vancouver (BC) — Open net-pen Atlantic salmon remains on the “Avoid” list after a new assessment outlines the
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FREDERICTON — In honour of World Wetlands Day (Feb. 2), the Conservation Council of New Brunswick and New Brunswick wildlife and conservation photographer Nick Hawkins have released a virtual tour of NB wetlands. The tour will be available through the Conservation Council’s website using this link [not active until tomorrow at 7 a.m.]: http://www.conservationcouncil.ca/world-wetlands-day-ccnb-celebrates-with-a-virtual-tour-of-new-brunswick-wetlands/ “You can’t walk
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FREDERICTON — Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, issued this statement following the announcement today from Natural Resources Minister Jim Carr and Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna: “We want to congratulate Ministers Carr and McKenna for using both common sense and a comprehensive understanding of the
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FREDERICTON — The Conservation Council of New Brunswick is bringing attention to a study published last week in the Virology Journal that reported on the presence of a European strain of an Atlantic salmon virus — infectious salmon anemia (ISAv) — in British Columbia wild Pacific salmon. Inka Milewski, science advisor for the Conservation Council, said the study dispels
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