Official CCNB Media Releases
For Immediate Release FREDERICTON — At the height of the harvest season, and just in time for Thanksgiving, the Conservation Council of New Brunswick today released its new BuyLocalNB™ smartphone app that helps New Brunswickers find tasty, locally-grown meat, fruit and vegetables to fill their tables for the holiday feast with the family. Last fall, CCNB released […]
FREDERICTON — The Conservation Council of New Brunswick has partnered with Bullfrog Power to run its Fredericton office at 180 St. John St. off 100 per cent clean energy. The Conservation Council became a Bullfrog Power customer effective Oct. 1, 2015. By doing so, the province’s leading environmental advocate joins the likes of the
FREDERICTON — Stephanie Merrill, Acting Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, issued the following statement to mark National Tree Day, Sept. 23, 2015: We think it’s fitting that National Tree Day should happen during the time of year when the leaves begin changing to paint our parks, forests and communities a beautiful
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Saint John, N.B. – Today the heads of Canada’s leading environmental groups stood alongside First Nations and local fishers on Mispec Beach, New Brunswick near the Bay of Fundy to call for the rejection of the Energy East pipeline and tanker proposal. Executive directors took a tour on a local fishing boat around eastern
For immediate release: 2:00 p.m. (Atlantic), Tue., Sept. 15, 2015 National Groups, Local Communities, First Nations, Businesses Join Forces to Keep Bay of Fundy Safe From Energy East Pipeline When: Wednesday, Sept 16, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. Where: Mispec Beach, Simonds, N.B. Who: Joanna Kerr, Executive Director, Greenpeace Canada; Peter Robinson, Chief Executive Officer, David Suzuki
FREDERICTON — Today the Minister of Energy and Mines, Donald Arseneault, released the draft regulation to allow small-scale renewable energy generation projects in New Brunswick. The regulation is available online for 30 days of public input. Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, issued the following statement: “I’m pleased to see
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FREDERICTON — Five eastern premiers and six U.S. states agreed to a regional target of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 35-45 per cent before 1990 levels by 2030 at the conference of the New England Governors and Eastern Canadian Premiers (NEG/ECP) this weekend. Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FREDERICTON — Stephanie Merrill, the Conservation Council of New Brunswick’s Freshwater Protector Program Director, issued the following statement in response to the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission’s review that determined hydraulic fracturing activities triggered an earthquake in northeastern B.C. last year: Now we have another piece of scientific evidence showing that fracking
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2015 New Report Shows TransCanada’s Proposed Energy East Pipeline Project A Major Risk for the Communities of the Bay of Fundy-Gulf of Maine FREDERICTON — The Conservation Council of New Brunswick today released a report on the risks to the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine, one of
FREDERICTON — Tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of the Ombudsman of New Brunswick’s report on the Department of Environment’s management of the Water Classification Program. The report provided evidence showing the department and successive government ministers intentionally failed to enforce the program for more than a decade. The Water Classification Program was introduced in 2002
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