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Cancer classification warrants phase-out of widely-used herbicide

Forest Conservation, Media Releases / Tracy Glynn

A herbicide sprayed yearly and in large quantities on New Brunswick forests was recently classified as a probable cancer-causing chemical by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an arm of the World Health Organization. The decision was published in the journal, Lancet Oncology. Glyphosate, sold under various trade names including Roundup, Vision, and […]

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Fishers, fishers associations, and scientists testify before DFO Senate Committee Meeting

Media Releases / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

FREDERICTON — Proposed new aquaculture regulations will face scrutiny before a senate committee meeting today after a coalition of fishers, fishing associations, business leaders and scientists have said the changes would harm marine environments and wild fisheries such as salmon and lobster. The Conservation Council of New Brunswick’s Fundy Baykeeper, Matt Abbott, will be watching

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CCNB applies for intervenor status in review of proposed Energy East oil pipeline

Media Releases / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

FREDERICTON — The Conservation Council of New Brunswick has applied to be an intervenor in the National Energy Board’s review of the proposed Energy East oil pipeline. It is one of nearly 1,000 groups and individuals to apply to participate in the review of TransCanada Corporation’s proposal to build a 4,600-kilometre oil pipeline from the

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CCNB releases interactive tool for finding out where the Energy East pipeline meets our waters

Media Releases / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

FREDERICTON — The Conservation Council of New Brunswick has released a powerful tool that shows people just how close the proposed Energy East oil pipeline will be to their home, cottage or favourite fishing hole. The interactive Google Map allows users to see the nearly 300 points at which the oil pipeline will intersect rivers

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Broad Coalition to Prime Minister: Do Not Allow Proposed Environmentally Damaging Aquaculture Activities Regulations

Media Releases / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

Halifax, NS — Business leaders, commercial and recreational fishing associations, scientists, lawyers and environmentalists are calling on Prime Minister Harper to halt the implementation of the proposed Aquaculture Activities Regulations. The changes will exempt the aquaculture industry from the Fisheries Act provisions that “prohibit the release of deleterious substances into water frequented by fish.” Despite broad-based

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CCNB recognized as part of award-winning partnership for ecotourism app

Feature, Media Releases / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

FREDERICTON — A ground-breaking partnership between government agencies, recreational groups and environmental NGOs in New Brunswick has received a national award for helping people connect with nature and the outdoors. The groups responsible for ExploreEcoNB, an innovative mobile-mapping application, were presented with the Connected to the Community Award from the Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association (CTWA)

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New Brunswick Francophones deserve all TransCanada’s Energy East documents in French

Media Releases / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

Fredericton — Quebec environmental group, Centre Québécois du droit de l’environment (CQDE), and property owner France Lamonde sought an injunction in a federal court on Tuesday, Feb. 10, to suspend the National Energy Board hearings of the Energy East oil pipeline project for a lack of official documentation in French. The Conservation Council of New Brunswick supports this

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Forget the National Energy Board — It’s back to the drawing board for TransCanada

Media Releases / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

FREDERICTON — The Conservation Council of New Brunswick says TransCanada Corporation has to head back to the drawing board to patch all the holes that have surfaced in its plans for the proposed Energy East oil pipeline. On Wednesday, Feb. 11, Montreal newspaper La Presse reported that the Alberta-based oil giant had ruled out Cacouna,

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CCNB reacts to Trudeau’s carbon pricing proposal

Media Releases / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

FREDERICTON — The Conservation Council of New Brunswick is pleased with Federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau’s pledge to act on climate change by proposing a carbon pricing framework for the country. Speaking to the Calgary Petroleum Club on Friday, Trudeau proposed a federal carbon pricing framework that would build on the existing carbon pricing programs

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Trudeau commitment to Medicare model to control Canada’s carbon pollution must unleash clean energy resources

Media Releases / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

The following release was issued by Climate Action Network Canada, a coalition of more than 100 organizations working on climate change in Canada, including the Conservation Council of New Brunswick. OTTAWA – Federal Liberal leader Justin Trudeau in a speech today to the Calgary Petroleum Club laid out his plan to get fossil fuel resources

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