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Three recommendations for improving Shediac Bay water quality

CCNB Blog, Freshwater Protection, Uncategorized / Corey Robichaud

After misreported swimming conditions at Parlee Beach last summer erupted into wave after wave of reports pointing to water contamination throughout Shediac Bay, Environment Minister Serge Rousselle announced the formation of a new Steering Committee that will work with scientists and local stakeholders to find and fix water contamination throughout the watershed by beach season […]

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Getting to know your NB Watersheds!

Freshwater Protection, Uncategorized / Corey Robichaud

Check out our map of New Brunswick Watersheds and get a sneak peek at some of the work our province’s local watershed groups are doing! Download the full-sized map of NB Watershed For more information on New Brunswick Watersheds: Read our watershed summary: What is water classification, anyway? Read our list of forested Watersheds in

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Shake it up! Youth Environmental Action Conference in Fredericton

Uncategorized / Emily Mcphee

Calling all high school and university students! “Shake It up and Take Charge” at the Youth Environmental Action Network conference at Killarney Lake Lodge on February 18th in Fredericton! Learn effective tools and techniques to increase peer engagement and awareness in your community and find ways to extend the reach of messaging to different demographics.

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Santa’s Five Reasons to Donate to CCNB this Year!

Uncategorized / Corey Robichaud

Not sure who’s been good and who’s been naughty this year? Check out St. Nick’s extra nice list to find out the top five reasons why he is making a year-end donation to the Conservation Council this year:

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Less coal-burning means less mercury in our food

CCNB Blog, Uncategorized / Emily Mcphee

Thanks to a declining use of coal, concentrations of mercury in Atlantic Bluefin tuna have dropped significantly. A study from Long Island’s Stony Brook University notes a 19 per cent drop in mercury levels between 2002 and 2012 for the warm-blooded fish, used frequently to make sushi. The drop in levels is attributed to tougher

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Gov’t of Canada Announces Electricity System to be 90% Emissions Free by 2030: New Standard Means Coal Phase-Out by 2030

Media Releases, Uncategorized / Emily Mcphee

PRESS RELEASE Government of Canada Announces Electricity System to be 90% Emissions Free by 2030: New Standard Means Coal Phase-out by 2030 November 21, 2016 Fredericton – New Brunswick, along with Nova Scotia, Saskatchewan and Alberta will soon transform their electricity systems to non-emitting sources to comply with a federal regulation announced today by Catherine McKenna,

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Carbon Tax: How NB Companies can lower their footprint and tax

Climate and Energy, Climate and Jobs, Uncategorized / Cherise Letson

*Guest blog first featured in the Huddle* A carbon tax is coming to New Brunswick. What will it mean for the province’s businesses? That’s something many are pondering following an announcement by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last month saying he’s giving the provinces until 2018 to adopt a carbon pricing system, or the federal government will

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Increased oil tanker traffic will impact fisheries

CCNB in the News, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation, Uncategorized / Corey Robichaud

Saint John — The Conservation Council’s Fundy Baykeeper Matt Abbott was quoted in a CBC article published on August 12, 2016 on the expected increase in tanker traffic in the Bay of Fundy if the National Energy Board approves Energy East pipeline project. During the NEB panel sessions held in Saint John earlier that week,

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The Great Tree Challenge

Uncategorized / Tracy Glynn

By David Palmer for the Atlantic Forestry Review Everyone has a favourite tree, or maybe two or three. Everyone, that is, who loves the woods, and that would certainly be all our readers for sure. Twenty-eight years ago, under the auspices of the Canadian Forestry Association (CFA), and at the urging of Glen Blouin, David Folster,

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Resources

Uncategorized / Zachary Bourque

Learn more about forest conservation efforts in New Brunswick, Canada and beyond here. In New Brunswick: Forests for NB – A website dedicated to publishing information about the controversy sparked by the NB government’s Crown Lands and Forest Strategy announced on March 12, 2014. The website is organized by members of the New Brunswick Environmental Network. Community Forests International

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