Four-time ECMA award-winning jazz band Gypsophilia will perform at The Playhouse in a fundraiser for the Conservation Council of New Brunswick. This 7-piece instrumental band mixes hot jazz with klezmer, funk, and world rhythms. Gypsophilia will perform a live show for us at The Fredericton Playhouse on Thursday, Sept. 22 at 7:30pm. Get your favourite seat today […]
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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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Yesterday, the president of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick was quoted in two articles, in which she warned the Legislative Assembly’s select committee on climate change that New Brunswick has missed clean energy opportunities more than once because of the province’s obsession with the oil and gas industry. Global News and CHSJ both reported
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The Conservation Council of New Brunswick’s Fundy Baykeeper Matt Abbott says climate change is affecting the Bay of Fundy and the Gulf of Maine — especially when it comes to delicate marine life systems and water temperature. “We are in a real state of flux,” says Abbott. “We have seen significant changes over the past
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The Conservation Council’s Director of Climate Change and Energy Solutions, Dr. Louise Comeau, was quoted in article published on August 12, 2016 in the Globe and Mail on the federal government’s push to accelerate phasing-out of coal power as part of its pan-Canadian climate strategy. “It has to be managed, but managed it must be,” said
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The Conservation Council’s statement in response to the Federal government’s intention to accelerate the phase-out of coal By Dr. Louise Comeau, Conservation Council September 2, 2016 The Government of Canada today indicated its intention to advance phase-out of coal to generate electricity while being sensitive to regional concerns and potential impacts on the middle class
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Have you heard of Iron & Earth? It’s an organization led by Canada’s oil sands workers that came together in the spring of 2015 when oil prices began to drop and workers were facing mass layoffs in the Alberta oil sands. The workers, including boiler makers, electricians, pipe fitters and iron workers, want to
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It’s that time of year again, swapping in bathing suits for rain jackets and backpacks full of camping gear for school supplies. It’s back to school time! Here at the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, our Learning Outside project focuses on helping New Brunswick children connect with nature. To do this, we help teachers integrate
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By Jimy Beltran Apple season is coming up soon so get your baskets and recipes ready because this year’s harvest will bring the best apples in recent years! Because of our hot summer, growers expect to have their harvest ready for your pies and picking pleasure a bit earlier than the traditional NB season, usually
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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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