Read more about: Healthy Bays | Clean Energy | Diverse Forest | Buy Local Clean water. We’re protecting it. It was easy to pick a theme for the first week of our annual Membership Month at the Conservation Council. As much as this month is about encouraging new supporters to become members and further […]
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Just this past week, we — Olivia, Pascale and Karyn — ventured out to Keswick Ridge to visit Sandow Farm! We were excited to learn more about this organic apple orchard, pick apples and have an afternoon out of the office! We hit the road from Conserver House in Fredericton, taking in the beautiful New
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The following appeared as a letter to the editor in the Oct. 2 issue of the Fredericton Daily Gleaner, from Stephanie Merrill, Director of Freshwater Protection. Review shows fracking moratorium was right Recently the media reported on a review conducted by the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission which concluded that hydraulic fracturing was the cause
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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
We’re thrilled to announce we’ve joined the #bullfrogpowered community of people working to clean the Canadian energy grid! Bullfrog Power is the country’s leading clean energy provider. The Toronto-based company allows people, businesses and organizations to start using 100 per cent renewable energy. Beginning today, the Conservation Council joins the ranks of the David Suzuki
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Here’s a little-known fact: New Brunswick has helped lead climate change action plans before. At a time when governments across the continent were running away from doing anything on climate change, it was NB which tabled the motion to create the first carbon reduction targets at the Conference of New England Governors and Eastern Canadian
The staff at Conserver House and our Fundy Baykeeper are applauding the efforts and persistence of a Nova Scotia company for successfully raising Atlantic salmon in a fish farm on dry land. Sustainable Blue, based in Centre Burlington, N.S., has been developing a land-based closed containment system for the past eight years. Last week the company sent its first shipment
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Matt Abbott, the Fundy Baykeeper, spoke with reporters for an article about Nova Scotia-based company Sustainable Blue selling its first order of land-raised Atlantic salmon on the market. Abbott said he was pleased to see the company getting its sustainable products to market and hoped the advancements in closed containment technology would mean much fewer open-net
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We want to help you cast a ballot for the environment this October 19. All around the world, leaders are stepping up: U.S. President Barack Obama wants climate change action to be his legacy; world governments meet in Paris later this year to determine concrete national actions; and Pope Francis has made climate action
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Communications Director Jon MacNeill spoke with the French-language daily newspaper Acadie Nouvelle about silviculture programs in New Brunswick for an article published on Wednesday, Sept. 23. The article was about a Guinness World Record awarded to JDI Irving Ltd and other forestry companies who participated in a successful bid to claim the world record for
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