Amazing news! Today the Canadian Medical Association — representing more than 80,000 medical professionals across the country — voted to divest from companies whose primary business relies upon fossil fuels! What’s more, the CMA will look at moving its investments into renewable energy solutions! This kind of support from the Canadian medical community in the fight against […]
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Yesterday we were sent this spectacular video of a humpback whale breaching the surface of the Bay of Fundy from Toronto resident Sandy Seliga. Sandy was vacationing in Atlantic Canada and had whale watching on her bucket list — safe to say she can check that item off her list after a sighting like this!
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This commentary appeared in the Monday, Aug. 24 edition of the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal and the Thursday, Sept. 17 edition of The Daily Gleaner. BY MATTHEW ABBOTT The Energy East Pipeline project, a proposal of Alberta-based TransCanada Corporation, would make gamblers of us all. A single tanker spill of oilsands bitumen in the Bay of Fundy
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The Conservation Council’s new report about the risks posed by TransCanada’s Energy East Pipeline to existing jobs and the environment in the Bay of Fundy-Gulf of Maine was covered by more than 100 media outlets across Canada and internationally. Coverage of the report appeared on the cover of the Thursday, Aug. 20 edition of the
Yesterday afternoon our Fundy Baykeeper Matt Abbott spoke with Vanessa Vander Valk of CBC Shift about the new report we released exploring the risks posed to the Bay of Fundy-Gulf of Maine ecosystem. Listen to the full interview here (length 13:09)
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Stephanie Merrill, our Director of Freshwater Protection, appeared on CBC’s Information Morning in Fredericton on Wednesday, Aug. 19 to discuss the outbreak of blue-green algae blooms on several New Brunswick lakes. Merrill explained the science behind algae blooms and discussed different things people vacationing or recreating on provincial lakes can do to help prevent them from
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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
The Conservation Council of New Brunswick has released a report on the potential impacts of TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline project on the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine. The report explores the many risks to whales and other wildlife in the Bay of Fundy as well as the risk to sustainable jobs in New Brunswick, Nova
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As well as exploring the risks TransCanada’s Energy East Pipeline poses to existing jobs in New Brunswick and our natural environment, it’s important to examine the regulatory system under which the project is being assessed. Pipeline proposals that cross provincial boundaries, such as the Energy East Pipeline project, go before the National Energy Board (NEB), the federal
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Stephanie Merrill, our Director of Freshwater Protection, was interviewed in a story about the one-year anniversary of the Ombudsman’s report into the Water Classification Program. Merrill told the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal in an article published Monday, Aug. 17 that concerned citizens are waiting for the provincial government to put the regulations into place. “All of the work
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