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100 groups call on Trudeau to stop pipeline reviews before Paris climate talks

Media Releases / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

A broad cross-section of 100 environmental, business and community interests, including the Conservation Council of New Brunswick and many participants in the current National Energy Board (NEB) reviews, are asking Prime Minister Trudeau, before heading to Paris, to keep his promise and stop the costly, broken pipeline reviews, including Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain and TransCanada’s […]

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Vanishing History: Wild salmon’s knock-out blow

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, Feature / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

This commentary was written by CCNB Science Advisor Inka Milewski and originally appeared in the Nov. 12, 2015 edition of the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. It later appeared in the Nov. 24 edition of The Northern Light. With catch restrictions placed on salmon anglers, thousands of volunteer hours dedicated to river and stream enhancement projects, millions

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City councillors will invite CCNB to discuss environmental survey

CCNB in the News / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

A Fredericton city councillor says he will invite the Conservation Council of New Brunswick to share the results of a survey it is conducting on environmental priorities with council. Interns at CCNB have been canvassing in Fredericton since Oct. 14. They’re asking residents a five-minute questionnaire about environmental values and priorities. In an article published in The

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CCNB on Saint John becoming sole export terminal for TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline proposal

CCNB in the News / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

CCNB staff spoke with media after TransCanada announced it has cancelled plans to build a second export terminal for its Energy East bitumen pipeline proposal in Quebec. In a Nov. 6 article in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, Matt Abbott, the Fundy Baykeeper warned that a tanker spill in the Bay of Fundy could irreparably damage

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CCNB responds to cancellation of Quebec export terminal

Media Releases / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

FREDERICTON — Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, issued the following statement about TransCanada Corporation’s decision to cancel plans for an export terminal in Quebec related to its Energy East bitumen pipeline proposal: “From where we’re standing, the announcement today by TransCanada is much ado about nothing: it does

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Conservation Council welcomes new Prime Minister and Federal Cabinet Ministers

Media Releases / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

FREDERICTON — Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, issued the following statement upon the swearing-in of the new prime minister and federal cabinet ministers: “We congratulate the new Prime Minster of Canada and the federal cabinet ministers and we commend the early commitment this government has signaled toward meaningful action

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Stephanie Merrill: fracking moratorium was right public policy decision

CCNB in the News / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

Stephanie Merill, Director of Freshwater Protection, appeared in several media articles related to the province’s moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in late October and through November. Merrill countered claims made in a report by the right-wing think tank Fraser Institute that there are no justifications for moratoriums on fracking. She referenced the scientific review filed in October 2015

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Exploring Climate Change Impacts On The Gulf Of Maine-Bay Of Fundy

CCNB Blog / Matthew Abbott

Last Friday the Portland Press Herald released the final instalment in its six-part series entitled Mayday: Gulf of Maine in Distress by staff writer Colin Woodard and staff photographer Gregory Rec. The series is well written, well researched, includes powerful images, and clearly lays out the extent of the threats facing our coastal waters. The

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What’s happening in our estuaries? A piece of the puzzle

CCNB Blog, Feature / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

Research pioneered by Inka Milewski and the Conservation Council of New Brunswick over a decade ago was expanded recently through a collaboration with Dalhousie University researchers Heike K Lotze and Reba McIver. The scientists looked at the health of seven estuaries in eastern New Brunswick by examining the level of nitrogen content in eelgrass, an

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A high-stakes dinner party in Paris

CCNB Blog, Feature / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

It’s the new buzz word of the environmental movement: Paris 2015. Surely you’ve noticed its hashtag equivalent, the no less cryptic ‘#COP21,’ or better yet, sometimes it’s referred to as just simply ‘Paris.’ What the heck is it? What does it mean? What’s all the fuss? We’re working on a special edition of EcoAlert that

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