On July 16, we — Olivia, Aliza and Karyn — travelled out to visit the Nashwaak watershed and learn more about the Conservation Council’s Freshwater Protection Program. We’d all been enjoying our summer so far at Conserver House, but we were excited for our first work adventure out of the office — a day on […]
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The following appeared in the Opinion section of the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal on Saturday, July 18, in the Letters to the Editor in the Monday, July 20 edition of The Daily Gleaner, and in The Northern Light (Bathurst) on Tuesday, Aug. 4. What could New Brunswick get out of a Canadian energy strategy? Comfortable homes, lower
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Three things to watch for in a Premiers-Lead Canadian Energy Strategy Premiers are expected to release their Canadian Energy Strategy at this week’s Council of the Federation meeting in St. John’s, Newfoundland. Established in 2012, the Canadian Energy Strategy Working Group is co-chaired by Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Paul Davis, Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger, Alberta
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July 16, 2015, St. John’s, Newfoundland – Environmental groups from across Canada today asked Canada’s premiers meeting in Newfoundland to delay adopting a new national energy strategy that will undermine any hope of making deep cuts to greenhouse gas emissions. “Approving tar sands pipelines like Energy East and Kinder Morgan, which is what this strategy
The Auditor General of New Brunswick says 80 per cent of all the wood cut from Crown forests in the past two decades have been harvested by clear cut. “Clearcut is running consistently around 80%, whereas in the area of selective or partial cut, there is a decline from 20% to roughly 10% in more
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On Tuesday, June 23, Auditor General Kim MacPherson released Volume II of her 2015 Auditor General Report, which included two chapters related to forest management. Read the full report, or check out our response. Below are some highlights and key findings from the report as well as quotable quotes pulled from the document and the
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Presented to the Review Panel of the Environmental Impact Assessment of the Sisson Mine project on June 22, 2014, in Stanley New Brunswick. Good evening to those in attendance and panel members. Since the beginning of the federal and provincial environmental impact assessments for this project, the Conservation Council has not taken a position on the mine. Instead, our efforts
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Scott Kidd of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick’s Board of Directors made a presentation during the public meeting on the proposed Sisson Mine on Monday, June 22. Speaking on behalf of CCNB, Kidd told an indepdent panel established by the provincial government that Northcliff Resources Ltd., the company behind the mine proposal, had filed
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In recognition of Father’s Day this weekend, the Conservation Council is excited to launch a new project which looks at nature’s power to inspire and fascinate our children — Nature is a Giant. Nature is a Giant is a blog to capture those moments we are all too likely to forget about as adults — how
The Conservation Council of New Brunswick would like to congratulate Anne Beers of the Moncton area, winner of our Local Food Spring Raffle! Anne wins an energy efficient, Energy Star-certified Kenmore freezer stocked full of local foods and products! Thank you to everyone who participated in this hugely successful initiative to support the Conservation Council
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