Four premiers now agree climate change must be factor in Energy East oil pipeline decision (Fredericton) — The future of the proposed Energy East oil pipeline is now dependent on a comprehensive climate impact assessment as four premiers have signaled their concern for the planet now outpaces pipeline proponents. Last week representatives from Quebec […]
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Have we ever felt the love this month. From new followers to our social media pages — 7,000 likes on our Buy Local NB Facebook Page, Yay! — new subscribers to our information-loaded mailing lists — on the perils of pipelines, the solutions in renewable energy, the love of nature — to the dozens of
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Think back to the highlights of your childhood. Did they include the joys of jumping into giant leaf piles? The satisfying ‘plonk’ of a rock heaved into a pond? The wonder of a delicate chickadee feeding from your hand, or the excitement of discovering a salamander under an old log? For many of us, these
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This week’s Energy East update includes the efforts of a New Brunswick landowner to have the pipeline diverted away from his property, a message to stay strong against the pipeline from Nebraskan farmer-turned-activist Ben Gotschall, revelations of TransCanada’s spin doctoring, a black snake prophecy linked to the tar sands pipelines and how the NDP’s pipeline
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Hampton-area man may win Energy East route fight, group says The following is an article published on cbc.ca on Monday, Nov. 17. Read the original post here. The head of a national landowners’ lobby group says a Hampton-area man may succeed in diverting TransCanada Corp.’s proposed Energy East pipeline away from his property. Dave Core,
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Thanks to you, the value New Brunswickers place on our water has skyrocketed to the top of the priority list for our incoming politicians. For maybe the first time in history, water was on the ballot. You did this! You did it through your enthusiasm when talking to friends and neighbours and candidates about the
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This week’s Energy East update contains a myth busting commentary, concerns of Indigenous people and landowners who live in the path of the proposed pipeline, news of mounting opposition in Quebec and an easy way for you to tell the National Energy Board that climate change should be considered in their review of the tar
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Matt Abbott, the Fundy Baykeeper at the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, and Maude Barlow, national chairperson of the Council of Canadians, co-wrote an article for the Globe and Mail following the conclusion of their two-week tour along the proposed route for the Energy East pipeline in Atlantic Canada. Barlow and Abbott address three myths
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It’s only been ten days since TransCanada filed its application with the National Energy Board seeking permission to build the largest oil pipeline (1.1 million barrels per day, yikes!) in Canada, but it seems longer. I love talking about the exciting opportunities developing new jobs, today, in our communities. I am less enthusiastic when fending
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While supporting the Energy East oil pipeline, former New Brunswick premier Frank McKenna says Canada doesn’t have to be the world’s Boy Scout on climate change. Fair enough. I doubt our country’s leaders have made much progress on earning that badge, anyway. I don’t argue with his position that Canada could unlock some wealth for
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