On Monday, Nov. 10, an opinion piece by Executive Director Lois Corbett appeared in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. The letter to the editor was written in response to former New Brunswick Premier Frank McKenna’s comments that Canada didn’t have to be “the boy scouts” of the world when it came to curbing climate change. The full […]
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Congratulations to our board member Rebeka Frazer-Chiasson on being named part of the 2014-15 cohort of young leaders participating in 21inc! 21inc is a non profit organization dedicated to helping young entrepreneurs from Atlantic Canada gain the leadership skills they need to make our region a prosperous, sustainable and resilient global player in the 21st
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Join us for an event in downtown Fredericton on Saturday, Nov. 8 to learn more about an exciting television show being developed in New Brunswick and raise funds for the Conservation Council! “Fred and Carl are Park Rangers” is a comedy show about two mismatched park rangers who are forced to work together to save
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The Conservation Council says the TransCanada pipeline could pose big dangers to provincial waterways and marine life. “In ten minutes, a broken pipeline could spew out 1 million litres of dense, sticky oil,” says Lois Corbett, Executive Director of CCNB. “We’ve seen in other areas how devastating an oil spill can be to thriving fishing
November in New Brunswick may have started out all frosty and furious, but all we got is warm fuzzies at the Conservation Council. Why? It’s membership month, of course. We’re only six days in and our members and supporters are responding with their typical charm. Get in on the action alongside your friends and neighbours
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Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, had the last word during a call-in segment of CBC Radio’s Maritime Noon program on Tuesday, Nov. 4. Corbett talked about the failure of the National Energy Board to consider the climate change impact of TransCanada’s proposed Energy East pipeline project. She said approving
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Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, appeared in New Brunswick print media on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, after TransCanada Corporation filed its proposed oil pipeline application to the National Energy Board. Corbett outlined the Conservation Council’s main concerns with the proposed oil pipeline project. An excerpt of her comments, which appeared
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Lois Corbett, executive director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, spoke about the proposed Energy East pipeline during a segment on CBC Moncton’s Information Morning program on Friday, Oct. 31. Corbett said TransCanada’s application to the National Energy Board, filed Thursday, Oct. 30, doesn’t adequately address the concern shared by thousands of Canadians over
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Proposed pipeline would contribute almost twice as much carbon pollution to the air as all of New Brunswick, but climate change ignored in the filing (Fredericton, N.B.) The Executive Director of Conservation Council of New Brunswick says the multiple risks associated with a proposed oil pipeline from Alberta to Saint John could put thousands of
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Media Advisory Attention News Editors: The Conservation Council of New Brunswick’s Executive Director, Lois Corbett, will be available for media interviews following a quick review of the documents released today by the National Energy Board with respect to TransCanada’s proposed Energy East pipeline project. Key Issues of Concern: Can we handle a spill? New Brunswick
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