PowerShift Atlantic is a gathering organized by youth for youth that focuses on climate justice. It’s being held in Halifax from March 28-31. Join hundreds of other youth from diverse backgrounds to learn, develop their skills and build the movement for climate, environmental and social justice. Join 500+ young people from across Atlantic Canada in learning […]
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Fredericton – Corridor Resources has registered Phase III of its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) which proposes to frack 4 gas wells in the McCully Gas Field at Penobsquis. The Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB) has reviewed the proposal which is open for a public comment period, ending March 8, 2014. CCNB submits that while the
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BY JEAN LOUIS DEVEAU FEB 2014 | RESOURCE WARS 40.1 IMAGINE GOING TO YOUR FAVOURITE BAR year after year and ordering beer on tap. Then, one day, the tap runs dry. All that’s left are the drops that have fallen on the bar floor after decades of beer-thirsty customers. The only way to get more
Fredericton – Biologists, hunting, fishing and outdoors recreation groups and conservationists are uniting in a call to ban herbicides in the forest by sending a letter today to New Brunswick Natural Resources Minister Paul Robichaud. The letter, which attempts to set the record straight on the impacts of using herbicides in the forest was signed
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The west-to-east pipeline idea is inching closer to reality as TransCanada intends to submit an application to the National Energy Board (NEB), the federal regulator on cross-jurisdictional energy projects. While the process proceeds so does the rhetoric and public relations. TransCanada’s Energy East officials complain about the “noise” generated by Canadians and non-profit organizations
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Conservation Council’s Stephanie Merrill responds on CTV Atlantic to the release of the Pembina Institute report that draws attention to the greenhouse gas emissions related to developing the tar sands bitumen for the Energy East pipeline through New Brunswick:
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Fundy Baykeeper, Matthew Abbott, was interviewed for a Canadian Press story following a Maritimes Energy Association meeting in Halifax. “The Conservation Council of New Brunswick says fishermen are concerned about a rise in supertanker traffic in the Bay of Fundy as a result of the project. Matthew Abbott, a spokesman for the group, says homeowners also
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NB Media Co-op presents: Elsipogtog & the Media: a conversation from the frontlines of shale gas resistance When: Monday, Feb. 3 at 7:00pm Where: Kinsella Auditorium, McCain Hall at St. Thomas University, Fredericton Opposition to shale gas, fracking and the violence exercised by the police against land defenders from Elsipogtog and beyond on unceded Mi’kmaq
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In a time of devastating climate change, we face a powerful lobby that wants to extend the dirty fossil fuel industry of the past in our province. More troublesome than the oil and gas of yesteryear is what is known as extreme energy like fracking for shale gas and transporting bitumen through pipelines that traverse
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The Conservation Council of New Brunswick is raffling this basket of local and fair trade goodies. Tickets are $2/each and can be bought at Conserver House, 180 Saint John St, Fredericton, during office hours (9am to 5pm, weekdays), until Dec. 20th. Raffle basket contents: 500 ml 100% Dumfries pure maple syrup Just Us! fresh ground
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