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BY COLIN MCPHAIL MCPHAIL.COLIN@BRUNSWICKNEWS.COM 02 SEP 2013 11:35PM Citizens and environmental groups will get the chance to formally comment on the Sisson mine project and its environmental impact assessment. The Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency opened a six-week public comment period Friday to gather input on the mine’s impact assessment, which was released Friday. Stephanie Merrill,
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Conservation Council of New Brunswick forest program director, Tracy Glynn, was featured in a Radio Canada International (RCI) story published on August 21st, on renewed calls to end the herbicide spraying in public forests in New Brunswick. “When we look around at our neighbours, Quebec banned herbicide spraying of its public forests in 2001, and it’s well
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Fredericton – Citing scientific evidence and public opposition, CCNB is renewing calls for the provincial government to cease herbicide spraying of the province’s public forest with the return of the 2013 spray season. Glyphosate-based herbicides are sprayed on 12,000 to 14,000 hectares of softwood plantations and cutover areas on public land in New Brunswick every year.
Immediate Release August 1, 2013 Fredericton – Organizations across the Maritimes reject TransCanada’s proposal to ship 1.1 million barrels a day of tar sands oil across the country to a terminus in St. John, New Brunswick on the shores of the Bay of Fundy. “Over the past year we have heard countless stories of pipelines
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Shale gas exploration gets green light in wetlands, around watercourses Fredericton – After being alerted to the fact that seismic testing and related work for shale gas exploration is happening in wetlands and around significant watercourses in Kent County, the Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB) has learned that government has granted a blanket permit
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CCNB extends congratulations to Dr. Eilish Cleary Fredericton- The Conservation Council of New Brunswick would like to extend congratulations to Dr. Eilish Cleary, New Brunswick’s Chief Medical Officer of Health, on her reward received today by the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors. Dr. Cleary was awarded the prestigious Environmental health Review Award for 2013
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BY LAURA HUBBARD TIMES & TRANSCRIPT On Saturday, a Solidarity Summer event saw people from around the three Maritime provinces and of all nations gather around the fire to take a stance on shale gas exploration and seismic testing planned for New Brunswick. “Today is a celebration of friendships and of the positivity that’s been
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SHANE MAGEE KINGS COUNTY RECORD But saying the company will talk with residents doesn’t ease concerns of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick. “Consultation has become a buzz word that doesn’t mean anything,” said council spokeswoman Stephanie Merrill. She said whether it is true consultation will depend on how the company handles it. She said
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Thu, Jun 13: Anti shale gas protestors say they have drawn their line and it runs right across Highway 126 north of Moncton. SWN Resources has been using seismic testing trucks to explore for shale gas in the area. But protesters say they don’t want the trucks to pass their encampment. Global’s Brion Robinson reports.
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