For Immediate Release On Friday, January 18, 2013, NB Power released the preliminary results of a study that showed that NB Power has grossly underestimated earthquake risk. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) ordered a new site specific seismic hazard study be completed as a result of CCNB’s intervention at the licensing hearings for Point […]
Full report available here Halifax: Seven years after the Nova Scotia Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture (NS DFA) issued their first and only report on environmental monitoring at aquaculture sites in the province, an updated report indicates that open pen finfish farms are having a negative impact on the environment. According to the new report, there
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For Immediate Release Fredericton – While the public awaits the loudly-touted government shale gas regulations, CCNB is dismayed to learn about the lack of regulations currently governing the expanding gas industry in Penobsquis. Five months after filing an official request for information concerning air quality in Penobsquis, CCNB has learned that there is no permanent
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By Acadie Nouvelle SAINT-JEAN – Alors que le passage remarqué à Saint-Jean ce lundi de l’ancien premier ministre néo-brunswickois Frank McKenna relance de plus belle le débat à propos de l’industrie de gaz de schiste, force est de constater que les opinions à ce sujet sont parfois diamétralement opposées. Read full article here
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By Radio-Canada.ca Le ministre de l’Énergie, Craig Leonard, envisage de financer le nouvel institut de l’énergie à même le fonds de fiducie pour l’environnement. Lire l’article en entier
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St. Mary’s/Sitansik/Fredericton – Winona LaDuke, whose books are read in classes at St. Thomas University, just got a new fan base in Fredericton this week. Hundreds gathered to hear LaDuke, an Anishinaabe woman from the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota, speak about extreme energy and the need for local food security and community-owned energy at
By Acadie Nouvelle FREDERICTON – Le Conseil de conservation du Nouveau-Brunswick demande l’arrêt immédiat du réacteur nucléaire de la centrale de Pointe Lepreau. More details: http://www.capacadie.com/actualites/2013/2/6/pointe-lepreau-des-ecologistes-craignent-un-accident-nucleaire
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By airwaterland There is something of a battle going on in New Brunswick — a battle for public opinion regarding hydraulic fracturing of the Maritime province’s abundant shale gas resource. “It is a competition,” Cape Consulting Group senior consultant Tracey Stephenson told the Bulletin at this week’s CI Energy Group‘s shale oil and gas symposium.
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January 29, 2013 For Immediate Release Fredericton – Winona LaDuke, an Anishinaabe activist for Native Americans and the environment and internationally acclaimed author and orator, will be in Fredericton on Feb. 6th-7th. The public is invited to a conversation with LaDuke on Wednesday, Feb. 6th at 7:00pm at St. Mary’s Cultural Centre (35 Dedam St.,
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By the Brunswickan What the hell is Idle No More? People packed into the Conserver House on St. John Street last Thursday, to find out at the Idle No More 101 Teach-in. More details: http://thebruns.ca/news/idle-no-more-101/
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