Our climate change and health special edition of EcoAlert Magazine is out!

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This climate change and health special edition of EcoAlert Magazine shines a light on climate change’s lesser-known public health consequences, guides you through our 2nd Annual Eco Buildings Tour, celebrates the passage of Canada’s new Fisheries Act, and gives you the latest environmental news on topics such as Premier Higgs’ plan to end the moratorium […]

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‘It’s an indication of a corporate agenda’: Conservation Council’s Lois Corbett on Rob Cumberland firing

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“I think it’s an indication of a corporate agenda. If your business is about making money out of pulp and paper products, and the widespread use of glyphosate, then Rod is a problem for you. If you’re a corporate guy, you would ask ‘Why don’t we just fire the guy?’” Corbett told journalist Bruce Livesey in his July 11 story. 

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Feds approve Sisson mine proposal to dump waste in Atlantic salmon habitat

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  The federal government has approved a multi-million proposal by the Sisson Partnership to dump mine waste into two fish-bearing brooks that feed the Nashwaak River. The proposed Sisson mine was approved by the provincial government in 2015 but needs 40 conditions to be met before moving forward. The mine, owned by Northcliff Resources and

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Feds approve plan to dump Sisson Mine waste into Atlantic salmon habitat

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The Conservation Council of New Brunswick has been a vocal opponent to the Sisson Mine Project as it is currently designed, and we are on the record pointing out its flaws — including inadequate tailings storage and the impact on Atlantic salmon, brook trout, slimy sculpin, and American eel in the lower Wolastoq (St. John) River watershed. To hold back mine waste, the owners say they would need to build a tailings dam twice the height and 16-times the length of the Mactaquac dam.

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After the flood: deciding to stay

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Elaine Price describes herself as a country girl; she even met her husband hunting at age 15. Her home along the shore of Grand Lake allows her to canoe, kayak, fish, skate, snowshoe and bring family up to enjoy the outdoors.
But when the floods came in 2018 – after she already flooded in 2008 – all that changed. She was forced to evacuate.
“We were very scared, frightened, frustrated that it happened again,” Price said. “Just, very sad.”

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‘That’s the cheapest way for the companies to do it’: MacNeill on clear cutting in New Brunswick

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With clear cutting a common practice in New Brunswick, some have had enough.  In protest, Bill Miller, a canoe builder who lives near Mount Carleton, has cancelled his famous celebration, Fiddles on the Tobique. The festival typically draws out hundreds of people, as fiddlers play their music on the water.  But Miller says he’s no

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