“We were really hopeful to see a jump like this. We hope to see more again next year,” said Matt Abbott, Fundy Baykeeper and our Marine Conservation Director.
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Driving to Peter Larsen’s family camp near Belleisle Bay in June, 2017, was like returning to a war zone. Debris was scattered all over the streets.
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Ontario’s Court of Appeal has ruled Parliament’s carbon charge is constitutional The Court of Appeal for Ontario ruled this afternoon that the federal government has the constitutional authority to impose a carbon tax upon provinces that choose not to implement one themselves. “The need for a collective approach to a matter of national concern, and
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When Lisa Sanderson and Juliette Bossé bought their dream house in Martinon, Saint John, they didn’t realize how quickly it would become a nightmare.
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This week’s edition of EcoNews leads with climate change and public health. Read our new report making the critical connection between the changing climate and our physical and mental health; check out the first in our series telling the stories of New Brunswickers who’ve experienced extreme weather linked to climate change and its lingering effects;
The conversation is underway. This week the Conservation Council released a new report aiming to start a dialogue about climate change and its effects on public health in New Brunswick. You can read the report, Healthy Climate, Healthy New Brunswickers: A proposal for New Brunswick that cuts pollution and protects health, here. The report, prepared
FREDERICTON — The Conservation Council of New Brunswick today releases a new report on climate change and its physical and mental health effects in New Brunswick. The report, Healthy Climate, Healthy New Brunswickers, prepared by Dr. Louise Comeau, Director of the Conservation Council’s Climate Change and Energy Solutions Program, starts a conversation in New Brunswick
“I was surprised with the anxiety I felt,” Dawn Burke said. “That’s where I see the impact of it. We and our children had anxiety. Our youngest son is 13 and he was concerned. ‘What if it floods again? What’s happening?’”
Part One of our new series, After the flood: how climate change and the extreme weather it’s fueling affect New Brunswickers’ physical and mental health
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New Brunswickers aren’t used to sweltering, 30+ degree days, let alone long stretches of them. But that’s what the data says is coming in the immediate- to medium-term, along with other effects with serious consequences for people’s health.
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The sky is clear and the sun is punishing.
A thick layer of ozone ripples above the pavement. No matter how much water you drink, you know you’re losing more through your pores whether you’re moving or not.
And for a lot of New Brunswickers, a province with more folks over 65 years of age than any other province, activity is out of the question.
It’s the fourth 30+ degree day in a row. You’re restless. Exhausted, despite having been shuttered inside, blinds drawn, melting in your chair, since the heat wave hit.
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