Looking for the environment in the 2018 Throne Speech(es)?

CCNB Blog /

Second time’s the charm? Premier Brian Gallant’s Liberal government amended its Speech from the Throne on Tuesday, adding 13 new commitments should it remain in power for this legislative session. You can read the original text from the throne speech here.  And, read the proposed amendments to the throne speech here. Before Lieutenant Governor Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau read the […]

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Conservation Council statement on federal carbon pricing plan

Media Releases /

Attention News Editors: Lois Corbett, Executive Director, made the following statement with respect to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s announcement on the federal carbon pricing plan. She is available for interviews. “Canada is showing leadership on the world stage by putting forward a fair system to make polluters pay for the carbon pollution that is causing

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Should Irving’s pollution fine go to an Irving-led project?

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News /

Just when you thought you’d heard of everything. J.D. Irving Ltd. has pled guilty to polluting the St. John River with effluent from its Saint John pulp mill.  But the company’s lawyers are proposing a plea deal that would see Irving pay part of its fine to a salmon conservation company chaired by the pulp mill’s

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EcoNews — Irving’s pollution plea, Canada’s corporate litterbugs, and – finally – something we can all agree on

EcoNews /

In this edition of EcoNews, we give you everything you need to write your MLA and political party leaders to show your support for protecting land and water in N.B.; we bring you the bizarro-world plea deal Irving is proposing after pleading guilty to once again polluting a national heritage river; we share the findings

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One thing we can all agree on: protecting nature in N.B.

CCNB Blog, Feature, Forest Conservation, Freshwater Protection, Marine Conservation /

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Most plastic waste in Canada leads back to these 5 companies

CCNB Blog, Community, Feature, Marine Conservation /

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] From wrinkled, old Tim Hortons coffee cups to crumpled candy wrappers, mangled Pepsi bottles and empty, waterworn cigarette packs — we’ve all noticed the glint of iconic logos mixed among the grass, half-buried in the sand and rocks at the beach, or tangled in trees along your favourite trail. But how often do we

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Vote for strong water protection on this World Rivers Day

CCNB Blog, Freshwater Protection /

This weekend marks the 13th annual World Rivers Day (on Sunday, Sept. 23), when people across the globe celebrate their local rivers and reflect on how important they are and what these watercourses mean to them. On last year’s World Rivers Day, I reminisced about the Water Classification Regulation and highlighted the many environmental threats

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When you go out in the woods today…

CCNB Blog, Forest Conservation /

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