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A win-win: exploring the Bay of Fundy’s blue carbon potential

The mucky soil that squishes beneath barefooted beachgoers along the coastlines of New Brunswick could be a powerful tool for decreasing the carbon pollution causing climate change. The CBC reported this week that the federal government is investigating the Bay of Fundy’s potential for storing carbon pollution, or carbon sequestration. The carbon captured by coastal […]

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Electric vehicle charging stations coming to some provincial parks

CCNB Blog / Hannah Moore

Our provincial parks will get a little greener this summer. NB Power and the Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture recently announced the province’s electric vehicle charging network is expanding to include new stations at provincial parks and tourist attractions. Expected to be up and running early this summer, the 12 standard level-2 charging stations

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Beating plastic pollution: Vancouver becomes first city in world with zero-waste strategy

CCNB Blog / Hannah Moore

Vancouver is upping the ante when it comes to the global effort to #BeatPlasticPollution, announcing on May 16 that it is the first city in the world to implement a zero-waste strategy that bans single-use straws, foam cups and take-out containers. The city’s Zero Waste 2040 Strategy is a smart, bold step in the battle

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Water testing at provincial beaches smart move: Corbett

CCNB in the News / Hannah Moore

Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, spoke with CBC News about the provincial government’s recent announcement to expand water quality testing to eight provincial beaches in New Brunswick. “What it does is it gives people — moms and dads, and grandmothers and grandfathers — some assurance that when the children ask them to go swimming today

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EcoNews — Illegal pesticides, beating plastic pollution, and big job gains from energy efficiency

CCNB Blog, EcoNews / Corey Robichaud

In this edition of EcoNews, we bring you our Fundy Baykeeper’s scathing reaction to N.B.-based Northern Harvest Sea Farms’ deliberate use of illegal pesticides in the Bay of Fundy; we give you the good news from Moncton about a possible looming ban on plastic bags; we invite you to tell us your 2018 flood story

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Fundy Baykeeper blasts deliberate, illegal pesticide use in the Bay of Fundy

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, Feature, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation / Jon MacNeill

“I wish I was surprised.” That’s what our Fundy Baykeeper, Matt Abbott, told reporters after it was revealed in Saint John provincial court Tuesday that a St. George salmon farming company had deliberately used an illegal pesticide last summer. The company, Northern Harvest Sea Farms, pled guilty to violating New Brunswick’s Pesticides Control Act on

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As Moncton moves toward plastic bag ban, tell us what you’re doing to keep plastic pollution out of our oceans!

CCNB Blog, Feature, Freshwater Protection, Marine Conservation / Corey Robichaud

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”138314″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center”][vc_custom_heading text=”Did you know Moncton is moving toward a ban on single-use plastic bags?” google_fonts=”font_family:Alegreya%20Sans%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C500%2C500italic%2C700%2C700italic%2C800%2C800italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:500%20bold%20regular%3A500%3Anormal”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It’s true! According to CBC New Brunswick, when a local community group presented a petition calling for a ban at a public meeting earlier this month, the members of Moncton City council jumped on the opportunity, with one

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We need to be vigilant: Corbett on contaminated flood waters

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News / Corey Robichaud

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”138217″ img_size=”700 x 400″ alignment=”center”][vc_column_text] Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, appeared on CBC New Brunswick’s evening news broadcast, Shift NB, and CBC’s The National on May 7 to comment on contaminants in the floodwaters wreaking havoc across the province. As floodwaters continued to rise in some parts of the province, officials with New Brunswick’s Emergency

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Give her the gift of a healthy environment, this Mother’s Day

CCNB Blog / Lois Corbett

Our mothers and grandmothers do so much for us. They inspire. They motivate. They lead. They teach. They work tirelessly to keep us safe, happy, and healthy. How can we, on Mother’s Day, return even an ounce of the love, compassion, and guidance they’ve shown us? This year, why not give her the gift of

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Statement on Premier Gallant’s cabinet shuffle

Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

Attention News Editors: Lois Corbett, Executive Director, issued the following statement with respect to Premier Brian Gallant’s cabinet shuffle announced today: “We welcome the Hon. Andrew Harvey (MLA — Carleton-Victoria) as he takes over the role of Minister of Environment and Local Government. We look forward to working with the Minister on bold and innovative

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