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Send your letter to protect the Nashwaak River

CCNB Blog, Community, Freshwater Protection, Webinars & Events / Corey Robichaud

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Nominate your local energy efficiency champion today!

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Climate and Jobs, Community, Feature / Corey Robichaud

Are you, or do you know a neighbour or friend who can’t help but daydream about all the new renewable energy and energy efficiency projects they’re looking forward to playing with this summer? Maybe the company you work for always stays up-to-date with the latest energy-saving technologies and energy efficiency designs? Or are you proud

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EcoNews — Protecting water, protecting whales, in the wake of Canada Water Week

CCNB Blog, EcoNews / Corey Robichaud

In this edition of EcoNews, we bring you more good news about additional measures to protect North Atlantic right whales as summer approaches; we share our Executive Director’s op-ed on why New Brunswick needs to build an economy that puts water protection first; we look at the collaborative report issued this week by Canada’s Auditors

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Charges laid against Husky Energy for 2016 North Saskatchewan River oil spill

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy / Corey Robichaud

Nearly two years after after a Husky Energy oil pipeline ruptured, spilling 225,000 litres of blended heavy crude-oil just 300 metres from the banks of the North Saskatchewan River, the Calgary-based oil company and one of Canada’s largest integrated energy companies has been charged for the spill that contaminated the river and led to a state of emergency declared in Saskatchewan’s

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Ministers announce latest measures to protect right whales

CCNB Blog / Olivia DeYoung

Federal Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc and Transport Canada’s Marc Garneau announced additional plans this morning for protecting the endangered North Atlantic right whale. An earlier start to the snow crab fishing season, along with fixed and temporary closures where whales are spotted and a speed limit for ships in the western Gulf of St. Lawrence

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Statement on Auditors General report on climate change action across Canada

Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

Attention News Editors: Executive Director Lois Corbett made the following statement with respect to the collaborative report released today assessing Canada’s progress on climate change policy and action, prepared by the federal Auditor General along with most provincial Auditors General. She is available for comment. “Today, Auditors General from across the country showed us that

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Let’s turn to nature for solutions

CCNB Blog / Kaleigh Holder

Happy World Water Day! From the water crises in Cape Town, South Africa and Flint, Michigan to the countless drinking water advisories in First Nations across Canada, this 25th World Water Day looks different for the millions of communities across our blue planet. In New Brunswick, we are fortunate to have an abundance of pristine

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On World Water Day, and every day, we need an economy that puts water protection first

CCNB Blog, Feature / Lois Corbett

The Nashwaak watershed is a vibrant network of rivers, streams and tributaries flowing 110 kilometres across central New Brunswick, from the Upper Nashwaak Lake below Juniper to the St. John River in Fredericton. For generations, families living in communities between these points, from Napadogan to Stanley, Taymouth to Marysville, have flocked to the banks to

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Corbett on Sisson Partnership’s plan to dump mining waste in Nashwaak watershed

CCNB in the News / Jon MacNeill

Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, spoke with several media outlets about the Sisson Partnership’s plan to dump mine waste into waterways in the Nashwaak watershed. The partnership, comprised of Northcliff Resources and Todd Minerals, is applying to the federal government for permission to dump mining waste into portions of fish-bearing waterways, destroying Sisson Brook and

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Environmental groups call on Canadian government to ensure oil and gas companies reduce their carbon emissions, just like everyone else

Climate and Energy, Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

Ottawa, March 9, 2018 – The federal government must immediately close loopholes and rein in carbon emissions from oil and gas companies, say a broad cross- section of Canada’s major environmental groups. “True leadership in 2018 means having the courage to start a real conversation about the tension between Canada’s fossil fuel production and climate commitments.

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