Our Executive Director Lois Corbett largely panned the provincial government’s new climate change legislation, telling reporters the legislation misses the mark on pricing carbon and doesn’t provide enough help to New Brunswickers to use less fossil fuels. “I understand what the government is trying to do by saying we’re going to take some action on […]
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Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, weighed in on NB Power’s Dec. 13 announcement that the public utility is seeking a new fuel source for the Belledune coal-fired generating station, with the goal of eliminating coal by 2030. Corbett welcomed news of the transition, telling CTV News Atlantic, “I don’t think that New Brunswickers want to
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So, we have a Climate Change Act for New Brunswick — something your Conservation Council has said we’ve needed for years. Is it exactly what we had in mind (or even close)? No. But let’s start with the good. The new bill, introduced in the Legislature today, does three very important, smart things: It increases transparency in
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FREDERICTON — Lois Corbett, Executive Director, issued the following statement regarding today’s announcement about climate change legislation. She is available for comment. “I’m pleased the province has followed the Conservation Council’s advice, and that of the Auditor General, by enshrining climate change targets in law. It is not clear, however, that climate fund the bill sets
Attention News Editors: Here is some background that may be helpful in reporting on Environment and Local Government Minister Serge Rousselle’s comments today about a carbon-pricing system for New Brunswick: To date, Canadian jurisdictions that have announced or implemented a system for pricing carbon include Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British
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Another North Atlantic right whale has been found dead on a beach on Nantucket Island, off the coast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. This brings the number of deaths to 17 for the year in Canadian and US waters, nearly 4 percent of the total right whale population, which currently sits at fewer than 500
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In this edition of EcoNews, we bring you the story of the ‘#PepsiLobster’ caught off Grand Manan and what our Fundy Baykeeper says it means about the state of coastal waters in NB and abroad; we make it easy for you to spread the true spirit of the holiday season with special CCNB Gift Memberships;
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The Fundy Baykeeper says an unusual catch in the waters off Grand Manan tells the story of a dishearteningly common and pervasive problem in our oceans: the abundance of human-made garbage. The CBC reports that Grand Manan lobster fisher Karissa Landstrand recently pulled in a lobster with part of a Pepsi can imprinted on its
The Conservation Council has submitted comments on the Department of Environment and Local Government’s draft water strategy, A Water Strategy for New Brunswick 2018-2028. Following the release of the draft water strategy, we created a free toolkit and prewritten letter to help the public and supporting groups respond to the government’s call for public comments.
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Dallas McQuarrie, a Kent County-based journalist who has written about forestry mismanagement, Aboriginal title claims, and other pressing environmental issues in New Brunswick, is this year’s first-place recipient of the Beth McLaughlin Environmental Journalism Award. McQuarrie received the award, given annually since 2015 to a New Brunswick journalist in recognition of in-depth reporting and thoughtful
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