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Class-action lawsuit underway against large open-pit mine in Quebec

More than 200 residents who launched a class-action lawsuit against the operators of a large open-pit mine in Quebec are getting their day in the Quebec Superior Court. MiningWatch Canada reports that the class-action suit — representing roughly 1,200 people, families and businesses near the Malartic gold mine outside Val d’Or, Que. — started before […]

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Glynn urges new forest management model after federal report shows significant changes coming with climate change

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, Forest Conservation / Leah Meyer

Our Forest Campaign Director, Tracy Glynn, told the Canadian Press on Friday, Oct. 27 that New Brunswick should look at new models for managing our public forest in light of a new federal study investigating changes likely to occur in the Maritimes’ Acadian forest as a result of climate change. The Natural Resources Canada study

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Three NB communities partner behind wind power

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy / Leah Meyer

Three communities in New Brunswick are joining forces on wind farm proposals that would power 12,800 homes with clean energy. Saint John Energy and smaller energy utilities in Edmundston and Perth-Andover recently submitted joint proposals to develop two wind farms, the Charlotte County Community Wind Farm near South Oromocto Lake, and the Chapman Community Wind

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New tricks of the trade(s): Iron & Earth helping to build Canada’s green economy

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy / Leah Meyer

Our friends at Iron & Earth are continuing their quest to help oil, gas and coal workers transition to work in the renewable energy industry. Iron & Earth is a worker-led non-profit organization that launched out of Alberta in the spring of 2015 when oil prices began to plummet and lay-offs were rampant. The workers,

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Another right whale found dead just as scientists warn species might not last 20 years

CCNB Blog, Feature, Marine Conservation / Corey Robichaud

The devastating year for right whales continues. Another north Atlantic right whale has been found dead and decomposing off the coast of Massachusetts this week, reports the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), making it the 16th dead North Atlantic right whale found in U.S and Canadian waters this year. Having lost more than 3

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Send us a picture of your local pumpkin masterpiece!

CCNB Blog, Feature / Aiden Pluta

Every year hundreds of NBers try to carve the spookiest Jack-O’-Lanterns possible. This Halloween, why not use your family’s pumpkin-carving tradition as an opportunity to give local farmers a much-appreciated show of support? If 10 per cent of New Brunswickers buy a $5 pumpkin, that equals more than $370,000 in sales. That’s just a drop

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Pollution test Irving takes issue with has been used “to the benefit of all Canadians”

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, Freshwater Protection / Jon MacNeill

Our Fundy Baykeeper, Matt Abbott, told CBC New Brunswick the pollution test that Irving Pulp and Paper claims is being applied unconstitutionally has in fact been used across the country for decades “to the benefit of all Canadians.” Last year, Irving Pulp and Paper was charged under the Fisheries Act with 15 counts of dumping

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Widespread solar adoption in NB inevitable: report

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy / Leah Meyer

A new report commissioned by NB Power says that widespread solar power adoption by “tens of thousands of homes and businesses” is inevitable in New Brunswick. The report, by Montreal’s Dunsky Energy Consulting, urges the public utility to get ahead of the curve by launching a solar panel leasing option now for homeowners and businesses.

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EcoNews – Pulp mill pollution, pipelines, and water policy

CCNB Blog, EcoNews, Freshwater Protection, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation / Corey Robichaud

In this edition of EcoNews, we look at Irving Pulp and Paper’s intention to argue that pollution charges laid against it by the federal government last year are unconstitutional (sorry, come again?); we breathe a sigh of relief and look with hope toward a smarter low-carbon economy with the cancellation of TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline;

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Tanker strikes leading cause of right whale deaths: report

CCNB Blog, Marine Conservation / Leah Meyer

Scientists have a clearer picture of how a record-setting number of North Atlantic right whale deaths occurred in East Coast waters this summer. Wildlife pathologists released their necropsy results in an incident report out Oct. 5, concluding that tanker strikes were the main cause for the large number of deaths. In total, 15 right whales

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Class-action lawsuit underway against large open-pit mine in Quebec

Glynn urges new forest management model after federal report shows significant changes coming with climate change

Three NB communities partner behind wind power

New tricks of the trade(s): Iron & Earth helping to build Canada’s green economy

Another right whale found dead just as scientists warn species might not last 20 years

Send us a picture of your local pumpkin masterpiece!

Pollution test Irving takes issue with has been used “to the benefit of all Canadians”

Widespread solar adoption in NB inevitable: report

EcoNews – Pulp mill pollution, pipelines, and water policy

Tanker strikes leading cause of right whale deaths: report

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