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Letter to the editor: Setting the record straight on N.B. pollution targets

CCNB in the News, Climate and Energy / Lois Corbett

The article originally appeared in the July 20 edition of the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. Dear Editor: I write to correct some errors in the article about New Brunswick’s record on reducing carbon pollution. The National Energy Board (NEB) gets mixed up when describing steps Maritime governments have taken to reduce pollution from regional coal plants. […]

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Homes evacuated after 1,200 barrels of crude spills in rural Texas

Families were forced to leave their homes after an estimated 1,200 barrels of crude oil spilled from a pipeline rupture in Bastrop County, TX, on Thursday, July 13. Local news media reported that an excavator accidentally cut the Magellan’s Longhorn pipeline shortly before 9 a.m. CST while working on a section of the pipe. The company, Magellan

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Iceberg the size of PEI breaks from ice shelf in Antarctica

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Feature / Leah Meyer

An iceberg bigger than the size of Prince Edward Island split off from an ice shelf in the Antarctic sometime between July 10 and 12, CTV News announced on Wednesday. British scientists announced the 1- trillion-tonne ice piece is one of the biggest icebergs to separate from the Antarctic. The rift had been observed over

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Pipeline companies are permitted to keep integrity digs secret from the public

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Feature, Freshwater Protection / Leah Meyer

Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) has stopped requiring pipeline companies to publish the geographic coordinates of pipeline repairs, DeSmog Canada has discovered. Until recently, the NEB openly posted the GPS coordinates of pipeline repairs. In the last few months, however, the NEB has quietly allowed companies to keep that information from the public. According

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EcoNews – Seven dead right whales devastating blow: expert

CCNB Blog, EcoNews / Corey Robichaud

In this edition of EcoNews, we look at the call for swift action in the Gulf of St. Lawrence region in the wake of an unprecedented die-off of north Atlantic right whales and the tragic loss of a veteran fisher and whale rescue team member; we remember a prominent New Brunswick environmentalist who took on

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The Benefits of Electric Cars

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy / Leah Meyer

How much cleaner are electric cars compared to gasoline vehicles? Check out this video by the Union of Concerned Scientists to find out. Would you consider buying an electric vehicle? This video by Plug’n Drive Ontario shows the benefits of owning the smooth-riding, fast-starting, low-maintenance EV. What’s happening with EVs in New Brunswick? Public Electric

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Free screening of Water Warriors tonight

CCNB Blog, Webinars & Events / Corey Robichaud

In 2013, a multicultural group of concerned citizens led by members of the Mi’kmaq Elsipogtog First Nation joined together to stop Texas-based SWN Resources from conducting shale gas seismic testing in Kent County, N.B. Now four years later, we have an indefinite fracking moratorium in place, and the provincial government is working on a new

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Beautifying the Dragonfly Centre for Austism

CCNB Blog, Feature / Corey Robichaud

Our Learning Outside Coordinator, Nadine Ives, and a couple of our new summer interns were in beautiful St. Andrews this week helping the summer campers at the Dragonfly Centre for Autism plant their brand-new pollinator garden. Everyone was all smiles after spending the day digging in the soil and planting flowers with Nadine and some

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eCharge Network a key step: Corbett on transition to electric vehicles

CCNB in the News, Climate and Energy / Leah Meyer

In an interview with Global News, our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, said the soon-to-be-built eCharge Network of 15 new, fast-charging stations is a key step toward getting more electric vehicles on New Brunswick roads. “I don’t think it’s the entire solution but I think it’s a key part of the solution”, Corbett told Global News

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Seven dead right whales devastating blow: experts

CCNB Blog, Feature, Marine Conservation / Jon MacNeill

Amid evidence that at least two of the seven right whales recently found dead in the waters off New Brunswick were likely struck by a ship, a wildlife pathologist leading the investigation says it’s time to slow down tanker and ship traffic in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Dr. Pierre-Yves Daoust of the Atlantic Veterinary

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