New Brunswick needs to establish a set of coastal protection laws to properly keep our beaches safe and avoid another contamination issue as experienced at Parlee Beach last summer. That was our Executive Director Lois Corbett’s message in a feature news article published by the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal on Saturday, June 24. Noting the province […]
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Fredericton, June 20, 2017 – New Brunswick’s Auditor General, Kim MacPherson, released the first volume her annual report this week, including a 43-page chapter on climate change action in New Brunswick. According to the report, New Brunswick is on track to meet its 2020 target for greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions, but will miss its 2030 and
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Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, appeared in stories by several media outlets responding to the Auditor General’s report on climate change action in N.B. Corbett was quoted in articles by The Canadian Press, the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal, a pair of CBC articles (Legislate reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions in N.B., says auditor general, and Conservation Council says
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June 20, 2017 — New Brunswick Auditor General Kim MacPherson released the first volume of the 2017 New Brunswick Auditor General Report today, including an assessment of New Brunswick’s progress toward reducing greenhouse gases and adapting to climate change. Speaking to the Telegraph-Journal the day before the report came out, our Executive Director, Lois Corbett,
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The Auditor General of New Brunswick, Kim MacPherson, has delivered a substantive review of the province’s climate change plan and what is needed to turn policy intentions into on-the-ground work to protect homes and communities from what she says “may be one of the greatest challenges for communities, governments and corporations in the coming decades.”
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In reaction to the news that Irving Oil is asking the National Energy Board not to conduct its own assessment of tanker traffic and downstream emission for the Energy East pipeline and marine export project, Matt Abbott, the Conservation Council’s Fundy Baykeeper told CBC on June 16 that failing to have a public process to examine
In this edition of EcoNews, our executive director Lois Corbett invites you, in the wake of World Oceans Day, to learn more about what a comprehensive set of coastal protection laws would look like for New Brunswick; we give you a glimpse at what the Mount Polley tailings disaster has to teach us about possible
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How does a country with an economy heavily reliant on fossil fuel extraction and forest clearcuts begin transitioning its natural resource sector into a more sustainable bioeconomy? Jussi Manninen knows the answer. Manninen, of the VTT Technical Research Centre in Helsinki, is one of the architects of Finland’s national bioeconomy strategy. The strategy, which was
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A new report released by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) shows that pollution – everything from city smog to salt runoff – is costing Canadians tens of billions of dollars every year. The report, “Cost of Pollution in Canada: Measuring the impact on families, businesses and governments,” summarizes studies that have put price
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As of this morning, St. Andrews-by-the Sea is ranked #2 in the race for top 10 USA Today’s Reader’s Choice nominees for best destination in Canada 2017, challenging larger cities like Montreal and Quebec City, and proving the value of Atlantic Canada’s coastal communities. A round of applause for the St. Andrews locals for making
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