Stephanie Merrill, acting Executive Director of the Conservation Council, spoke with CBC New Brunswick about cuts to intervenor funding related to TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline project. The article was published on Monday, Sept. 21. The CBC reported on three New Brunswick First Nations who are upset the National Energy Board cut funding for groups wanting to intervene […]
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Fundy Baykeeper Matt Abbott hosted the heads of 11 of Canada’s top environmental organizations in Saint John on Wednesday, Sept. 16. The groups set out on a local fishing boat and were joined by local fishers for a tour of the harbour and Red Head to see firsthand the unique ecosystem and sustainable jobs at
Saint John, N.B. – Today the heads of Canada’s leading environmental groups stood alongside First Nations and local fishers on Mispec Beach, New Brunswick near the Bay of Fundy to call for the rejection of the Energy East pipeline and tanker proposal. Executive directors took a tour on a local fishing boat around eastern
For immediate release: 2:00 p.m. (Atlantic), Tue., Sept. 15, 2015 National Groups, Local Communities, First Nations, Businesses Join Forces to Keep Bay of Fundy Safe From Energy East Pipeline When: Wednesday, Sept 16, 2015 at 3:30 p.m. Where: Mispec Beach, Simonds, N.B. Who: Joanna Kerr, Executive Director, Greenpeace Canada; Peter Robinson, Chief Executive Officer, David Suzuki
Fundy Baykeeper Matthew Abbott spoke with the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal about the National Energy Board’s decision to approve Spanish energy giant Repsol’s request for a 25-year licence to export liquefied natural gas from a proposed gas liquefaction terminal in Saint John. The article was published on Friday, Sept, 11. Abbott told reporters the export terminal will
Fundy Baykeeper Matthew Abbott spoke with APTN National News on Sept. 10 about our report into the risks posed by TransCanada’s Energy East Pipeline project to sustainable jobs and marine life in the Bay of Fundy. Abbott said the significant increased in tanker traffic the project would bring into the Bay of Fundy will increase
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The New Brunswick ombudsman is now looking into whether the provincial government should conduct its own environmental impact assessment of TransCanada’s proposed Energy East bitumen pipeline, like the province of Quebec is doing. The office of the Ombudsman will investigate why jurisdictions like Quebec are doing their own independent environmental assessment of the mega project while New
This commentary appeared in the Monday, Aug. 24 edition of the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal and the Thursday, Sept. 17 edition of The Daily Gleaner. BY MATTHEW ABBOTT The Energy East Pipeline project, a proposal of Alberta-based TransCanada Corporation, would make gamblers of us all. A single tanker spill of oilsands bitumen in the Bay of Fundy
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The Conservation Council’s new report about the risks posed by TransCanada’s Energy East Pipeline to existing jobs and the environment in the Bay of Fundy-Gulf of Maine was covered by more than 100 media outlets across Canada and internationally. Coverage of the report appeared on the cover of the Thursday, Aug. 20 edition of the
Yesterday afternoon our Fundy Baykeeper Matt Abbott spoke with Vanessa Vander Valk of CBC Shift about the new report we released exploring the risks posed to the Bay of Fundy-Gulf of Maine ecosystem. Listen to the full interview here (length 13:09)
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