The petition against herbicide spraying in our Crown forest has been extended! We are now submitting signatures in three batches due to scheduling changes at the Legislative Assembly. Download copies of the petition here: English | French. Petitions can be returned to the Conservation Council at 180 Saint John St., Fredericton, NB E3B 4A9. FIRST BATCH deadline: April 10,2016 will be […]
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Your CCNB Executive Director, Lois Corbett, and Vice President (policy) of your Board of Directors met with N.B. Environment Minister Brian Kenny on March 2. The Conservation Council was part of a large delegation of member groups of the New Brunswick Environment Network, which organized the meeting. Corbett was asked by the groups in attendance
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A virtual tour of NB wetlands • feeling like you’ve stumbled into Bill Murray’s Groundhog Day • a flurry of activity surrounding TransCanada’s Energy East pipeline project • and, another banner year for renewable energy. Here’s the latest from Conserver House: Worthy of protection We celebrated World Wetlands Day (Feb. 2) by partnering with wildlife and
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The importance of our province’s biodiversity needs more attention, so we are thrilled to be part of the team that worked on a logo to create more awareness of our plants and wildlife and to build public interest in preserving them. The logo was developed as an initiative of the NB Biodiversity Collaborative with the
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Join us for a wonderful evening of snowshoeing through the woodland trails at Elmhurst Outdoors at our first-ever Lantern Snowshoe Hike fundraiser on Saturday, Feb. 27. The hike will be followed by a delicious home-made soup, biscuit, dessert and hot drink at the warm and cozy Elmhurt Outdoors Lodge in Kingston Peninsula. Elmhurst Outdoors is a
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Broad grassroots momentum for a ban on herbicides; encounters with high-profile members of the federal cabinet; fun learning about our seasonal hibernators; and an opportunity for you to help our work in the Bay of Fundy: here’s the latest from Conserver House. Sign on for a healthy forest We have joined with concerned citizens and
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One of the most important issues concerning citizens of New Brunswick that the Minister of Natural Resources can address right away is the use of herbicides on our Crown forested lands. People from all over the province have joined with concerned citizens, community environmental organizations and the Conservation Council of New Brunswick — which has
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The stage is being set for a renewable energy industry boom; targets for divestment, renewable energy uptake and greenhouse gas emissions reductions are falling into place; and the 48-page draft text of the next global climate agreement is slowly coming into focus as the final 72 hours of negotiations wind down. Hurdles as deadline approaches
Our Executive Director Lois Corbett busted out the red ink and had some fun with the Throne Speech delivered yesterday in the Legislature. Read it here. Make sure you scroll all the way through, it really gets going around Page 10… Oh, and here’s a link to our official response to yesterday’s speech. 🙂
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This special edition of EcoAlert will help you cut through the jargon and technicalities of international climate negotiations to understand: What the heck is COP21 in Paris? What’s it all about? What does the fight against climate change mean for me, our province, and Canada as a whole? In this issue: • the road to locally-made clean energy in
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