EcoNews — Not again: fracking back on the table in NB, Higgs playing with stickers, CAPP’s kooky ideas, and, thankfully, some stories guaranteed to lift your spirit
It’s a mixed bag in this week’s edition of EcoNews.
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Forget playing with stickers. We need a grown-up discussion about climate change
The Conservation Council’s Executive Director, Lois Corbett, issued the following statement with respect to Premier Blaine Higgs’ scheme to use citizens’ money for gas pump stickers containing misleading information about federal carbon tax. “It is very concerning to me. It seems highly politically motivated and runs up against his pledge to have open, honest and
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Say no to shale gas in N.B. — send your letter today!
Premier Blaine Higgs says his minority Progressive Conservative government will end the province-wide moratorium on hydraulic fracturing and allow the controversial and risky process in the Sussex region. And Premier Higgs wants to do it fast — before the New Year.
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Great Trees and Great Authors coming to a town near you!
Our Great Trees book is hitting the road! Authors Tracy Glynn and David Palmer are taking our new book, The Great Trees of New Brunswick, around the province this month and next. Get your Great Trees of New Brunswick, 2nd Edition today! Proceeds help us protect the land, air, water and forests that support us.
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Get your Great Trees of New Brunswick book today!
Do you have a good pair of hiking boots and a well-worn appreciation of New Brunswick’s beautiful mixed forest made up of sturdy red spruces, white pines swaying in the wind, old craggy eastern hemlocks, and the odd black cherry tree with its white flowers – just to name a few?
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EcoNews Special Edition — Our shared legacy, a win for climate action, a rousing speech, and Great Moms & Great Trees
In this special edition of EcoNews, we share something we’ve been anxious to let out: your Conservation Council’s big win at NB Power’s Energy Efficiency Excellence Awards this week; plus, the wait is finally over: hard copies of The Great Trees of New Brunswick 2nd Edition are here, get this must-have book for your home
Great Moms, Great Trees
This year, give mom a gift that protects New Brunswick’s beautiful nature she loves so much. A $50 donation to the Conservation Council in your mom’s honour gets you a copy of our new book, The Great Trees of New Brunswick, 2nd Edition. All proceeds go toward the Conservation Council’s work to protect nature in New Brunswick.
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“If you give me a number, we’ll get them!” Read Corbett’s May Day speech
Nearly 100 New Brunswickers gathered at King’s Square in Saint John on May Day to demand that J.D. Irving stop spraying Crown land with glyphosate-based herbicides. It was an inspiring day with New Brunswickers young and old, Anglophone and Francophone, First Nation and settler coming together for smarter, 21st-century forest management practices. In case you
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“How many letters will it take?” Photos from the rally against JD Irving’s citizen-funded glyphosate spraying program
New Brunswickers from all walks of life gathered in Saint John on May Day (May 1) to call on J.D. Irving to stop its citizen-funded herbicide spraying program on Crown land. Citizens met at King’s Square, some dressed in creative costumes of woodland critters, to hear from several speakers, including Wolastoq Grand Chief Ron Tremblay
EcoNews — Send your letter for climate action, floods in the changing climate, supporting strong environmental assessments, and oh so many upcoming events
In this edition of EcoNews, we invite you to use our helpful letter-writing tool to call on Premier Blaine Higgs to get serious about climate solutions; we share some thoughts from our Freshwater Campaigner about flooding in our changing climate; we share with you our submission to the senate hearing on Bill C-69 about the