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Atlantic Loop, Homegrown Renewables Needed For Fossil-Free Atlantic Canada: Study

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Climate and Jobs, Feature / Jon MacNeill

A new study from our colleagues at Halifax-based Ecology Action Centre (EAC) concludes that a combination of building an Atlantic Loop and developing much more non-polluting, renewable energy in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia is the best way to ensure affordable, reliable and sustainable electricity when the provinces’ coal plants go offline.

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Conservation Council Applauds Neqotkuk, Saint John Energy Partnership On Wind Power

Climate and Energy, Climate and Jobs, Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

The Burchill Wind Partnership is a perfect example of the type of collaborative and forward-thinking projects we need to bring affordable, reliable and sustainable renewable energy to families all across New Brunswick.

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CCNB Media Round-up: Panning Higgs’ Shale Gas Plans, Just Transition for NB Coal Workers, Clearcutting Causing Bird Population Decline

CCNB in the News / Jon MacNeill

Media roundup.

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No Evidence Fracking Can Be Done Safely: Physicians For Social Responsibility

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Freshwater Protection / Lois Corbett

The Conservation Council of New Brunswick brings you the top line message from the Physicians for Social Responsibiity’s latest fracking compendium.

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Renewable Energy Is The Future, Not Fossil Fuels

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Climate and Jobs, Feature, Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

Response to Premier Higgs’ speculation that shale gas and liquified natural gas are solutions to war-induced threats to European gas supply.

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Nuclear Commission Must Reject Unprecedented 25-Year Renewal For Lepreau

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Climate and Jobs, Feature, Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

The Conservation Council of New Brunswick supports the calls from Indigenous leaders and nuclear safety experts to reject NB Power’s request for an unprecedented 25-year operating renewal at the Point Lepreau nuclear generating station.

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Who pollutes our climate the most in New Brunswick?

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Feature / Corey Robichaud

Who pollutes our climate the most in New Brunswick? Want to know which companies and facilities in New Brunswick produce the most climate change-causing pollution? See the tables below. These tables were produced using annual data from the National Pollutant Release Inventory database. (Note: Data from 2021 is the most recent provided by the database)

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New Brunswick forestry practices need to change

CCNB Blog, Forest Conservation / Jon MacNeill

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“It’s important to have everyone involved”: Corbett calls for consultation before Sisson extension

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, Freshwater Protection / Jon MacNeill

Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, spoke to CBC New Brunswick about the long-delayed Sisson Mine proposal on July 24. As the CBC’s Bob Jones put it: It’s been a tough year for Northcliff Resources Ltd., the company behind a long delayed tungsten and molybdenum mine development known as the Sisson project in central New Brunswick. Its

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EcoNews — Protecting wild salmon, a new way to give back, and inspiration for getting to #BetterThanNormal

EcoNews / Jon MacNeill

In this edition of EcoNews, our Fundy Baykeeper joins other leading ENGOs and fisheries associations in N.B. to call for a full Environmental Impact Assessment as a salmon farming company looks to expand its operations in the Bay of Fundy; our Executive Director shares with you her top webinar picks of the first 100+ days

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