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Preparing for #BetterThanNormal: Conservation Council sends input on economic recovery plan for safer, healthier, more resilient New Brunswick in open letter to Premier Higgs

The Conservation Council of New Brunswick marked Earth Week by calling for an economic recovery plan for New Brunswick that ensures our communities are more secure, safe, healthy and resilient in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and as citizens continue to deal with the impacts of climate change and extreme weather. The council’s recommendations, […]

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A wake-up call for New Brunswick: Matt Abbott on plastic waste in Bay of Fundy

CCNB in the News, Marine Conservation / Corey Robichaud

With new research estimating more than 1.8 million pieces of garbage are smothering the Bay of Fundy seafloor, and with municipalities already positioned to move forward on a province-wide plastic bag ban, the Conservation Council’s Fundy Baykeeper is calling on the province to do its part in creating a system that makes it easier for

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IPCC’s special report on climate change and oceans is scientific call to action to protect coastal communities and critical inshore fisheries

CCNB Blog, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation, Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

The Conservation Council’s Marine Conservation Program issued the following statement with respect to the release of today’s Special Report on the Ocean and Cryosphere in a Changing Climate from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC): “This report is a scientific call to action that we must act urgently to drastically reduce the carbon pollution

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EcoNews — Sending your #stopspraying letter, turning the page on fracking, and celebrating 50 years of environmental action

EcoNews / Jon MacNeill

In this edition of EcoNews, we invite you to join hundreds of New Brunswickers who have already sent their letter demanding the province ban the spraying of glyphosate-based herbicides in our Crown forest; we share our reaction to Corridor Resources halting its search for investors in its shale gas prospects in southern N.B.; we bring

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Dead North Atlantic right whale spotted in Gulf of St. Lawrence

CCNB Blog / Joe Tunney

A necropsy for the nine-year-old male will be completed in the following days A dead North Atlantic right whale has been spotted floating in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and marks the first death of 2019. “We just hope this isn’t a reoccurring thing,” said Tonya Wimmer, executive director of the Marine Animal Response Society.

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EcoNews — Send your letter for climate action, floods in the changing climate, supporting strong environmental assessments, and oh so many upcoming events

CCNB Blog, EcoNews / Corey Robichaud

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

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Ship has sailed on weak environmental assessments: Conservation Council on Bill C-69

CCNB Blog, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation, Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

(Saint John) The Conservation Council of New Brunswick told the Standing Senate Committee holding hearings on Bill C-69 that the ship has sailed on the era of weak environmental assessments in Canada. Scott Kidd, a longtime member of the Conservation Council with a background in environmental law, spoke on the council’s behalf as the Standing

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One protected area is good, a fully connected network of marine protected areas is better

CCNB Blog / Matthew Abbott

The Banc-des-Américains (American Bank) Marine Protected Area (MPA) received final approval on March 6, 2019 and is now the largest offshore protected area in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (GSL). The final boundaries are shown below and encompass an area of one thousand square kilometres (1,000 km2). Protection objectives for the area are to promote

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EcoNews — Call to action on Sisson Mine, Premier at the pro-pipeline rally, Fundy Baykeeper on aquaculture reform, and Drive Electric NB’s happy problem

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Climate and Jobs, Community, EcoNews, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation / Corey Robichaud

In this edition of EcoNews, we encourage you to use our letter-writing tool to have your say on the Sisson Mine’s plan to use fish-bearing brooks in the Nashwaak Watershed for part of its waste tailings as the federal government takes final comments from the public; we bring you our Fundy Baykeeper’s preliminary recommendations as

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EcoNews — Fracking follies, Eco-Heroes on set, and beating plastic pollution on Land and Sea

CCNB Blog, EcoNews / Corey Robichaud

In this edition of EcoNews, we bring you an informative commentary from our friend Jim Emberger about the oil and gas industry’s penchant for over-promising, under-delivering, and racking up loads of debt (and environmental messes) in the process; we bring you a breakdown of a new forestry model proposed for Nova Scotia that would see

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