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Conservation Council, First Nations, scientists, business owners and Nashwaak residents unite to protect watershed from proposed mine’s waste

The Conservation Council joined with First Nation representatives, aquatic scientists, local businesspeople and residents of the Nashwaak Watershed at a press conference about the proposed Sisson Mine near Stanley on Feb. 27. Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, told Global New Brunswick that the coalition is calling on the federal government to keep fish-bearing brooks off […]

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Send your letter to protect the Nashwaak Watershed from Sisson mine waste

Webinars & Events, Feature, CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Community, Forest Conservation, Freshwater Protection / Corey Robichaud

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”141015″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text] New Brunswickers have one final opportunity to tell the federal government to keep fish-bearing brooks off the list for the proposed Sisson Mine’s waste dam. The companies behind the proposed mine are in the final stages of applying for permission to dump mining waste into portions of Bird Brook and

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Last chance to have your say to feds on Sisson Mine proposal

CCNB Blog / Jon MacNeill

New Brunswickers have one final opportunity to tell the federal government their concerns about the Sisson Mine proposed in the pristine Nashwaak River watershed. The group of companies behind the mine, the Sisson Partnership, is in the process of applying for permission to dump mining waste into portions of the Nashwaak watershed. The proposed amendments

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EcoAlert Special Edition: N.B. Election 2018

CCNB Blog / Jon MacNeill

The platforms are out. The signs are up. And the TV debates (luv ‘em or hate ‘em) are almost done. And one thing is for certain — our messages have resonated and our collective impact has been felt. Various leaders and party platforms have promised to stop spraying the Crown forest and review the seriously

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EcoNews — Shiny rooftops, kicking plastic pollution, and oh so many events

CCNB Blog, Donation, EcoNews / Corey Robichaud

In this edition of EcoNews, we give you some highlights from our first-ever and, it turns out, incredibly popular N.B. EcoHomes Tour; we tell you about the plastics charter we signed onto that gives a roadmap to a plastic-waste-free Canada; invite you to a free webinar about the controversial company behind the proposed Sisson Mine;

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EcoNews — A guided tour to greener living, how you can help our local bees, and great events to fill your June calendar

CCNB Blog, EcoNews / Corey Robichaud

In this edition of EcoNews, we invite you to join us for an historic film on controversial spraying in New Brunswick’s forests; we offer you a free passport to a low-carbon future with our upcoming N.B. EcoHomes tour; share a win-win opportunity for you to get some sunshine and fresh air while helping our struggling

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Speaker series: Challenging mines and clearcuts in New Brunswick

CCNB Blog, Community, Webinars & Events / Hannah Moore

Find out why so many people are concerned about clearcuts, forest spraying and the Sisson open-pit mine proposed in the heart of the Nashwaak watershed from Ramona Nicholas and Tracy Glynn at the Abbey Café (546 Queen St., Fredericton) on Wednesday, June 6 at 7 p.m. Ramona Nicholas is one of the Wolastoqiyik grandmothers

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EcoNews — Illegal pesticides, beating plastic pollution, and big job gains from energy efficiency

CCNB Blog, EcoNews / Corey Robichaud

In this edition of EcoNews, we bring you our Fundy Baykeeper’s scathing reaction to N.B.-based Northern Harvest Sea Farms’ deliberate use of illegal pesticides in the Bay of Fundy; we give you the good news from Moncton about a possible looming ban on plastic bags; we invite you to tell us your 2018 flood story

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Risky business: the company behind the Sisson mine project

CCNB Blog / Corey Robichaud

Listen to Joan Kuyek, a mining analyst from Ottawa, and Larry Wuest, a local environmental researcher living near the proposed Sisson mine, as they outline crucial questions that remain unanswered about the huge open-pit tungsten and molybdenum mine and tailings dam proposed to be built on the headwaters of the pristine Nashwaak River watershed. In

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Breaking EcoNews — A fair coal phase out, protecting Parlee Beach, and panning aquaculture oversight

CCNB Blog, EcoNews / Jon MacNeill

In this breaking edition of EcoNews, our Executive Director Lois Corbett leads the effort to ensure a fair and prosperous transition away from coal-fired electricity in Canada as co-chair of a new federal task force; we bring you the key findings from Canada’s environment commissioner’s report on the failings of aquaculture regulation and enforcement from coast

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