Thanks to you, the value New Brunswickers place on our water has skyrocketed to the top of the priority list for our incoming politicians. For maybe the first time in history, water was on the ballot. You did this! You did it through your enthusiasm when talking to friends and neighbours and candidates about the […]
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Lois Corbett, Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, appeared in New Brunswick print media on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, after TransCanada Corporation filed its proposed oil pipeline application to the National Energy Board. Corbett outlined the Conservation Council’s main concerns with the proposed oil pipeline project. An excerpt of her comments, which appeared
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Proposed pipeline would contribute almost twice as much carbon pollution to the air as all of New Brunswick, but climate change ignored in the filing (Fredericton, N.B.) The Executive Director of Conservation Council of New Brunswick says the multiple risks associated with a proposed oil pipeline from Alberta to Saint John could put thousands of
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Shale gas exploration gets green light in wetlands, around watercourses Fredericton – After being alerted to the fact that seismic testing and related work for shale gas exploration is happening in wetlands and around significant watercourses in Kent County, the Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB) has learned that government has granted a blanket permit
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Conservation Council’s Stephanie Merrill contributes insights on New Brunswick current water policy conversations to Water Canada‘s cross-country brief policy snapshot. New Brunswick: Wetland woes and a long wait Stephanie Merrill of New Brunswick’s Conservation Council identifies wetland conservation policy and the provincial water classification program as two areas of particular focus for the Province. The
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