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View ArticleCCNB on the shale gas moratorium
The Conservation Council’s Stephanie Merrill was available to media following the Gallant government’s announcement of a shale gas moratorium in New Brunswick on Dec. 18. Here is what a very pleased...
View ArticleCCNB’s Stephanie Merrill on risks of hydraulic fracturing
Our Freshwater Protection Program coordinator, Stephanie Merrill, was quoted in a March 3 article in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal about the future of shale gas development in the province. The...
View ArticleCCNB’s Lois Corbett comments on province lagging behind greenhouse gas...
Our executive director, Lois Corbett, appeared in a story by CBC New Brunswick’s Julianne Hazlewood about New Brunswick being on track to miss its greenhouse gas reduction targets. In the latest...
View ArticleLet’s put N.B. waters in the spotlight on World Water Day
Living in New Brunswick, there is no way around it — we owe so many of our good, most cherished moments to our water. Think of rock-skipping competitions with yours friends by the brook growing up. Or...
View ArticlePutting a price on pollution will be good for your pocketbook
This is no delayed April Fools joke — today a group of classical economists came out with a report saying it’s time for Canada’s provinces to put a price on carbon pollution, and if we do, our own...
View ArticleNew Brunswickers want leaders to act now on climate protection
FREDERICTON — A new poll shows New Brunswickers want their government leaders to act now to protect the climate. Polling determined an overwhelming majority of New Brunswickers — a margin of nearly 8...
View ArticleCCNB at Act on Climate March
This weekend, several staff members from the Conservation Council, including our Executive Director Lois Corbett, attended the Act on Climate march in Quebec City. The march was a positive,...
View ArticleEnergy we can get behind: photos from Act on Climate
Photo from Act on Climate This weekend, a few staff members and volunteers with the Conservation Council hopped in a super-fuel-efficient vehicle and traveled to Quebec City for the Act on Climate...
View ArticleProvinces take lead on climate protection
FREDERICTON — The declaration from premiers at the Quebec Summit on Climate Change puts momentum behind the effort to protect our climate and reduce carbon pollution, says the Executive Director of the...
View ArticleEnvironmental Groups Ask Premiers To Go Back to the Drawing Board and Make...
July 16, 2015, St. John’s, Newfoundland – Environmental groups from across Canada today asked Canada’s premiers meeting in Newfoundland to delay adopting a new national energy strategy that will...
View ArticleWhat to watch for in a Premiers-lead Canadian Energy Strategy
Three things to watch for in a Premiers-Lead Canadian Energy Strategy Premiers are expected to release their Canadian Energy Strategy at this week’s Council of the Federation meeting in St. John’s,...
View ArticleWhat New Brunswick should look for in a Canadian Energy Strategy
The following appeared in the Opinion section of the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal on Saturday, July 18, and in the Letters to the Editor in the Monday, July 20 edition of The Daily Gleaner. What...
View ArticleCCNB statement on scientific review showing fracking caused earthquake in B.C.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FREDERICTON — Stephanie Merrill, the Conservation Council of New Brunswick’s Freshwater Protector Program Director, issued the following statement in response to the B.C. Oil and...
View ArticleStatement on Regional Target to Reduce Carbon Pollution and Protect the Climate
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FREDERICTON — Five eastern premiers and six U.S. states agreed to a regional target of reducing carbon dioxide emissions by 35-45 per cent before 1990 levels by 2030 at the...
View ArticleStatement on New Regulations for Small-Scale Renewable Projects in NB
FREDERICTON — Today the Minister of Energy and Mines, Donald Arseneault, released the draft regulation to allow small-scale renewable energy generation projects in New Brunswick. The regulation is...
View ArticleNew Brunswick can lead the effort to protect communities from climate change...
Here’s a little-known fact: New Brunswick has helped lead climate change action plans before. At a time when governments across the continent were running away from doing anything on climate change,...
View ArticleThe Path to a Low-Carbon Future: COP21 in Paris
The United Nations Climate Change Summit got underway today in Paris, France. The heads of state of nearly 200 nations will meet over the next two weeks to hammer out an international agreement on...
View ArticleConservation Council of New Brunswick reacts to Throne Speech
FREDERICTON — The Conservation Council of New Brunswick is pleased to see the provincial government has included water, forests, climate change and local food as priority areas for the year ahead. The...
View ArticleFun with throne speeches
Our Executive Director Lois Corbett busted out the red ink and had some fun with the Throne Speech delivered yesterday in the Legislature. Read it here. Make sure you scroll all the way through, it...
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