October 22, 2014

Energy East: Our Risk, Their Reward with Maude Barlow, Matt Abbott & Others

TransCanada’s Energy East export pipeline project would ship 1.1 million barrels of oil everyday, including tar sands crude, from Alberta to ports in Cacouna, Quebec and Saint John, New Brunswick. It would be the largest tar sands pipeline in North America. Atlantic Canadians are concerned about how a spill would damage waterways including several major […]

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Celebrating Change: Fundraiser for the Conservation Council

Performances by Brent Mason, Jessica Rhaye and Sandy Mackay with Bill Preeper NB Art for Auction with Artworks by: Darren Emenau, Kathy Hooper, Jeneca Klausen, Sue Hooper,Gerry Collins, Glenn Hall, Darren Byers, Krysta Oland, Freeman Patterson, Meghan Barton, Cliff Turner, Jim Boyd, Shannon Merrifield, Elizabeth Miller and more! PLUS: A night at the Marathon in

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Proposed regulation flagged by biologists

    New federal government regulation proposes to kill wild fish to protect fish farms This proposed regulation would impact all coastal provinces; Federal regulation of fresh water aquaculture ignored (OTTAWA, ON, Oct 22, 2014) Proposed regulations for the aquaculture industry do not deliver on the responsibilities of Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ (DFO) to

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FOE-CCNB Joint Submission on Salmon Farming Waste

October 21, 2014   Mr. Ed Porter Manager, Aquaculture Policy and Regulatory Initiatives, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Room 8N187 200 Kent Street Ottawa, Ontario   K1A 0E6 by email: fpptr-rtppp@dfo-mpo.gc.ca Dear Mr. Porter, Friends of the Earth Canada (FOE), based in Ottawa, and Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB), based in Fredericton, are responding to the

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