The Conservation Council’s Executive Director, Lois Corbett, is calling for caution and transparency after the federal government gave its approval of the proposed open-pit Sisson Mine near Stanley. Corbett told CBC Radio’s Information Morning Fredericton on Monday, June 26 that many details surrounding the project — such as the specific design of the tailings dam […]
New Brunswick needs to establish a set of coastal protection laws to properly keep our beaches safe and avoid another contamination issue as experienced at Parlee Beach last summer. That was our Executive Director Lois Corbett’s message in a feature news article published by the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal on Saturday, June 24. Noting the province
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Fredericton, June 20, 2017 – New Brunswick’s Auditor General, Kim MacPherson, released the first volume her annual report this week, including a 43-page chapter on climate change action in New Brunswick. According to the report, New Brunswick is on track to meet its 2020 target for greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions, but will miss its 2030 and
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