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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Twelve North Atlantic right whales have been spotted in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, the same busy channel where the critically-endangered species suffered catastrophic deaths last summer. The whale sightings, confirmed by the federal government on Thursday, May 24, led to the closure of six fishing zones in the gulf. Another nine zones, including snow
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Do you ever find yourself wishing you could live more efficiently, but not sure when or how to start making the transition? Good news! NB Power and the provincial government recently unveiled new programs to help homeowners and businesses lower their carbon pollution footprint while saving money on their energy bills. The program for homeowners
The mucky soil that squishes beneath barefooted beachgoers along the coastlines of New Brunswick could be a powerful tool for decreasing the carbon pollution causing climate change. The CBC reported this week that the federal government is investigating the Bay of Fundy’s potential for storing carbon pollution, or carbon sequestration. The carbon captured by coastal
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Our provincial parks will get a little greener this summer. NB Power and the Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture recently announced the province’s electric vehicle charging network is expanding to include new stations at provincial parks and tourist attractions. Expected to be up and running early this summer, the 12 standard level-2 charging stations
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Vancouver is upping the ante when it comes to the global effort to #BeatPlasticPollution, announcing on May 16 that it is the first city in the world to implement a zero-waste strategy that bans single-use straws, foam cups and take-out containers. The city’s Zero Waste 2040 Strategy is a smart, bold step in the battle
Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, spoke with CBC News about the provincial government’s recent announcement to expand water quality testing to eight provincial beaches in New Brunswick. “What it does is it gives people — moms and dads, and grandmothers and grandfathers — some assurance that when the children ask them to go swimming today
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Our Fundy Baykeeper, Matt Abbott, told CBC News he will be closely monitoring an impending court case involving New Brunswick-based aquaculture company Northern Harvest Sea Farms. The company, which has licenses to operate nine salmon farms on the Bay of Fundy, is alleged to have violated section 15 of New Brunswick’s Pesticides Control Act, which
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Water levels have reached record highs in southern New Brunswick as flooding along the St. John River continues to intensify into its second week. In the Greater Saint John area, the river has swelled to approximately 5.7 metres, well above the region’s flood stage of 4.2 m and rivaling levels of the historic 1973 flood.
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The transition to an energy-efficient economy would create more than 25,000 full-time jobs in New Brunswick and increase the provincial GDP by $4.9 billion over the next 13 years, according to a new study from Dunsky Energy Consulting. The study, The Economic Impact of Improved Energy Efficiency in Canada, calculates the carbon pollution we could
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