Generally the air quality in New Brunswick is good. The level of several pollutants have gradually decreased over the past 25 years, and this means that people have fewer air quality-related health effects. However improvements have flat-lined somewhat in the past 10 years. Although annual averages of pollutants in New Brunswick are below the national […]
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The New Brunswick government released its 2014-2020 Climate Change Action Plan without much fuss on Monday June 2, 2014. First, what’s great about this plan: We have a plan; It includes a good section on adapting to climate change, evaluating the risk of the climate changes we know are coming, including more extreme rain and
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For immediate Release Scientists find risks to water most significant threat from fracking Fredericton – Today the much anticipated Environment Canada study commissioned to the Council of Canadian Academies was released. The “Expert Panel on Harnessing Science & Technology to Understand the Environmental Impacts of Shale Gas Extraction” of 14 scientists has produced a good
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A Conversation with Lois Corbett by Stephanie Coburn, President The Board of the Conservation Council is very pleased to welcome our new Executive Director, Lois Corbett. Lois comes to us with great environmental and organizational credentials. Lois has had her own consulting firm in Toronto, providing strategic advice to Canada’s green energy sector and to
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@seguincbc New CCNB Exec. Dir. speaks with a wonderful combination of passion and intelligence. Great to hear a woman’s voice on this topic! — Kate Rogers (@K8inFred) April 23, 2014
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We are really excited to let you know that we are on the cusp of re-launching our very popular BuyLocal NB campaign! While our previous online local food directory has been down for a year, we have received countless inquiries as to when it is coming back. Well, just in time for the upcoming harvest
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In 2011, the Department of Environment introduced a new approach to doing environmental impact assessments (EIAs) for oil and gas development. They called it a phased approach. And, virtually all aspects of this new approach were for the benefit of industry. The Department’s presentation on the new approach said it would “reduce delays for the project
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Fredericton – Corridor Resources has registered Phase III of its Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) which proposes to frack 4 gas wells in the McCully Gas Field at Penobsquis. The Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB) has reviewed the proposal which is open for a public comment period, ending March 8, 2014. CCNB submits that while the
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BY JEAN LOUIS DEVEAU FEB 2014 | RESOURCE WARS 40.1 IMAGINE GOING TO YOUR FAVOURITE BAR year after year and ordering beer on tap. Then, one day, the tap runs dry. All that’s left are the drops that have fallen on the bar floor after decades of beer-thirsty customers. The only way to get more
The west-to-east pipeline idea is inching closer to reality as TransCanada intends to submit an application to the National Energy Board (NEB), the federal regulator on cross-jurisdictional energy projects. While the process proceeds so does the rhetoric and public relations. TransCanada’s Energy East officials complain about the “noise” generated by Canadians and non-profit organizations
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