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The Conservation Council says the TransCanada pipeline could pose big dangers to provincial waterways and marine life. “In ten minutes, a broken pipeline could spew out 1 million litres of dense, sticky oil,” says Lois Corbett, Executive Director of CCNB. “We’ve seen in other areas how devastating an oil spill can be to thriving fishing […]
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
Energy East: Our Risk, Their Reward with Maude Barlow, Matt Abbott & Others Read More »
The Conservation Council of New Brunswick and Fredericton residents will join hundreds of thousands of people from across the world this weekend in a historic mass action to stop climate change and build an economy for the future. A People’s Climate March will happen in Fredericton at the same time that an estimated quarter of
Fredericton joins largest climate march in world history Read More »
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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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
Energy East pipeline proposal worthy of some noise Read More »
Fundy Baykeeper, Matthew Abbott, was interviewed for a Canadian Press story following a Maritimes Energy Association meeting in Halifax. “The Conservation Council of New Brunswick says fishermen are concerned about a rise in supertanker traffic in the Bay of Fundy as a result of the project. Matthew Abbott, a spokesman for the group, says homeowners also
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NB Media Co-op presents: Elsipogtog & the Media: a conversation from the frontlines of shale gas resistance When: Monday, Feb. 3 at 7:00pm Where: Kinsella Auditorium, McCain Hall at St. Thomas University, Fredericton Opposition to shale gas, fracking and the violence exercised by the police against land defenders from Elsipogtog and beyond on unceded Mi’kmaq
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