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After the flood: deciding to stay

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Community / Joe Tunney

Elaine Price describes herself as a country girl; she even met her husband hunting at age 15. Her home along the shore of Grand Lake allows her to canoe, kayak, fish, skate, snowshoe and bring family up to enjoy the outdoors.
But when the floods came in 2018 – after she already flooded in 2008 – all that changed. She was forced to evacuate.
“We were very scared, frightened, frustrated that it happened again,” Price said. “Just, very sad.”

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Moncton, Dieppe and Riverview moving forward on single-use plastic bag ban

CCNB Blog, Community / Vishal Verma

“At this point in time, we’re not prepared to wait for the province,” Dieppe Mayor Yvon Lapierre told reporters recently. The tri-community of Moncton, Dieppe and Riverview are keeping their interest for a plastic bag ban strong. The region hopes to once more lead the province as it did in other matters, such as smoking

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Nominate Your Eco-Hero! Deadline: July 31

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Climate and Jobs, Community, Feature, Forest Conservation, Freshwater Protection, Fundraiser, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation, Webinars & Events / Corey Robichaud

This year we’ve expanded the Milton F Gregg Awards in celebration of our 50th year of environmental action in New Brunswick. You can now nominate your Eco-Hero in one of 15 categories!

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Get your Great Trees of New Brunswick book today!

CCNB Blog, Community, Forest Conservation, Fundraiser / Corey Robichaud

Do you have a good pair of hiking boots and a well-worn appreciation of New Brunswick’s beautiful mixed forest made up of sturdy red spruces, white pines swaying in the wind, old craggy eastern hemlocks, and the odd black cherry tree with its white flowers – just to name a few?

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Sign our petition for a plastic bag ban in Saint John!

CCNB Blog, Community, Webinars & Events / Vishal Verma

Waste is an ever-growing issue that far too long has been shrugged off. From New Brunswick’s lack of a household composting program, recyclables that are diverted but not actually being recycled, to the acceptance of excessive packaging or use of single-use plastics such as cutlery, straws or plastic bags, we know we can do better — and the time is now.

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Youth speakers increasing at Fredericton climate strike

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Community, Webinars & Events / Corey Robichaud, Norm Knight and Susan O'Donnell

Outside the New Brunswick Legislature in Fredericton on May 10, more than 250 people, mostly youth, gathered to urge the elected representatives inside to take urgent action on the climate crisis. It was the third “Fridays for Future” climate strike at the Legislature and the crowd has been growing slowly each time.

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Welcome to the New, New Brunswick, where land, community, skills and health are the real forms of wealth

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Climate and Jobs, Community, Forest Conservation, Freshwater Protection / Amy Floyd

New Brunswick and the whole of Atlantic Canada grew on the energy of the forests, the fish, the animal furs, the bountiful coastal estuaries and the rich alluvial soils. Settlers lived in the bounty of farming, ship building, forestry and fishing. They made the wealth of the land their wealth, and helped the building of

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Celebration for the Planet!

CCNB Blog, Community, Donation, Feature, Fundraiser / Corey Robichaud

To celebrate Earth Day and our 50th anniversary this year, we have developed a new fundraiser that allows all of our supporters to participate. Celebration for the Planet is a fundraiser designed to support N.B conservation initiatives and for you to enjoy an activity with your friends, family, colleagues and community.

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Sign our petition for a plastic bag ban in Fredericton!

CCNB Blog, Community, Feature, Webinars & Events / Vishal Verma

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Send your letter to protect the Nashwaak Watershed from Sisson mine waste

CCNB Blog, Climate and Energy, Community, Forest Conservation, Freshwater Protection, Webinars & Events / Corey Robichaud

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_single_image image=”141015″ img_size=”large” alignment=”center”][vc_column_text] New Brunswickers have one final opportunity to tell the federal government to keep fish-bearing brooks off the list for the proposed Sisson Mine’s waste dam. The companies behind the proposed mine are in the final stages of applying for permission to dump mining waste into portions of Bird Brook and

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