Freshwater Protection – CCNB

Federal Budget 2024: Generational fairness means protecting the environment

Corey Robichaud — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 12:02:00 +0000

Traditional territory of the Wabanaki Peoples/Fredericton — Beverly (Bev) Gingras, Executive Director of the Conservation Council, today issued the following statement:“True fairness for every generation means we need a healthy environment.The Conservation Council of New Brunswick is pleased to see the federal government taking measures to address the affordability crisis in the 2024 budget but is…

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Baykeeper submits recommendations on tool to protect ocean habitat, wildlife

Jon MacNeill — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 16:12:14 +0000

The Conservation Council of New Brunswick recently submitted recommendations to help ensure the federal government’s proposed ecologically significant areas (ESA) framework becomes an effective tool for protecting the sensitive marine habitats that fisheries, wildlife and coastal communities depend upon. Announced in 2018, the ESA framework is a conservation initiative to identify and protect…

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Celebrate N.B. Wetlands With Our Educational Colouring Sheets!

Jon MacNeill — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 19:18:33 +0000

Beaver. Blue heron. Marten. Toad. Every mom and dad in New Brunswick has a story about that magical moment their child saw one of these awe-inspiring creatures in the wild for the first time. Often, though, it’s easy to forget about the leading character that makes these special encounters possible: our wetlands.

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Get your message for NatureCOP on the NatureBus!

Corey Robichaud — Thu, 17 Nov 2022 19:02:57 +0000

Nature Canada’s NatureBus tour is heading to the NatureCOP in Montreal! This December, officials from 195 countries and the European Union will gather to discuss global progress on nature protection and come up with a plan to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030.Canada’s leaders need to hear from you! The NatureBus will be making stops all over the country to collect your messages of support for a…

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Spreading Love For The Beautiful, Bountiful River

Jon MacNeill — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 17:02:00 +0000

The Conservation Council joined watershed associations, Indigenous elders, scientists, government representatives and local, provincial and national conservation groups to celebrate the beauty of and strategize for the further protection of the Wolastoq/St. John River earlier this month.Our Executive Director, Lois Corbett, was a panelist at the 2022 Wəlastəkw | Saint-Jean | St.

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Environmental Organizations Representing Millions Of Canadians Call On Feds To Reject New East Coast LNG Export Facilities

Jon MacNeill — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 16:55:00 +0000

Conservation Council joins environmental organizations representing millions of Canadians to launch StoptheGas initiative, calling on the federal government to reject proposals for new East Coast gas export facilities due to climate impacts and economic risks.

Let’s Get Real About Energy Security, Shale Gas, And Energy Transition

Louise Comeau — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 18:10:03 +0000

Debunking Premier Higgs’ claims about Saint John LNG conversion, N.B.’s role in European energy crisis, and shale gas development Premier Blaine Higgs is pushing a private-sector company, Repsol, to convert its Saint John LNG (liquefied natural gas)…

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“Nature Is Our Best Neighbour”

Jon MacNeill — Thu, 21 Jul 2022 13:45:07 +0000

Conservation Council and partners celebrate new protected natural areas, push Minister to keep going on forestry reform “Nature is our best neighbour— but we can’t go into its house and clearcut it and spray it and strip mine it,” our Executive Director, Lois Corbett…

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Top Environmental Groups Welcome First Step Toward Doubling Nature Protection in New Brunswick

Jon MacNeill — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 13:05:00 +0000

Traditional Land of Wabanaki People/Fredericton – A coalition of five provincial environmental and conservation organizations—Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society-New Brunswick Chapter, Conservation Council of New Brunswick, Nature NB, the Nature Trust of New Brunswick, and the Fundy Biosphere Region—issued the following joint statement in response to the government of New Brunswick’s Nature…

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No Evidence Fracking Can Be Done Safely: Physicians For Social Responsibility

Lois Corbett — Thu, 12 May 2022 14:11:20 +0000

The eighth edition of the Compendium of Scientific, Medical, and Media Findings Demonstrating Risks and Harms of Fracking, released on April 28, 2022, provides an up-to-date assessment of the state of the fracking industry and its health and environmental impacts. The report’s authors compiled findings from articles in peer-reviewed medical or scientific journals…

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