Official CCNB Media Releases
“The provincial budget indicates provincial priorities through its planned spending. We need to invest in priorities that make peoples’ lives more affordable, and that includes investments to ensure we use less energy, but also environmental protection and clean up.”
“There never was a business, environmental, public health or climate case for the Saint John LNG project, including the unrealistic idea from Premier Higgs that the province would lift the shale gas moratorium to supply the Saint John LNG plant quickly and cost effectively.”
Time for realistic N.B. plans for economic, environmental benefits Read More »
The New Brunswick Coalition for Tenants Rights and the Conservation Council of New Brunswick are calling on the government of New Brunswick to immediately act to protect people in government-run housing from radon gas.
New Brunswick needs to protect people in public housing from radon gas Read More »
New Brunswick can build a secure, affordable and sustainable electricity system today without gambling on risky, unproven small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) technology.
Comeau: Carbon tax changes should not affect programs that help citizens use less energy Read More »
New Brunswick can build a secure, affordable and sustainable electricity system today without gambling on risky, unproven small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) technology.
N.B. needs electricity reform—not political pressure to invest in unproven SMRs Read More »
The Conservation Council of New Brunswick is disappointed to see continued efforts to export LNG from Saint John.
LNG export, shale gas, not worth risk posed to water, air and climate Read More »
The Conservation Council is calling for greater transparency and accountability from NB Power as it seeks to raise energy rates by 8.9 per cent.
Conservation Council Calls On EUB To Ensure Transparency, Accountability From NB Power Read More »
Dr. Louise Comeau, Co-interim Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB) issued the following statement with respect to the Caribou Mine contaminated site.
We applaud the federal government’s move today to make it easier and more affordable for Canadians to get behind the wheel of a zero-emitting, electric vehicle.
The provincial air quality data released today show too many exceedances of sulphur dioxide at pulp and paper mills in Northern New Brunswick (Edmundston and Atholville) and of particulate matter in Saint John. While New Brunswick meets most of the current Canadian standards, it needs to do more to ensure industrial polluters get on track to meet improved national air quality standards for 2025.
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