For immediate release: 2:00 p.m. (Atlantic), Tue., Sept. 15, 2015
National Groups, Local Communities, First Nations, Businesses Join Forces to Keep Bay of Fundy Safe From Energy East Pipeline
When: Wednesday, Sept 16, 2015 at 3:30 p.m.
Where: Mispec Beach, Simonds, N.B.
Who: Joanna Kerr, Executive Director, Greenpeace Canada; Peter Robinson, Chief Executive Officer, David Suzuki Foundation; Ed Whittingham, Executive Director, Pembina Institute; Sidney Ribaux, Executive Director, Équiterre; Tim Gray, Executive Director, Environmental Defense; Éric Hébert-Daly, National Executive Director, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society; Mark Butler, Policy Director, Ecology Action Centre; Diane Beckett, Interim Executive Director, Sierra Club Canada Foundation; Chief Hugh Akagi, Passamaquoddy Nation; Ron Tremblay, Wolastoq Grand Council; Lynaya Astephen, Red Head – Anthony’s Cove Preservation Association; Jessica Clogg, Executive Director and Senior Counsel, West Coast Environmental Law Association; Matt Abbott, Fundy Baykeeper, Conservation Council of New Brunswick.
What: The Heads of eleven of Canada’s leading environmental groups, First Nations, local fishers and tourism operators to tour Saint John Harbour and Redhead on a local fishing boat to see firsthand the unique ecosystem and sustainable jobs at risks from TransCanada’s Energy East proposal. This will be followed by a press conference open to the media at Mispec Beach.
The groups are being hosted by the Conservation Council of New Brunswick and Fundy Baykeeper Matthew Abbott.
A media conference is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. at Mispec Beach.
Contact: Jon MacNeill, Conservation Council of New Brunswick. Office: 458-8747; Cell: 261-1353; Email: jon.macneill@conservationcouncil.ca