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APTN National News covers report on risks to Bay of Fundy from pipeline project

CCNB in the News / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

Fundy Baykeeper Matthew Abbott spoke with APTN National News on Sept. 10 about our report into the risks posed by TransCanada’s Energy East Pipeline project to sustainable jobs and marine life in the Bay of Fundy. Abbott said the significant increased in tanker traffic the project would bring into the Bay of Fundy will increase […]

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CCNB statement on scientific review showing fracking caused earthquake in B.C.

Media Releases / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FREDERICTON — Stephanie Merrill, the Conservation Council of New Brunswick’s Freshwater Protector Program Director, issued the following statement in response to the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission’s review that determined hydraulic fracturing activities triggered an earthquake in northeastern B.C. last year: Now we have another piece of scientific evidence showing that fracking

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Pope calls for courageous and far-sighted action on climate change

CCNB Blog / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

His Holiness Pope Francis added a heavy-handed moral imperative to the global fight against climate change today, calling global warming an “urgent moral issue” that must be addressed by all peoples of the planet. Pope Francis delivered his historic Papal Encyclical on Thursday, entitled “Laudato Si (Be Praised), On the Care of Our Common Home.”

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What the EPA’s fracking report really says

CCNB Blog, Feature / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the draft results of its study on the relationship between hydraulic fracturing and drinking water. There has been lots of interpretation, but what does the study really say? The report clearly states that fracking activities have resulted in “impacts on drinking water resources, including contamination of

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CCNB statement on Fracking Commission Terms of Reference

Media Releases / Stephanie Merrill

The Conservation Council of New Brunswick says the geography of shale deposits might be different in New Brunswick but the environmental impacts of shale development are experienced the same way from Arkansas to North Dakota to Alberta to N.B. Water reacts with contaminants matter where the incident occurs, and greenhouse gas emissions contribute to climate

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CCNB’s Stephanie Merrill on risks of hydraulic fracturing

CCNB in the News / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

Our Freshwater Protection Program coordinator, Stephanie Merrill, was quoted in a March 3 article in the New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal about the future of shale gas development in the province. The article looked at the possibility of government extending the exploration licence of SWN Resources, a company that has licenses to explore roughly one seventh of

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CCNB on the shale gas moratorium

CCNB in the News / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

The Conservation Council’s Stephanie Merrill was available to media following the Gallant government’s announcement of a shale gas moratorium in New Brunswick on Dec. 18. Here is what a very pleased and proud Freshwater Protection Coordinator told reporters: Merrill told CBC New Brunswick the council is proud of the premier for protecting clean air and

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CCNB congratulates Premier Gallant for strong leadership on fracking moratorium

Freshwater Protection, Media Releases / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

(Voir ce message en français) (Fredericton, NB) — The Conservation Council of New Brunswick is congratulating Premier Brian Gallant for his strong leadership and commitment to protect New Brunswickers and our water by imposing a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing in the province. “We’re proud of Premier Brian Gallant and his cabinet for standing firm to

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Conservation Council pleased with environmental focus in Throne Speech

Feature, Media Releases / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

(Fredericton, N.B.) — The Conservation Council of New Brunswick is applauding the provincial government for placing sustainable job creation and environmental protection at the forefront of its mandate. The throne speech delivered today by Lieutenant Governor Jocelyne Roy-Vienneau on behalf of Premier Brian Gallant’s Liberal government made several mentions of the government’s commitment to the

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CCNB’s Lois Corbett talks about jobs vs. environment debate on CBC Radio

CCNB in the News / Conservation Council of New Brunswick

The Executive Director of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick participated in a panel discussion that aired Sunday, Oct. 26 on CBC Radio’s Atlantic Voices program. The topic was the age-old jobs versus the environment debate: do environmental concerns have to take a backseat to economic development, or can the two coexist? Lois Corbett spoke

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