NBEN 30th Anniversary

October 16th, 2021
Online via Zoom

The New Brunswick Environmental Network is turning 30 and while we were excited to celebrate in person with you, concerns over COVID-19 have shifted our plans. The Eco-confluence and AGA will now take place online via Zoom, Saturday, October 16th.

We’ve got a great lineup for the day, including a panel on collective climate organising post-pandemic with Louise Comeau of Conservation Council of New Brunswick, Sabine Dietz of ClimAtlantic, and Marion Tétégan Simon of Valorès, as well as three simultaneous workshops, and our AGA. Be sure to register now to save your spot! See you online!

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DRAFT AGENDA
1:00	Introductions
1:10	Fire: Slam Poetry Performance	Quinn MacAskill, Titan Eco-Action
1:15	On the Front Burner: Collective Climate Organizing in New Brunswick Post-Pandemic	Louise Comeau, Conservation Council of New Brunswick Marion Tétégan Simon, Valorès Sabine Dietz, ClimAtlantic
2:00	Simultaneous Workshops
	A: A holistic approach to reducing carbon emissions in New Brunswick: electrification, the Atlantic Loop, coal-phase out and why new nuclear is not a solution	Louise Comeau, Conservation Council of New Brunswick, and Susan O'Donnell, Rural Action and Voices for the Environment
	B: Mapping environmental (in)justice	Céline Surette, Université de Moncton, and Saadia Hara, New Brunswick Environmental Network
	C: Mobilizing for Canada’s Climate Emergency in the first 100 days	Tracey Maynard, Climate Emergency Unit, Emma Norton, Climate Emergency Unit, and Robin Tress, Council of Canadians
2:50	Break
3:00	Annual General Assembly
3:55	Conclusion
4:00	Closing

Members and associates of the NBEN are given priority in registration. Register today to save your spot!

We would like to thank our sponsors without which this event would not be possible.

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Contact nben@nben.ca for more information.

Action Alerts

Upcoming actions you can take against Line 5

31 August 2022

Line 5 has already spilled over a million gallons of oil since it started operating in 1953. Our Great Lakes are in danger every second it continues to operate. This is why Governor Whitmer ordered the shutdown of Line 5 in 2021.

Instead of complying with Governor Whitmer’s shut down order, the Canadian company, Enbirdge, that runs Line 5 wants to keep their oil flowing by building a tunnel under the Great Lakes. They need a permit from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to keep sending millions of gallons of oil through the heart of our Great Lakes.

Join The Sierra Club Foundation Canada on Sept. 1st for a virtual public hearing and tell the Army Corps of Engineers that the shut down order must be enforced; that there must be no oil tunnel.

The Sierra Club Michigan have been fighting Line 5 for years and won a shut down order as a result. Canadians are invited to help them enforce it and stop the tunnel. They need hundreds of people to join the virtual hearing on Sept. 1st and it is vital that Canadians stand up to this project too.

You can also send in a written response to the Army Corps of Engineers here.

Citizens of New Brunswick Deserve Facts, Not Hype, on LNG and Shale Gas

12 August 2022

The Conservation Council of New Brunswick, New Brunswick Anti-Shale Gas Alliance and Coalition for Responsible Energy Development in New Brunswick are asking all N.B citizens to help spread and amplify their message to the provincial government to be honest about the costs, timelines, and environmental/health risks associated with converting Repsol’s Saint John LNG plant and ending the moratorium on hydraulic fracturing.

Read their full statement here.

Learn more about this issue here.

If you would like to add your name to their joint statement Click here