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- Publié par : Vanessa Roy-McDougall
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Visit http://www.naturenb.ca/mynaturenb-photo-and-storytelling-c…/ and vote for the video/photo/story you like the best. You can vote once per day!!This project was funded by the Government of Canada*****************
D’aujourd’hui jusqu’au 19 janvier nous vous demandons de voter! Nous avons visité cinq endroits magnifiques au Nouveau-Brunswick comme partie de notre concours de photos et d’histoires #MaNatureNB, et nous avons maintenant besoin de votre aide afin de choisir le lieu gagnant!Visitez http://www.naturenb.ca/manaturenb-concours/ et votez pour le vidéo/ la photo /l’histoire que vous préférez. Vous pouvez voter une fois par jour !!Ce projet a été financé par le Gouvernement du Canada.
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- Publié par : Jon MacNeill
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“The provincial water strategy released today includes short-term and long-term actions that demonstrate what can happen when citizens and groups like the Conservation Council speak up for clean water.
Introducing a new water protection act over the next two years — legislation that will both make watershed protection action plans mandatory and legally enforceable and set science-based water quality standards — is a big move, and a smart one.
The commitment to develop a coastal protection regulation over the next few months that would protect wetlands, estuaries and important coastal habitat like eelgrass stands out for me, and it is an important step to protect towns and villages all along the Northumberland Strait.
Adding a recreational water monitoring program for all provincial parks — slated to be ready for summer 2018 — will protect young and old swimmers who cool off in our favourite places like Parlee Beach and the Mactaquac headpond.
With this strategy, New Brunswick is one step closer to having the modern protections we need to ensure the health of our communities and waters, including our beloved beaches, rivers, lakes, streams, bays, wetlands and drinking water supplies.”
- Read A Water Strategy for New Brunswick
- Read the technical working group’s Recommendations for Enhanced Watershed Management in New Brunswick
- Read the government’s press release on the water strategy
- Read the Conservation Council’s full submission on the draft water strategy (November 2017)
- Read the Conservation Council’s statement on the release of the draft water strategy (October 2017)
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- Publié par : Vanessa Roy-McDougall
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Nous sommes heureux de vous informer que nous publions un numéro spécial de notre magazine, le NB Naturalist, sur la Nature, la Biodiversité et les Changements Climatiques. Le magazine est gratuit et prêt à être envoyé par la poste d'ici la fin du mois de novembre. Nous aimerions le rendre disponible dans toute la province, veuillez nous faire savoir si vous êtes intéressés à contribuer à la distribution dans votre région. L'édition est entièrement traduite. Veuillez remplir le formulaire ici : https://goo.gl/forms/IdGVeuUJQOwBqj8o2.Si vous avez des questions, n'hésitez pas à nous contacter: 506-459-4209
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- Publié par : Jon MacNeill
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FREDERICTON — Lois Corbett, Executive Director, issued the following statement regarding today’s announcement about climate change legislation. She is available for comment.
“I’m pleased the province has followed the Conservation Council’s advice, and that of the Auditor General, by enshrining climate change targets in law. It is not clear, however, that climate fund the bill sets up will go far enough to protect the health and safety of New Brunswick families and communities already suffering from extreme ice storms, hurricanes and flooding caused by climate change.
There are no new incentives, financial or otherwise, to innovate, reduce pollution or change behaviours. By toeing the status quo, the government has missed its goal of helping N.B. transition to a low-carbon economy and create jobs.
It is an uninspiring follow-up to last December’s climate change action plan, which was a smart road map for climate action and job creation that was among the best in the country. And I sorely doubt it will meet the bar set by the federal government.
Instead, we have legislation that largely maintains the status quo and sets us on a race to the bottom when it comes to protecting the health and safety of New Brunswickers and taking advantage of the economic opportunities that come with ambitious climate action.
There are some good things in the bill: it requires the Minister to report on how the money in the Climate Change Fund is spent every year; it requires the government to report annually on the progress of its Climate Change Action Plan; and it enshrines in law the government’s carbon pollution reduction targets.”
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Recommended Links:
- Read the Climate Change Act
- Read the government’s press release on the Climate Change Act
- Read the government’s backgrounder on the Climate Change Act
- Read the Conservation Council’s background materials on N.B.’s carbon pricing system (Dec. 12, 2017)
- Read the Conservation Council’s media backgrounder on carbon pricing (2016)
- List of the large carbon polluters in New Brunswick
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- Publié par : Jon MacNeill
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Attention News Editors: Here is some background that may be helpful in reporting on Environment and Local Government Minister Serge Rousselle’s comments today about a carbon-pricing system for New Brunswick:- To date, Canadian jurisdictions that have announced or implemented a system for pricing carbon include Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, and, now, New Brunswick.
- In June 2017, New Brunswick’s Auditor General delivered a substantive review of the province’s climate change plan, including recommendations to turn policy intentions into on-the-ground work to protect homes and communities from what she called “one of the greatest challenges for communities, governments and corporations in the coming decades.” Among other things, the review called for an aggressive timeline and full details on how the government plans to execute the 118 actions laid out in its Climate Change Action Plan.
- New Brunswick’s Climate Change Action Plan, released in December 2016, contained all the elements for effective climate action in N.B., including commitments to Premier-led governance, target-driven policies, and sources of funding to support programs for low-income families, homeowners, and industry. It also included several measures called for by the Legislative Select Committee on Climate Change, including legislating carbon pollution reduction targets and energy-efficiency improvement targets, and phasing out coal from electricity production and phasing in more renewable energy like solar, wind, biomass and hydro.
- One month after the climate change plan was released, New Brunswickers experienced a sobering example of climate change impacts at home with the January 2017 ice storm that led to two people dying from carbon monoxide poisoning and nearly 300,000 homes and businesses left without power, some for up to 13 days. NB Power estimates the damages to its infrastructure at $30-million, making it the most expensive restoration in the utility's history.
- New Brunswickers are keenly aware that climate change is already happening in their communities in the forms of more extreme ice storms, hurricanes and flooding events. The Ice Storm Review 2017, released in August 2017, provided a snapshot of climate change-related extreme weather events in New Brunswick, including but not limited to:
- Hurricane Arthur in July 2014, which brought torrential rains and 100-km/hour winds that caused road closures and washouts and significant infrastructure damages across the province. The total damages were estimated at $12.5 million.
- A Nor-easter in December 2014 which impacted 56 roads with flooding or washouts across several regions, with impacts primarily concentrated in the Moncton region. Damages totalled $10.3 million.
- Extreme flooding and storm surges in December 2010 which resulted in $13.8 million in damages from flooding in Charlotte and York Counties, and $3 million in damages associated with storm surges affecting the east and northeast coasts of the province.
Jon MacNeill
Communications DirectorConservation Council of New Brunswick/
Conseil de conservation du Nouveau-Brunswick
458-8747 | 238-3539
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- Publié par : Sam Arnold
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La déclaration demande au gouvernement du Nouveau-Brunswick de :
- adopter l’établissement de l’économie à faible carbone comme la base pour une économie plus stable et résiliente, commençant en 2018;
- inclure des mesures de protection transparentes prévenant la possibilité de cacher ou de fausser les émissions de carbone et les figures de crédits de carbone;
- Assurer les succès en refusant les mesures de neutralité de revenu, la tarification basée sur la valeur et autres mesures de retombement des groupes d’intérêt des consommateurs et des corporations;
- Ne pas permettre de période de grâce pour la pleine implémentation du programme de taxe sur le programme, ni de donner de crédits plutôt que de les vendre aux industries qui polluent sous le régime de plafonnement et d’échange;
- Investir et réinvestir tous les revenus de la taxe provinciale sur le carbone dans l’énergie propre, le transport et l’infrastructure propre ainsi que l’efficacité énergétique.
Association for the protection of marshes and beaches at l'Aboiteau
Citizens Coalition for Clean Air – Saint-Jean, N-B
Concerned Citizens of Saint John
Conseil des canadiens – Chapitre Atlantique
Conseil des canadiens – Chapitre du Comté de Kent
Department of Geography and Environment, Mount Allison University
Développement durable de Bathurst
East Brûlé Citizens for Protected Wetlands and Beaches
Esgenoopetitj Watershed Association
Feu Vert – Grand-Sault, N-B
Fondation Sierra Club du Canada – Section du Canada Atlantique
Friends of Rockwood Park, INC. – Saint-Jean, N-B
NB Anti-Shale Gas Alliance
New Brunswickers Against Fracking – Doaktown, N-B
OCIA Atlantic
PEACE-NB
Recherche Indépendante de Retraité en Écologie
Red Dot Association of Shediac Bay
Sustainable Energy Group - Woodstock, N-B
Taymouth Environmental Action
University of New Brunswick Saint John Green Society
Voices for Sustainable Environments and Communities – Village deGagetown, N-B
West/Ouest Brûlé Ltd.
