Environment
Fredericton rallies for elm trees at Officer’s Square
Fredericton residents are voicing their opposition to imminent plans to cut down 19 elm and maple trees at Officer's Square...
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Renewable energy projects make sense both economically and environmentally
While climate change makes the need to replace fossil fuels with non-polluting, alternative sources of energy quite urgent, leadership in...
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Busted: pesticide use a major problem in open-pen aquaculture
This month, a New Brunswick salmon aquaculture company, Northern Harvest Sea Farms, was charged with a violation of the province’s...
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More than 1,000 new studies verify fracking causes serious health and environmental harm
A library of more than 1,000 scientific studies since New Brunswick’s 2014 moratorium on fracking has conclusively proven that fracking...
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Mining expert warns New Brunswickers about the company behind the Sisson Mine project
The company behind the Sisson Mine project, proposed in the headwaters of the Nashwaak Watershed, is known for starting up...
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Student Earth Day art show in Richibucto highlights water protection and opposition to forest spraying
"Water and air, the two essentials on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans." Jacques Yves Cousteau Protection...
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Province’s lakes at risk to metal mining effluent
On April 3, 2018, a National Consultation was held on an application by Northcliff Resources to dump metal mining effluent...
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NB government fights climate change cautiously
Under federal pressure, the government of New Brunswick has introduced climate change legislation. It calls for a threefold reduction in...
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“You do not have our permission”: Crowd opposes Sisson’s plan to use brooks with fish for mine waste
Stanley - About 250 people filled the Upper Nashwaak Lion’s Club on Thursday night to hear from federal government representatives...
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