Another poison approved for salmon farms
Health Canada has approved Salmosan (active ingredient azamethiphos) under emergency registration for use on salmon farms in Atlantic Canada days ...
Tag: Conservation Council NB
Acadian Lines moves to not increase bus service between cities; Union fears job losses
The Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1229, the union for Acadian Lines employees, is among many opposed to Acadian Lines' ...
Florian Levesque: An organizing force in Northern New Brunswick
In environmental and social justice activist circles in New Brunswick, Florian Levesque is a familiar name. Earlier this year, Levesque ...
Controversial pesticide approved for salmon farms
St. Andrews, NB – Fundy Baykeeper has just learned that the federal pesticide regulator has just granted approval for the ...
Changing NB one garden at a time
In these times of economic uncertainty and environmental crisis many people are turning to gardens as an alternative to grocery ...
Chief Akagi: “How can we possibly allow ourselves to be convinced that there is a need for more nuclear energy?”
Note: the NB Media Co-op published this article in 2010. Chief Hugh Akagi of the Passamaquoddy Nation knows the history ...
Industrialization of the NB landscape
The current NB government has embraced an aggressive policy of oil and gas exploration and mine development. It has embarked ...
No fracking way
Natural gas extraction too risky for New BrunswickFredericton - Oil and gas companies are flocking to New Brunswick to explore ...
Conservation Council urges landowners to test well water before seismic exploration for natural gas
The Conservation Council urges landowners to protect themselves and their water supplies. Specifically, they advise that landowners should: • Accept ...
Debunking myths about Point Lepreau: It’s not cheap, not green, not needed
The Lepreau Decomissioning Caucus, which includes the Conservation Council, the International Institute of Concern for Public Health, the Sierra Club ...