The following is an excerpt from an article reporting on the provincial and territorial climate change forum in Quebec City. To read the full article Telegraph Journal April 15, 2015 click here. New Brunswick Green party Leader David Coon was invited by Gallant to attend the forum and he was optimistic about the enthusiasm for change he saw among the premiers […]
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Mr. Speaker,a poll by Oracle Research Ltd released yesterday found New Brunswickers want swift action from their government leaders to protect the climate. An overwhelming majority of New Brunswickers — a margin of nearly 8 to 1 — believe we should be global leaders in protecting the climate by reducing our energy consumption. 73.3% percent of people from the province […]
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Mr. Coon: My question is for the Minister of Environment. Glyphosate, a herbicide that is sprayed over 13 000 ha of Crown land annually, at a public cost of $2.4 million per year, was recently classified as a probable cancer-causing chemical by the International Agency for Research on Cancer. One of the studies it considered found chromosomal damage in community […]
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Mr. Speaker, yesterday marked the last day of operation for Efficiency New Brunswick. A short-sighted decision for an agency that should be an engine of economic growth in our province. A study done for the New Brunswick government in 2012 found that the development of our cost-effective energy efficiency resource could create more than 1,300 jobs a year, every year, […]
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