“Sustainable development must define the choices we make to provide our children with both a thriving and healthy world. When it comes to exposure to hazardous chemicals, children are not just little adults. “Children are more vulnerable to environmental hazards,” states the Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Unit, a subcommittee of …
There is no way around it. A village without water will die. Several years ago, our village dug 35 wells before finding two that would give us reliable water. Good water is hard to find in hydrocarbon-rich Albert County. Now, we understand Hillsborough sits on a significant oil reservoir. Below …
(by Charles Doucet) Imagine this scene, if you will: A hospital ICU; the patient is on life support. Standing beside the bed, we have the hospital administrator – let’s call him David. At his side is a rep from a big pharmaceutical company, and relegated to the corner of the …
What’s in the air in Penobsquis? Government failing to monitor air quality February 15, 2013 Conservation Council NB Action Press Release Five months after filing an official request for information concerning air quality in Penobsquis, CCNB Action has learned that there is no permanent air quality monitoring regime in the …
Quinn knows the value of fresh water. He sees his dad working hard to keep Hillsborough’s two village water wells in good …
Cadence is 8 years old. Gas and oil companies have leased the land surrounding her village and have plans to frack for …
(updated 2019) Here in Albert County, our Foods of the Fundy Valley group has been working hard over the past few years …
Energy & Mines Minister, Craig Leonard announced this week that our government will enact a new “regulatory regime to oversee the future …
