This is the Summary of News Monitoring for the period of

May 31- June 6, 2008
May 17 - 23, 2008
May 10 - 16, 2008
May 2 - May 9, 2008

April 26 - May 1, 2008
April 19-25, 2008
April 12-18, 2008
April 5 - 11, 2008

Promoting Green, Energy Efficient Buildings reduces CO2 emissions. Read this...

Climate Change Controversies - A Simple Guide
The Royal Society has produced an overview of the current state of scientific understanding of climate change to help non-experts better understand some of the debates in this complex area of science.
click here to download this article (pdf 708 kb) from the Royal Society's web site.

International Joint Committee:
Second Summary of Critical Air Quality Issues in the Transboundary Region - download PDF

Check out these websites!
National Geographic's Greendex

Carbon offset catalog

Earth Hour March 29, 2008 was a great success!
For some neat photos, go to
http://wwf.ca/earthhour/
See also http://www.earthhour.org
Canada's participation was among the highest in the world!

Do your part -
check out The Good Life:
http://thegoodlife.wwf.ca/Home.cfm

Climate scientists on climate change: RealClimate

Why we should take action on climate change (YouTube video)

Carbon Counts

THE 11TH HOUR

ALLIANCE FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION -The climate project

Architecture 2030

Royal Society IPTV archive

URTH.TV - Earth Change: Part I

STOP DISASTERS!
A disaster simulation game from the UN/ISDR

Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association

May 26 - News Release from Irving Oil on Tidal Power Studies, click here
Overview map of study sites,
click here

TIDAL POWER & WIND ENERGY CONSULTATIONS!
Tidal Power in the Bay Fundy? Be a part of it!
The consultations have taken place now, but you may still want to check out the Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Partnership (BoFEP): www.bofep.org.

Wind Energy
The community engagement initiative on wind energy public consultations have now taken place
Check out the NB wind atlas: click here

Natural Resources Canada released the full science report From Impacts to Adaptation: Canada in a Changing Climate 2007 on March 7th.  You can download the report (by chapter) from: http://adaptation.nrcan.gc.ca/
assess/2007/index_e.php Printed copies of assessment products should be available in April.

Join Earth Day Canada's EcoAction Teams Program - Municipalities across Canada are invited to partner with Earth Day Canada in bringing Canada’s most comprehensive resource conservation initiative to households in your community...
for more info. click here

Health Cost of Pollution - new report by the Conservation Council of NB (Jan. 08)
click here

NEWS! Canada launches clean energy software (Dec. 11) - click here

NB Climate Change Action Plan - 2007-2012 - click here

The IPCC released its Fourth Assessment Summary Report on Climate Change on Nov. 17, 2007 following meetings in Valencia, Spain. To read the report,
click here
Here are two interesting articles
on the report:
click here and click here

The Conservation Council of New Bruswick has released a 'Roadmap for Energy Self-sufficiency in New Brunswick'. (Nov. 21): click here

The New Brunswick Lung Association has developed new mapping capabilities to help New Brunswickers understand and confront climate change. We are pleased to feature this new map section with links to maps of active communities, sea level rise, and more. click here

Canadian Cancer Society presents a free Public Lecture: The Science on Pesticides and Children, May 29, Saint John
click here for info

May-June: COGERNO is conducting Composting workshops and Hazardous Waste pick-up in northern NB

International Day for
Biological Diversity 2008
To increase understanding and awareness of biodiversity issues, the UN proclaimed May 22 as the International Day for Biological Diversity (IBD). This year, under the theme of Biodiversity and Agriculture, events will take place in Canada and around the world to emphasize the value of agricultural biodiversity for food security, human nutrition and improved rural livelihoods. Click here for info
2008 is the International Year of the Potato. For info, click here; for info on Potatoes in NB, click here

Canadian Environment Week is June 1-7 - for more information, visit this Environment Canada website

Do you want to learn more about native plants in NB? Why not sign up for a crash course? In June, Gart Bishop & Bev Benedict are offering a course at UNB, which will involve a mixture of lectures, field work, and lab work. For more info, please contact Bev Benedict at 452-6205 or 453-4582 or plants@unb.ca .

Free to a good home! The Nature Trust of NB has a complete set of orthophoto maps (1:10,000) of the New Brunswick. If you want these maps, please contact Margo Sheppard asap at 457-2398 or ntnb@nbnet.nb.ca to arrange to pick them up.

David Suzuki was in Fredericton, May 2 - for more info. click here

Climate Change Hub Advisory Committee Meeting - Nov. 28, 2007 - see Activities for presentations and summary ...

NB Environmental Network
Calendar
(click on logo below)