DORCHESTER - Dorchester council is considering joining the regional level of the Integrated Community Sustainability Plan offered by EOS -- Eco Energy. The community-based non-profit organization has been making presentations at the council meetings of Memramcook, Sackville, Port Elgin and Dorchester to encourage the councils to create regional and local groups that will co-ordinate the environmental efforts of all four communities.
Green Feet starting to march THROUGH Uptown Saint John
Published Tuesday October 20th, 2009
Claire Ryan
Dorchester considers joining green group
Published Wednesday September 23rd, 2009
Integrated Community Sustainability Plan looking for new members
DORCHESTER - Dorchester council is considering joining the regional level of the Integrated Community Sustainability Plan offered by EOS -- Eco Energy. The community-based non-profit organization has been making presentations at the council meetings of Memramcook, Sackville, Port Elgin and Dorchester to encourage the councils to create regional and local groups that will co-ordinate the environmental efforts of all four communities.
Environment Department investigating fish waste washing ashore in N.B.
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Last updated at 8:46 AM on 10/09/09
Maintain park instead of beautifying it: resident
Published Tuesday September 8th, 2009
Recreation Regular visitor to Meenan's Cove says beach and trail system need repairs, mayor says beach well maintained
Candice Mac Lean
Telegraph-Journal
Companies look to capture power of natural wonder
Published Tuesday September 8th, 2009
By ANDY BLATCHFORD
The Canadian Press
Landfill will turn gas into electricity next year
Published Wednesday August 19th, 2009
Environment Energy could power up to 1,000 homes
HILARY PAIGE SMITH
TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL
SAINT JOHN - Greenhouse gas emissions in New Brunswick will be reduced by more than 61,000 tonnes annually with the latest project supported by the province's Climate Action Fund, Environment Minister Rick Miles said Tuesday.
HILARY PAIGE SMITH
TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL
SAINT JOHN - A handful of eco-friendly projects and organizations in the Saint John region have been given a financial boost.
Published Tuesday October 20th, 2009
Claire Ryan
Telegraph Journal
This Friday, FUSION will partner with Uptown Saint John's Green Feet committee to announce the winner of the Bring Your Own Bag (BYOB) art contest and celebrate the launch of the BYOB campaign at the October Party with a Purpose.
Green Feet is Uptown Saint John's environment committee, and is made up of people that live, study and work in the area. It was formed in 2008, the result of a visioning session that identified a number of priorities related to the environment
Dorchester considers joining green group
Published Wednesday September 23rd, 2009
Integrated Community Sustainability Plan looking for new members
DORCHESTER - Dorchester council is considering joining the regional level of the Integrated Community Sustainability Plan offered by EOS -- Eco Energy. The community-based non-profit organization has been making presentations at the council meetings of Memramcook, Sackville, Port Elgin and Dorchester to encourage the councils to create regional and local groups that will co-ordinate the environmental efforts of all four communities.
THE CANADIAN PRESS
Last updated at 8:46 AM on 10/09/09
Maintain park instead of beautifying it: resident
Published Tuesday September 8th, 2009
Recreation Regular visitor to Meenan's Cove says beach and trail system need repairs, mayor says beach well maintained
Candice Mac Lean
Telegraph-Journal
QUISPAMSIS - A woman who walks in Meenan's Cove Park almost every day says the town should spend more money on maintaining the green space and beach and less money beautifying it.
Noel Chenier/Telegraph-Journal
Paulette Furey with her dog Mika at Meenan's Cove Beach, next to a
large washed-out area, one of a number of concerns she has about the
public park. She says it is a ‘very tired-looking beach.’
Published Tuesday September 8th, 2009
By ANDY BLATCHFORD
The Canadian Press
Landfill will turn gas into electricity next year
Published Wednesday August 19th, 2009
Environment Energy could power up to 1,000 homes
HILARY PAIGE SMITH
TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL
SAINT JOHN - Greenhouse gas emissions in New Brunswick will be reduced by more than 61,000 tonnes annually with the latest project supported by the province's Climate Action Fund, Environment Minister Rick Miles said Tuesday.
Miles made the comment as he announced $1.75 million in funding for the Fundy Region Solid Waste Commission's Crane Mountain landfill.
They money will go toward a $5-million gas recovery and use project that will harness landfill gases to fuel an electricity-generating gas turbine at the landfill. The turbine will be the primary electrical power source for the site and excess power will be sold within neighbouring communities.
Eco-friendly local projects get $574,000 boost
Published Wednesday August 19th, 2009HILARY PAIGE SMITH
TELEGRAPH-JOURNAL
SAINT JOHN - A handful of eco-friendly projects and organizations in the Saint John region have been given a financial boost.
Environment Minister Rick Miles unveiled the 24 Saint John area recipients of funding from the province's Environmental Trust Fund at City Hall on Tuesday.
A total of $574,000 was invested by the government into projects such as educating youth about sustainability, achieving wetland information and conducting studies into plant life.
Storing nuclear waste a $24-billion problem
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