FREDERICTON — Warming temperatures, rising sea levels and coastal erosion are threatening communities up and down New Brunswick, but with just over one week to the provincial election, some voters say the topic of climate change hasn't been given eno
FREDERICTON — Warming temperatures, rising sea levels and coastal erosion are threatening communities up and down New Brunswick, but with just over one week to the provincial election, some voters say the topic of climate change hasn't been given enough attention during the campaign.
But in the recent debate with all three main party leaders on stage, not one question was about climate."I was stunned by the climate silence," he said. Andrew Black is mayor of Tantramar, a municipality located close to the Bay of Fundy and the Chignecto Isthmus — a land link connecting New Brunswick with Nova Scotia. The isthmus is particularly vulnerable to climate change, he said, and rising seas will potentially flood the area and destroy homes and infrastructure. The floodwater could salinate arable farmland and make it unusable for generations, he added.
And despite the real economic, health, and environmental risks of climate change, parties shy away from the topic because they fear alienating voters, Wright said.
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