Some environmental organizations fear for the future of New Brunswick’s environmental trust fund, which supports their operations and has been dwindling for three years.
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Oliver Pearson · CBC News
· Posted: Aug 20, 2026 5:14 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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Danielle Smith of the Conservation Council of New Brunswick says loss of the fund would have a ‘huge impact.’ (Aniekan Etuhube/CBC)
Some New Brunswick’s environmental groups are worried about the dwindling provincial trust fund that supports their operations.
New Brunswick’s environmental trust fund once had a steady stream of revenue, including bottle deposit money.
But the former Progressive Conservative government did away with that funding arrangement in 2023, and the current Liberal government hasn’t decided on a replacement.
Instead, the fund has been relying on surplus money that was accumulated in years past and has been steadily decreasing.
Vanessa Roy-McDougall, the executive director of Nature NB, is among those who fear the fund will run dry.
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