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After three days of public silence, Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil delivered a decision that could define his time in office — his government will not amend the Boat Harbour Act, forcing the closure of Northern Pulp's effluent facility by the end of January. The move keeps a promise McNeil made to a First Nation…
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Received today from Don Wilson, who has written many op-eds about NS forestry in Saltwire publications (some cited on NSFN): After the Pulp Mill The Supreme Court of Canada web site has published it’s Dec 6, 2019 decision that says pulp mills are responsible for clean up of pollutant(s), not governments, irregardless of indemnity contracts…
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Northern Pulp says it is preparing to shut down operations as the Nova Scotia government remains silent on whether is will extend the deadline to close the effluent treatment facility at Boat Harbour. The Boat Harbour Act requires the Pictou County mill to stop pumping effluent into the lagoon by Jan. 31. An amendment to…
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Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil won't speak publicly about the future of Boat Harbour and Northern Pulp until Friday, a move that's drawing heaps of scorn from opposition leaders who say the delay is unfair to thousands of workers in the forestry industry. On Tuesday, Environment Minister Gordon Wilson said the company's environmental focus report…
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The federal decision was expected later this week, but instead came a day before the deadline for Nova Scotia Environment Minister Gordon Wilson to release his own decision on the proposal. Wilkinson said a full federal impact assessment is designed for the largest and most complex projects, and that pulp and paper mills haven't normally…
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Nova Scotia’s environment minister is withholding approval of a pulp mill’s proposal to pump 85 million litres of treated effluent daily into the Northumberland Strait. Gordon Wilson says the province doesn’t have enough information to determine if the Northern Pulp project will harm the environment. Decision on Northern Pulp to come Tuesday as Ottawa passes…
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The future of the Northern Pulp mill is firmly in the hands of Nova Scotia Environment Minister Gordon Wilson. Wilson is scheduled to release his environmental assessment decision on the Pictou County pulp mill's plan for a new effluent treatment facility at 11 a.m. on Tuesday. On Monday, it was learned Wilson will have the…
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Canadian cleantech and oil and gas companies are working together to transform the economic landscape and environmental competitiveness in areas... Sounds like BS to me Source: Canada poised to be a leader in cleantech oil and gas innovation | Tech Innovation | JWN Energy
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Several questions remain about the amount of mercury in Nova Scotia, buried under the site where Northern Pulp's new treatment facility will be. Concerned citizens wonder whether the industrial site has been properly remediated. If not, the ground disturbance from the new facility could cause the mercury to leach into the waterways and into the…
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Despite its impressive volume, NPNS’s [Northern Pulp Nova Scotia Corporation] registration document is very poor and fails to provide necessary information about key elements of their plan, including and importantly the content of the substances they wish to pump in large volumes into the Northumberland Strait and the potential impacts that it undoubtedly will have…
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