Victory for Mi’kmaq as Nova Scotia’s Alton Gas Project Cancelled

Seven years after local Mi’kmaq Elders first moved to block a project that would have left salt caverns along Nova Scotia’s Shubenacadie River full of natural gas, and the river itself dangerously saline, the company in charge of the project has pulled the plug. Announcing its decision in a release last week, Alton, a subsidiary…

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Northern pulp appeals ministerial cleanup order, pauses environmental assessment – HalifaxToday.ca

HALIFAX — The parent company for the idled Northern Pulp mill says it has filed an appeal with the Nova Scotia Supreme Court related to a ministerial order issued last month for the management of the site. The pulp mill stopped production on Jan. 31 after the province rejected its request to continue pumping treated…

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N.S. government extends Northern Pulp’s use of Boat Harbour wastewater treatment plant until April – Halifax | Globalnews.ca

Northern Pulp will continue to use its Boat Harbour wastewater treatment plant until the end of April as the company prepares the facility for its indefinite closure. On Wednesday, Northern Pulp announced it had received an order from Nova Scotia Minister of Environment Gordon Wilson that directs the continued use of its wastewater treatment plant…

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Nova Scotia pulp mill issues layoff notices as facility winds down operations | CTV News Atlantic

HALIFAX -- Northern Pulp says it has started giving layoff notices to employees at the Nova Scotia mill. The company has moved to mothball the mill after its plan for a new treatment system that would see it pump treated effluent into the Northumberland Strait was rejected by the province. Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil…

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‘No clear answers’: PC leader calls for details on Northern Pulp transition team

Without a place to send its effluent, the mill cannot operate. In announcing his decision, McNeil also detailed plans for a transition team that would include officials from multiple departments, the forestry sector and Nova Scotia Community College and work with a $50-million fund to help workers trying to determine their next step. In a…

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Northern Pulp plans to shut down Nova Scotia mill after premier refuses to grant extension | CBC News

Pictou Landing First Nation Chief Andrea Paul quickly became emotional as she spoke to reporters following McNeil's announcement. "It's been a long time coming," she said. Paul said she's grateful to the premier and government, as well as her community. "This has been a very challenging issue. I know it wasn't going to be easy…

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Don Wilson: a recent Supreme Court ruling says volumes about the Northern Pulp Mill’s future 18Dec2019 | Nova Scotia Forest Notes

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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