What the Frack Houston? We have a problem!
Nova Scotia Premier, Tim Houston has put forward a bill to lift bans on fracking and uranium. The CBC says, “There's been a moratorium on uranium exploration for more than 40 years and a ban on mining it for 15 years.” Houston believes there are ways to exploit these resources while “while meeting provincial greenhouse…
NRDC: Missing the Forest – How Carbon Loopholes for Logging Hinder Canada’s Climate Leadership (PDF) – Missing-the-Forest.pdf
Governments are failing to report the annual release of more than 80 megatonnes (Mt) per year of greenhouse gases from boreal forests, Environmental Defence Canada, Nature Canada, Nature Québec, and Natural Resources Defense Council conclude, in a report [pdf] released in the week leading up to the COP. That’s a significant increase over Environment and…
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…
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…
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…