Health Risks of Uranium Mining: A Nova Scotian Perspective
Uranium mining presents a range of health risks, largely due to exposure to radon gas, its radioactive decay products, and other occupational hazards. While lung cancer is the most well-established health consequence, evidence also links uranium mining to other cancers and non-cancerous health conditions.
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…