Category: Environment
Top Northern Pulp official speaks as premier refuses to grant extension | CBC News
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…
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…
Premier’s delay on Boat Harbour decision draws opposition ire | CBC News
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…
Ottawa won’t assess N.S. mill’s pipeline proposal, leaving it up to the province | Estevan Mercury
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…
Nova Scotia defers decision on Northern Pulp proposal, asks for more information | Globalnews.ca
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…
Ottawa won’t do impact assessment on Northern Pulp effluent treatment plan | CBC News
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…
Northumberland Strait Is Being Poisoned
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…
What happens when the demand for Alberta oil goes away?
Jen Gerson: Twitter fights about pipeline politics, carbon taxes and culture wars are fashionable. But Alberta needs to think long-term—and not just hope for another boom. Though it would be impossible to guess by the pre-campaign rhetoric, Alberta actually does have serious problems. Pipeline politics, carbon taxes and culture wars will no doubt inspire voters…
