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…
Nova Scotia’s forestry transition team to spend $7M on silviculture | CBC News
Nova Scotia's forestry transition team will spend $7 million on silviculture work and forest road building, a move Premier Stephen McNeil says should keep up to 300 people working in the woods as usual for the next year. The money will be for programs on Crown and private land in central and western Nova Scotia…
‘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…
The Derailment of Climate Talks by Polluters
In The Big Stall, author Donald Gutstein shows how Big Oil owns the Paris Agreement.Quoting ecological economist Clive Spash, Gutstein points out that what came out of theParis talks at COP21 “is a fantasy which lacks any plan of how to achieve the targets foremissions reduction.”There are no mentions of greenhouse gas sources, not a…
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…
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…
Northern Pulp prepares to shut down as Boat Harbour Act deadline looms | CBC News
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…
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…