Nova Scotia: What’s Killing the Fish?
Pictures taken taken December 26th, 2016 in Digby, Nova Scotia show more than just dead herring washing ashore in Nova Scotia. Besides the Herring, Lobster, Bar clams, Starfish and more have been washing ashore. Eric Hewey took these pictures while visiting Savary Park. He's added 43 images to his photo gallery on Facebook including the…
Turbine Noise Killing Herring in NS?
Author: Cathy Belliveau, Fall River, Nova Scotia Cape Sharp Tidal is a partnership formed between NS Power's parent company, Emera Inc and OpenHydro. Their aim is to demonstrate they can "successfully grid-connect in-stream turbine arrays that produce energy silently, invisibly and without environmental harm." Flashback to early summer 2016. People were wary. Thousands, including those…
AltonGas Needs a Climate Change Assessment
Alexis Bonogofsky wrote about "reports of dead fish floating and collecting on the banks of the iconic Yellowstone River began coming into Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks (FWP) in early August. The Yellowstone flows for 692 miles from Absaroka mountain range in Wyoming, through Yellowstone National Park, into the prairies of eastern Montana and finally,…
Backwoods Nova Scotia not going green
Emera Inc, which is Nova Scotia Power's parent company, is partnering with Maine Aqua Ventus and will build floating wind turbines off the coast of Maine. According to the CBC it will work with local contractors and manufacturers in Maine to generate local economic benefit, create and keep Maine jobs in Maine, and provide renewable…
Oil Tanker Spill Threatens the Minas Basin
Proponents for Energy East claim Atlantic Canada need the jobs and the work would usher in a new era of prosperity. It's estimated to provide 14,000 direct and indirect full-time jobs. These numbers represent jobs Canada wide, not just Atlantic Canada. The extra jobs for Maritimers outside of New Brunswick is practically non-existent. Former Nova…
Nova Scotia needs to review VisionMAX®
Engage Agro Corporation has offices all over Canada. In Nova Scotia they are located in Upper Musquodoboit. The company "develops, registers, and markets protection, nutritional and management products for plants, turf, agricultural crops, industrial vegetation management and forestry across Canada." They also sell VisionMAX® and offer a fact sheet for it. It's chemical base is…
Petition: Stop Spraying Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia government has approved the use of VisionMax to spray 2,600 hectares of woodland area. It's a herbicide whose content is 47 percent glyphosate. It's a product of Monsanto. This is the same company that gave us Agent Orange and PCBs. It's being used by Northern Pulp and four other companies to retard the…
Road Rage, two killed on N.S. Highway
Rural roads in some parts of Nova Scotia are deteriorating to a state making it unsafe to travel. This isn't anything new. There has been a history of neglecting road maintenance in areas like Cumberland County and Colchester County. Stories like a section of west Apple River Road near the western tip of Cumberland County,…