Tag: Environment
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 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…