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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…
