The group sees the risks of offshore drilling for oil and gas as outweighing any possible benefits. Even elements of the exploration process, like seismic testing, have significant impacts on marine wildlife. The effects of a major oil spill, like the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010, could be utterly devastating for Nova Scotian fisheries and for the communities that depend on them. Then of course there’s the mounting global climate crisis – why, they ask, would Nova Scotia of all places be encouraging investment in an industry that will contribute to a crisis that, via rising sea levels, is a threat to coastal areas around the world? #nspoli
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