Until some five years ago, the biggest environmental impact on Prince Edward Island from the pulp mill near Pictou, N.S. was the stench arriving on a southeast wind. The odour issue was largely solved after the Nova Scotia government pressured the mill to reduce its emissions. Today, a much more serious environmental threat looms.
It’s not stinky sulphur, but plans to pump more than 70 million litres of effluent daily from the mill by undersea pipe into the Northumberland Strait. Northern Pulp is proposing to solve its effluent issue by shifting the problem from a lagoon at Boat Harbour into a major fisheries zone. Fishermen, tourism operators, environmentalists and others in both provinces have legitimate concerns. #nspoli
http://www.theguardian.pe.ca/opinion/editorials/editorial-pulp-fiction-or-pipe-dream-225620/
