The Halifax Green Network is not your average greenbelt plan. Regional councillors enthusiastically and unanimously voted to approve the long-awaited plan this past Tuesday, to the delight of many supporters outside City Hall, conservationists and environmental advocates across HRM. Jenny Lugar, the sustainable cities coordinator with the Ecology Action Centre and one of the leaders […]
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Four research projects in Halifax worth knowing about
Jessica Bennett, Masters of engineering, Dalhousie UniversityFeminizing baby eels in farms in order to raise them locally and sell to global marketsLocal aquaculture research company NovaEel is teaming up with researchers at the Dalhousie Medical School to create “a competitive eel industry that is safe, sustainable and beneficial to the economy,” according to Jessica Bennett, […]
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The unsinkable Marlene Brown
Despite the many hurdles and setbacks, she has experienced over the years, Marlene Brown refuses to give up the fight to bring safe drinking water to Harrietsfield. The rural community along the Old Sambro Road has been stuck dealing with the repercussions of an environmental contamination that took place at a construction recycling and disposal […]
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Cogswell redevelopment bucks the (energy) system
The city’s plans for the Cogswell Interchange redevelopment are centered on creating a source of renewable energy out of the wastewater coming from the nearby sewage treatment plant, though it remains unclear whether this will attract or deter potential buyers. The energy in the wastewater would be converted into thermal energy at a transfer station […]
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In the name of science
Inside the Berman Zebrafish Lab, Jason Berman and his team work to discover new and improved treatments by studying diseased zebrafish cells. It’s a useful tool in trying to design better therapies. “Zebrafish have very similar genes to us and have very similar cells to us,” says Berman. “And they’re also transparent, which means we’re […]