In a little while it will be over. We may fail. But the rights for which we contend will not die. –Louis Riel To love our neighbour as ourselves is such a truth for regulating human society, that by that alone one might determine all the cases in social morality.–John Locke This is an open […]
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Province says HRM can dump plastics in Nova Scotian landfill
The province is letting Halifax ship its garbage mountain of trash bags to another Nova Scotia dump. The department of environment announced the temporary exemption in provincial recycling law on Friday. The change lasts for six months and only applies to the Halifax Regional Municipality’s dumping of plastic shopping bags and the plastic wrap around […]
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Halifax scoping out economic partnership with Zhuhai, China
The municipality is hoping a partnership with the Chinese city of Zhuhai will be a great opportunity to increase Halifax’s economic development. Last Thursday, the standing committee for Community Planning and Economic Development passed a motion to move forward with an economic partnership agreement with Zhuhai. According to a staff report, the Chinese city is considered a […]
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Seal slaughter on Sable Island?
Federal government sets quota for seal cull on Sable Island, but says there will be no hunt this year.
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Final Day, Maybe
It’s the final day of the Copenhagen climate conference. In the words of WWF Sweden CEO Lasse Gustavsson, “world leaders have arrived and negotiated overnight with little or no progress.” Shocking that even with 120 super-egos in the room they couldn’t save the world overnight. You think maybe they should have allotted more time for […]
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Q&A with Kings County Activist in Copenhagen, Thea Whitman
Canadian Youth Delegation members Kimia Ghomeshi, Toronto; Caroline Lee of Fredericton; and Thea Whitman, Kings County Kings County’s Thea Whitman is one of 30 members of the Canadian Youth Delegation in Copenhagen. The group has garnered a lot of attention for its creative direct actions at the conference and drawing attention to Canada’s failure on climate change action. Whitman graciously provided detailed answers (with links!) to my questions. Q. What is the Canadian Youth Delegation’s role in Copenhagen, and how does direct action affect things there? The Canadian Youth Delegation is a group of around 30 young Canadians from across
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The Fossil’s Revenge
On Day 5 of Cop15 in Copenhagen, here are some of the most interesting developments emerging: Small Island States Want MoreTuvalu stopped the show on Tuesday when it demanded a legally binding agreement for everyone. The very rich countries and very poor countries were divided. The big poor countries like India, China, and Indonesia were opposed, and probably appalled. Yesterday, Tuvalu teamed up with the Alliance of Small Island States to release a proposal for a two-protocol, legally binding outcome. That proposal would amend and extend Kyoto until 2017 (it is currently set to expire in 2012). At the same
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Summit talk starts to heat up
Negotiations are heating up in Copenhagen. Tuvalu has demanded that any agreement coming out of negotiations be legally binding. Their reasoning: they’d prefer not to sink. Back in 1992, at the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit, parties signed a treaty called the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Signatories agreed to create protocols setting […]
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Creature II: return of the beat
Montreal’s Creature emerged from its recent tour of China feeling like “we were part of a new scene,” says drummer-vocalist Sid Sanforlin. Beijing only has about four clubs for indie bands, and Creature played two of them. “The second night was 500 Chinese people, and people were eating it up. It was amazing to see […]