Environmental Impact Assessment and Mining in Nova Scotia: A Public Legal Education Session Saturday, November 30 1-5pm Room 150, Collaborative Health Education Building (Dalhousie) 5739 University Avenue SOLD OUT. To say that gold mining in Nova Scotia is controversial is to assume everyone knows the facts. On Saturday, November 30 the East Coast Environmental Law […]
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Undermined in the Town of Westville
On September 30, in the town Westville, Nova Scotia—155 kilometres from Halifax—town councillor Lynn MacDonald surprised even herself when she put forward a motion to take back a proposal for exploratory coal mining on town land. She was effectively squashing a proposal that she had brought to council with a motion of support nearly a […]
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SCIENCE MATTERS: True leaders work for us, not the fossil fuel industry
Some politicians believe protecting a sunset industry’s interests is more important than looking out for the citizens who elected them. In Australia, the coal industry holds sway over government policy. In Canada, bitumen and fracked gas rule. In the US, it’s all of the above. Fortunately, many people, especially youth, are heeding the rational voices […]
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Nova Scotia doesn’t have to phase out coal by 2030 (but maybe it should)
[Image-1] Bruce Lourie says Nova Scotia is doing an “exemplary job” when it comes to reducing greenhouse gases—but climate change isn’t the only thing we need to worry about. Lourie is president of the Toronto-based Ivey Foundation and was a guest speaker and one of four panelists discussing Canada’s coal phase-out at a Dalhousie University event on […]