• Sign In
  • My Account
    • Receipts
  • All Categories
  • FAQ
  • Subscribe
  • Donate
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter Username
  • About Us
    • Commenting policy
    • Terms and Conditions
  • Contact Us
  • Sign In
  • All Categories
  • Arts and Culture
    • Local History
    • Profiles
  • Black Nova Scotia
  • Commentary
  • Economy
    • Business and Development
    • Energy
    • Immigration
    • Labour
    • Natural Resources
    • Utilities
  • Education
  • Environment
    • Climate
    • Recycling and Waste Management
  • Equity and Equality
    • Accessibility
    • Families and Childcare
    • Poverty
    • Racism
  • Government
    • City Hall
    • Elections
    • Province House
  • Health
    • COVID
  • Housing
    • PRICED OUT
  • Indigenous Nova Scotia
  • Investigation
  • Journalism
  • Justice
    • Crime and Courts
    • Incarceration in Nova Scotia
  • Mass Casualty Commission
  • Mass Murders 2020
  • Morning File
  • Podcasts
  • Policing
  • Transportation
  • Women
  • How to…
  • Archives
  • About Us
    • Commenting policy
    • Terms and Conditions
  • Contact Us
  • Sign In
  • All Categories
  • Arts and Culture
    • Local History
    • Profiles
  • Black Nova Scotia
  • Commentary
  • Economy
    • Business and Development
    • Energy
    • Immigration
    • Labour
    • Natural Resources
    • Utilities
  • Education
  • Environment
    • Climate
    • Recycling and Waste Management
  • Equity and Equality
    • Accessibility
    • Families and Childcare
    • Poverty
    • Racism
  • Government
    • City Hall
    • Elections
    • Province House
  • Health
    • COVID
  • Housing
    • PRICED OUT
  • Indigenous Nova Scotia
  • Investigation
  • Journalism
  • Justice
    • Crime and Courts
    • Incarceration in Nova Scotia
  • Mass Casualty Commission
  • Mass Murders 2020
  • Morning File
  • Podcasts
  • Policing
  • Transportation
  • Women
  • How to…
  • Archives
Skip to content
Halifax Examiner

Halifax Examiner

An independent, adversarial news site in Halifax, NS

  • Sign In
  • My Account
    • Receipts
  • All Categories
  • FAQ
  • Subscribe
  • Donate
Home » Environment » Climate » Page 2

Category: Climate

A grey box with a fan inside and hoses leading away from it is mounted to the side of a home.
Posted inEnergy

Nova Scotia to pay for free heat pumps for low-income households

by Tim Bousquet December 13, 2022December 13, 2022
An overhead view of the forest floor on a sunny day shows many large trees toppled over and scattered haphazardly.
Posted inClimate

Nova Scotia’s maple syrup industry was ‘devastated’ by Fiona

A smiling white woman with long straight dark blonde hair and bangs, with half her face in dramatic shadow by Yvette d'Entremont December 12, 2022December 13, 2022
An orange and blue sunset over a lake surrounded by trees and rocks.
Posted inEnvironment

Nova Scotia gets 14 new nature reserves, wilderness areas, including area in Sackville

A white woman with chin length auburn hair and blue eyes, wearing a bright blue sweater by Suzanne Rent December 12, 2022December 12, 2022
Posted inMining

Nova Scotia releases a Climate Change Action Plan just days after extending the life of the Donkin coal mine

by Tim Bousquet December 8, 2022December 9, 2022
A white bucket truck with a man in an orange outfit in the bucket is braced on a dirt road that is blocked with downed trees by Post Tropical Storm Fiona.
Posted inCommentary

Nova Scotia’s climate risk assessment misses the present emergency

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter December 5, 2022December 7, 2022
A white car with three men standing behind it.
Posted inEnergy

It’s hard to buy an electric vehicle in Nova Scotia. Here’s why

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson December 5, 2022December 5, 2022
A large grey building next to a pile of black coal.
Posted inBusiness and Development

Province renews Donkin Mine approval despite long history of safety violations

by Tim Bousquet December 2, 2022December 2, 2022
A man wearing a suite and tie speaks into a microphone.
Posted inCommentary

Provincial politician prevaricates: carbon edition

by Stephen Kimber November 27, 2022November 28, 2022
aerial view of a wooded area with a mix of green conifers and leafless hardwoods divided by a broad dirt road with a light cover of snow
Posted inForestry

‘Citizen scientists’ call on Houston to freeze all logging around Goldsmith Lake in Annapolis County 

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter November 25, 2022December 22, 2022
A red, white, and blue gas pump.
Posted inProvince House

Houston defends decision to cap power rates , says Nova Scotia Power should manage business

A smiling white woman with short silver hair wearing dark rimmed glasses and a bright blue blazer. by Jennifer Henderson November 24, 2022November 24, 2022

Posts navigation

Newer posts 1 2 3 4 5 Older posts
A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents

PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.


Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

2020 MASS MURDERS

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.


UNCOVER: DEAD WRONG

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder, and served 17 years in prison while maintaining his innocence. In 2019, he was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner’s Tim Bousquet tells Assoun’s story on the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong. Click here to listen to the podcast.

LATEST NEWS

Mi’kmaw woman dies of pneumonia in provincial custody

by Zane Woodford March 31, 2023March 31, 2023

Parliamentary committee to investigate ownership of Paper Excellence

by Joan Baxter March 31, 2023March 31, 2023

Stephen McNeil, rocket man

by Joan Baxter March 31, 2023March 31, 2023

Civil liberty groups, Montreal Massacre survivors, and women advocates applaud Mass Casualty Commission report

by Jennifer Henderson March 31, 2023March 31, 2023

Heidi Stevenson shows us how to address policing

by Tim Bousquet March 31, 2023April 1, 2023
  • Facebook Page
  • Twitter Username

CONTACT US

Halifax Examiner
PO Box 463
Stn. Central Halifax, NS
B3J 2P8

QCJO # Q9427428
HST # 81281 0638 RT0001

ABOUT US

  • Who we are
  • Commenting policy
  • Terms and Conditions

MY ACCOUNT

My profile, orders,
subscription,
payment details,
and receipts

SUBSCRIBE

DONATE

EMAIL NOTIFICATIONS

ARCHIVE

Canada wordmark and flag

Matthew Byard's reporting is funded by the Government of Canada

© 2023 All information and images on this site copyright Halifax Examiner, except where otherwise noted. Proudly powered by Newspack by Automattic