by Chris Benjamin The most significant item up for discussion at yesterday’s Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee was the ongoing pondweed (four different kinds, all native to Nova Scotia) infestations in Lakes Banook and Mic Mac. The committee received a report from chief planner Bob Bjerke on the weed situation. The report recommends mechanically harvesting...
Something fishy: new report stops short of calling for moratorium on fish farms
by Chris Benjamin Several dozen lobster fishers, anglers, environmentalists, tourist industry representatives, and people in fishing associations gathered at the Lord Nelson Hotel Thursday afternoon for a press conference and support rally. They said they represented more than a hundred groups across Nova Scotia, and another hundred onlookers attended and cheered each speaker. A few...
Dalhousie’s Board of Governors rejects divestment from greenhouse gas-intensive corporations
by Rachel Ward Dalhousie’s Board of Governors has rejected divestment, at the recommendation of its investment committee. The committee report said divesting would make no impact on climate change and in fact hurt relationships the university has with fossil fuel companies that fund research on campus. Two faculty board members criticized the committee during the...
Dalhousie divestment decision due Tuesday
by Rachel Ward Dalhousie University’s board of governors votes tomorrow on possibly ending its investments in fossil fuel companies. The investment committee will present a recommendation on what to do with around $20-million invested in 35 companies related to coal or oil and gas industries. Students and community members of Divest Dal have been campaigning...
In Whose Backyard? A look at environmental racism in Nova Scotia
by Hilary Beaumont It’s a story that hits the heart, and that’s why he wants to tell it. Jonathan Beadle lost his cousin to cancer. They were like brothers. It was a rare kind of cancer. “They often say that to anyone who has fallen ill in my community,” Beadle says. His cousin had tumours...
Like clockwork, Hollis Street bike lane delayed again
by Hilary Beaumont Delays to the Hollis Street bike lane are becoming almost as predictable as the Citadel noon gun. After guaranteeing in the spring the bike lane would be painted this summer, the city has again pushed the project back. For a grab bag of reasons the Hollis Street bike lane has been bumped down the city’s list of priorities every construction season since it was approved in 2010. This...
Department of Environment fails to provide legally required annual review
In 2007, the Nova Scotian legislature passed an ambitious piece of legislation called the Environmental Goals and Sustainable Prosperity Act, EGSPA, which is called “eggs-puh” in wonk circles. EGSPA was spearheaded by then-Environment Minister Mark Parent, a preacher turned politician who represents the best of the old-school of the Progressive Conservative party. Parent parented EGSPA, pushing the...
Raucous crowd greets fracking review panel
by Chris Benjamin David Wheeler’s fracking roadshow reached Halifax last night and received its most boisterous heckling yet. Wheeler, president of Cape Breton University and sustainable business guru (he convinced the province to burn trees for energy), chairs an “independent review panel” investigating the potential for fracking in Nova Scotia. Last night’s meeting was the...
Tsilhqot’in ruling could set precedent in land disputes, AFN hears
by Hilary Beaumont Visitors from the Tsilhqot’in First Nation in BC enjoyed a sort of celebrity status at this year’s AFN gathering in Halifax. They received pats on the back, held their heads high, and practiced telling the story of how they appeared before the highest court in Canada. “[The Elders told me] when you...
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