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The ‘hydrogen hyperbole epidemic’ comes to Nova Scotia

by Joan Baxter September 20, 2022January 9, 2023

This is the second article in a two-part series that the Halifax Examiner is co-publishing with The Energy Mix about the “green hydrogen and ammonia” project that EverWind Fuels has proposed for Point Tupper in Nova Scotia. See Part 1 here. Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston is a big fan of EverWind’s “green hydrogen and […]

Nova Scotia environment minister dismisses Eisner Cove wetland appeals

by Zane Woodford September 16, 2022January 9, 2023

The Brooklyn Biomass plant belching smoke

Business and Development, Government, Province House

Nova Scotia Power to burn more biomass to generate “renewable” electricity

by Jennifer Henderson September 7, 2022January 9, 2023

This aerial photo of Atlantic Gold's Touquoy open pit gold mine in Moose River shows the giant crater where the gold is mined, and the large tailings pond on the edge of Scraggy Lake. Photo is contributed.

Business and Development, Commentary

Nova Scotia is St Barbara’s ‘black cat’

by Joan Baxter September 1, 2022January 9, 2023

Commentary

Nova Scotia Environment minister approved Signal Gold’s open pit mine at Goldboro despite concerns and criticisms from scientists in his own department

by Joan Baxter August 10, 2022November 6, 2022

A empty chamber with blue chairs, desks with microphones, and two paintings hanging next to a big chair

Business and Development, Economy, Government, Province House

Grants for seniors, gold mining, the premier’s ‘friends,’ and more from Question Period

by Jennifer Henderson July 29, 2022January 9, 2023

Energy, Government

Trudeau makes ‘green energy’ announcement, but leaves door open for LNG projects

by Jennifer Henderson July 22, 2022January 9, 2023

Two children running on an access road through a bright green forest on a sunny day in early summer

Morning File, Natural Resources

Public importance of private woodlots

by Ethan Lycan-Lang May 25, 2022January 9, 2023

The Tufts Cove power plant in Dartmouth does not burn coal. A picture of the powerplant taken on the Dartmouth side, showing the building and three towers.

Government, Province House

Critics say PC government’s Nova Scotia Power accountability bill lacks teeth

by Jennifer Henderson April 14, 2022October 20, 2022

Apartment buildings under construction on Clyde Street in Halifax in June 2021. The new construction dwarfs an older building, which is itself only a couple of decades old. In the foreground you can see a bright blue cherry picker crane, and a yello tube through which trash drops into a dumpster. In front of the nearest building is a chain link fence, covered with multi coloured banners extolling the virtues of the construction company, the investors, and the future luxury accomodations. The banners are already worn and filthy.

City Hall, PRICED OUT, Province House

‘Anti-democratic’ bill cutting Halifax planning committees moves ahead

by Zane Woodford April 11, 2022October 20, 2022

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents — Credit: Halifax Examiner. All rights reserved.

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.

Credit: Ricardo Weibezahn - ICIJ

DEFORESTATION INC

Reporter Joan Baxter is one of 140 journalists from 39 media outlets across 27 countries working collaboratively on ‘Deforestation Inc,’ a project of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which looked at the ownership structure of Paper Excellence, its relationship with Asia Pulp & Paper, and how the secretive corporate empires are devastating forests in Canada and around the world.

Find all of Baxter’s articles on the Deforestation Inc 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.

To read the entire DEAD WRONG series, and articles on Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction, click here.

Tag: Ecology Action Centre

The ‘hydrogen hyperbole epidemic’ comes to Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia environment minister dismisses Eisner Cove wetland appeals

Nova Scotia Power to burn more biomass to generate “renewable” electricity

Nova Scotia is St Barbara’s ‘black cat’

Nova Scotia Environment minister approved Signal Gold’s open pit mine at Goldboro despite concerns and criticisms from scientists in his own department

Grants for seniors, gold mining, the premier’s ‘friends,’ and more from Question Period

Trudeau makes ‘green energy’ announcement, but leaves door open for LNG projects

Public importance of private woodlots

Critics say PC government’s Nova Scotia Power accountability bill lacks teeth

‘Anti-democratic’ bill cutting Halifax planning committees moves ahead

Unions ask Nova Scotians to join day of action for striking Pete’s Frootique workers

Rick Perkins, natural health product champion

CN Railway files lawsuit to stop protesters from setting up blockades in Nova Scotia

Portrait project in Truro to honour Black women educators, church organist

Nova Scotia’s economy was and is deeply entwined with slavery