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In the foreground are the large tracks of the tree harvesting machines that clearcut a patch of Northern Pulp land on Higgins Mtn in Wentworth Valley in 2017, with a view down into the valley and the ski hill across Highway 4. Photo: Joan Baxter
Posted inEnvironment

Proposed Wentworth Valley wind farm gets blowback

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter December 6, 2021November 22, 2022

Let’s start with a quick Nova Scotia quiz. Question #1: What do the following three things have in common? (1) A large new wind farm proposed for Wentworth Valley, (2) an open pit gold mine at Moose River in Halifax Regional Municipality that is owned by Australia’s St Barbara Ltd and operated by its subsidiary […]

An aerial photo showing the Atlantic Gold open pit mine in Moose River on the Eastern Shore of Nova Scotia.
Posted inMining

Atlantic Gold agrees to a tentative plea deal that would have the company pay $120,000 to the Nova Scotia Salmon Association to atone for breaking environmental rules, but ‘no deal,’ says the Salmon Association

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter October 26, 2021November 22, 2022
Posted inMining

Updated: Photos suggest that there is a tailings leak at Atlantic Gold’s Moose River gold mine

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter August 29, 2021November 22, 2022
Posted inMining

Atlantic Gold’s imaginary conservation land

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter May 20, 2021November 22, 2022
Posted inMining

Atlantic Gold plans to mine “paradise”

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter March 21, 2021November 22, 2022
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Sacrificing wild Atlantic salmon for gold

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter March 4, 2021November 22, 2022
Posted inMining

Atlantic Gold paid $0 in taxes in 2019

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter January 27, 2021November 22, 2022
Posted inMining

Atlantic Gold is going to court

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter January 20, 2021November 22, 2022
Posted inMining

Nova Scotia has laid charges for 32 environmental infractions against Atlantic Gold

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter December 23, 2020November 22, 2022
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Moose River betrayal

Avatar photo by Joan Baxter April 3, 2020November 15, 2022

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