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The Goldboro Gamble

Part 2: Germans and Canadians join to oppose proposed Nova Scotian liquid natural gas plant that “nobody needs."

October 20, 2020 By Joan Baxter 2 Comments

In Part 2 of this two-part series about the Goldboro LNG project, the Halifax Examiner delves into some of the opposition to the proposal, where it is coming from, and what the project means for Nova Scotia.  When Pieridae Energy announced in 2018 that it had received “written confirmation of eligibility in principle” for “prospective” […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, Investigation, News, Province House Tagged With: Alfred Sorensen, Allan Murphy, Andy Gheorghiu, Canadian Propane, Citizen’s Oil and Gas Council, Constantin Zerger, Food and Water Action Europe, Geoffrey Morgan, Goldboro LNG plant, Guysborough Communities Coalition, Guysborough Journal, Helen Murphy, James Millar, Ken Summers, KfW IPEX, Larry Hughes, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG), Mike Sawyer, Netukulimk, Nova Scotia Fracking Resource and Action Coalition (NOFRAC), Oil and Gas Investments Bulletin, Pieridae Energy, Regine Richter, Shell Canada, Sustainable Development Goals Act, Umwelthilfe, Uniper, Urgewald

The Goldboro Gamble

Part 1: For nearly a decade, Alfred Sorensen has been assuring us that the multi-billion Goldboro LNG plant is a done deal. But his supposed German financiers aren't as certain as Sorenson pretends, and his company struggles to find a secure source of gas.

October 19, 2020 By Joan Baxter 2 Comments

Recent news that Calgary-based Pieridae Energy’s has found a new engineering firm for its proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Goldboro, and worked out an agreement with a Calgary firm and the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs to build and operate a huge work camp at the site, has prompted headlines that suggest […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, Investigation, News, Province House Tagged With: AIMCo, Alberta Energy Regulator, Alfred Sorensen, Andrew Nikiforuk, Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi’kmaw Chiefs, Bear Head LNG, Bechtel, Black Diamond Group, Chief Terrance Paul, Citizen’s Oil and Gas Council, Duke Energy, Environment Minister Randy Delorey, Goldboro LNG plant, Greta Thunberg, Kellogg Brown & Root, Keltic Petrochemicals, Kitimat, Korbinian Wagner, Liquefied Natural Gas Limited, lobbyist registry, Mike Sawyer, Natural Resources Minister Seamus O’Regan, Nigel Bankes, Pieridae Energy, Press Progress, Roger Taylor, Sean Lewis, Shaun Fluker, Shell Canada, Stephen Lund, The Tyee, Uniper Global Commodities, Wskijnu’k Mtmo’taqnuow Agency Ltd

Nova Scotia’s looming oil-drilling disaster

Canadian regulators have failed to reduce the likelihood of a Deepwater Horizon-like blowout at BP's deep-sea well on the Scotian Slope, and the company plans to respond to a blowout with an oil dispersant that could compound the catastrophe.

May 18, 2018 By Linda Pannozzo 6 Comments

When BP named its exploratory well in the Mississippi Canyon the Macondo Prospect after the doomed fictional town of Macondo from Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, that alone should have raised alarm bells. The story of seven generations of the Buendía family are set in the Colombian town, which is beset by […]

Filed Under: Environment, Featured, Investigation, News Tagged With: Access to Information request, Aspy D-11, Bedford Institute of Oceanography (BIO), Ben Fieldhouse, Bill C-22, BP, Brian Robinson, Bruce Hollebone, Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (CNSOPB), capelin, capping stack, Cecilia Lougheed, Centre for Catastrophic Risk Management, Centre for Offshore Oil, chemical dispersants, Chris Kennedy, Clean Ocean Action Committee, Corexit 9500A, Corexit 9580A, Cory Dubetz, Craig Purchase, Deepwater Horizon, Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), Don Aurand, Ecosystem Management & Associates, Elsevier, Environment and Climate Change (ECCC), Environmental Impact Statement, Gas and Energy Research (COOGER), Gina Coelho, HDR Inc., James Clark, John Davis, Jonathan Davis, Judith LeBlanc, Linda Pannozzo, Macondo Prospect, Marc Bernier, Marc-Etienne Lesieur, marine rotifer, Mike Stoneman, Minister Catherine McKenna, Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Nalco Environmental Solutions, National Contaminants Advisory Group (NCAG), oil spill, Patrice Simon, Robert Bea, Roberto Rico-Martinez, Sarah Gilbert, Scotian Slope, Shell Canada, Sponson Group, Stantec, Stephen Harper’s Conservative government, Thomas King, Tony Hayward

“Radiating outward opportunities” and other assorted bullshit: Morning File, Tuesday, October 4, 2016

October 4, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 15 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Council candidates slam the Chronicle Herald Eighteen council candidates issued the following statement yesterday: We, the following candidates for HRM Council, have collectively taken a stand against supporting the Chronicle Herald’s efforts to engage our campaigns for information.  We support the unionized workers […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Amherst, Andrew Weaver, carbon tax, Chronicle Herald strike, Council, Francis Campbell, George Baker, guaranteed income, incident report, Jennifer Craig, Jennifer Henderson, John Davis, Maria Cromwell, Matt Whitman, Paul Withers, Robert Devet, Sheila Upshaw, Shell Canada, signatories, Stephen McNeil, Treaty Day, Zane Woodford

Blind Luck: Nova Scotia may have just missed an off-shore oil spill

And government regulators kept the gravity of the incident secret.

October 3, 2016 By Jennifer Henderson

“Only blind luck“ prevented what could have been significant damage to the marine environment and an oil well that Shell Canada was drilling in deep water 250 kilometers off the coast of Nova Scotia. That’s the conclusion of John Davis, an activist with the Clean Ocean Action Committee of fishermen and environmentalists opposed to drilling...

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Filed Under: Environment, Featured, News, Subscribers only Tagged With: Black Swan event, Clean Ocean Action Committee, EAC, Ecology Action Centre, incident report, John Davis, Mark Butler, Michael Tutton, offshore oil spill, Shell Canada, Stella IceMax, Stuart Pinks

If we do not amuse them we are going to lose them: Morning File, Thursday September 29, 2016

September 29, 2016 By Tim Bousquet 7 Comments

News Views Noticed Government On campus In the harbour Footnotes News 1. Pipe “When heaving waters in the North Atlantic wrenched a string of massive steel pipes from a drilling ship off Nova Scotia’s coast, one of the 20-tonne sections of the plummeting coil struck the seabed just 12 metres from the top of an undersea oil exploration well,” reports Michael Tutton for the […]

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Ashley MacDonald, bomb threats, Christina Macdonald, Community Services, Denise MacDonald-Billard, drilling ship, Gary LeDrew, halloween candy, housing allowance, Ian Gulliver, Jennifer Hoegg, Lynn Hartwell, math joke, Michael Tutton, Mike Campbell, Nova Centre, Richard K. Guy, Shell Canada, Stephanie vanKampen, The Carleton

The Tideline, with Tara Thorne

Mo Kenney. Photo: Matt Williams

Episode #18 of The Tideline, with Tara Thorne is published.

Mo Kenney’s new record Covers is a perfect winter companion — songs from across the rock spectrum that she’s pared down to piano or guitar and turned them into sad ballads. She joins Tara to talk about choosing and arranging them, and opens up for a frank discussion of the alcohol dependency it took a pandemic for her to confront. Plus: Movies are back (again).

This episode is available today only for premium subscribers; to become a premium subscriber, click here, and join the select group of arts and entertainment supporters for just $5/month. Everyone else will have to wait until tomorrow to listen to it.

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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. He served 17 years in prison, but steadfastly maintained his innocence. In 2019, Glen Assoun was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner founder and investigative journalist Tim Bousquet has followed the story of Glen Assoun's wrongful conviction for over five years. Now, Bousquet tells that story as host of Season 7 of the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong.

Click here to go to listen to the podcast, or search for CBC Uncover on Apple podcasts, Spotify, or any other podcast aggregator.

About the Halifax Examiner

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