Media advisory: Halifax residents to demand the CBC host a climate debate
A rally at CBC Nova Scotia during the six o’clock news demanding that the CBC host a federal leaders debate on climate change and a Green New Deal for Canada.
Environment
Media release: Sierra Club and allies respond to new protection measures for Right Whales in Canada
Sierra Club Canada Foundation is alarmed that not enough is being done to prevent the extinction of North Atlantic right whales in Canada’s waters. Sierra Club and allies have signed a joint letter in response to new right whale protection measures announced by the Canadian government.
Media release: Emergency actions needed to protect remaining North Atlantic Right Whales
Media release: “With four dead right whales reported in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, more needs to be done to prevent more deaths,” states Gretchen Fitzgerald, National Program Director at Sierra Club Canada Foundation.
Letter: A request for urgent action to improve safety for vulnerable road users in Halifax before autumn
In HRM we lose 14 people a year on average to road fatalities.. For comparison, Seattle has reduced road fatalities to 5 per year after implementing safety improvements and speed reductions.Time for Halifax to stop being so complacent, writes road safety advocate Martyn Williams in a letter to the Transportation Standing Committee.
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Toni MacAfee: As the planet heats up, Canada Post is asleep at the wheel
With the largest retail network in the country and the second-largest public fleet of vehicles Canada Post is ideally positioned to drive the transition to a green economy. The possibilities are endless, writes Toni MacAfee.
Halifax’s horrific few weeks show that needs of cyclists and pedestrians must come first
Three bicycle accidents in Halifax in short order show that if we really want to reduce accidents and increase active transport, we need to equip our urban streets to meet the needs of cyclists and pedestrians first and foremost, writes Martyn WIlliams.
News brief: Recent amendment to Bill C-69 further increases Big Oil influence over offshore environmental reviews
A recent change to Bill C-69 increases concerns among Nova Scotia environmentalists about undue influence by the oil and gas industry on environmental approvals of offshore oil and gas projects in the Atlantic.
We’re missing an incredible opportunity to make Cogswell people-friendly
“Halifax downtown needn’t be about meeting the needs of traffic flow first, pedestrians second,” writes Martyn Williams. Now that federal funding will drastically reduce truck traffic downtown it’s time to revisit the Cogswell design plans and do it right this time.
News release: Extinction Rebellion stalls traffic over climate crisis
News release: On Thursday, June 6, a group of climate activists disrupted rush-hour traffic by biking far below the speed limit. Adorned with signs and flags advocating for climate action, they chanted songs like “11 years to switch the gears” and “what do we want? Climate action!” through the cacophony of car horns.
News brief: CN announces start of herbicide spraying on its right of ways, but keeps mum on details
CN has announced on its website that it will be applying herbicides on and around its railway tracks in Nova Scotia between June 24 and July 27. That’s all it will say. We tried…