Op-ed: Glyphosate spraying not worth the risks
Glyphosate spraying in the face of widespread concerns among rural residents just so that forestry companies can make a bit more money seems pretty outrageous. Yet that’s what’s happening.
Environment
This is our warning. Mi’kmaw opponents of Alton Gas appeal to federal Fisheries minister
A delegation of the Sipeknekatik Band traveled to New Brunswick to demand that Dominic Leblanc, the federal minister of Fisheries and Oceans, use his power to halt the Alton Gas project. The group asserted their treaty rights and warned that the river will be defended, whatever that may take.
Weekend Video: Green Rights. The Human Rights to a Healthy World (trailer)
In September storyteller and environmentalist Silver Donald Cameron will show his new documentary Green Rights, The Human Rights to a Clean Environment, at Nova Scotia university Campuses. Here is a preview.
Glyphosate spraying on Nova Scotia forests continues
Spraying of woodlands with the Glyphosate herbicide continues in Nova Scotia, even though provincial subsidies have ended. And for how long DNR’s moratorium on subsidies will remain in effect is an open question.
Op-ed: Nova Scotia must own up to the truth of climate change
Time for Nova Scotia to get serious about climate change and consider a carbon tax, says David Henry in this guest op-ed.
The battle that won’t go away. Appealing the Digby Neck Quarry NAFTA decision
The 2007 decision not to approve the Whites Point Quarry in Digby Neck is still not entirely settled. Now the Canadian government is appealing a NAFTA decision that withholding environmental approval was unjustified. Let’s make sure that the government fights this case, rather than settle, there is too much at stake, says Gretchen Fitzgerald of the Sierra Club Atlantic.
Weekend Video: Saving the Shubenacadie
This weekend’s featured video is a very good new documentary about the residents, First Nations people, fishers and naturalists fighting for a pristine Shubenacadie RIver and the rural lifestyle that made them settle in the community.
Northern Pulp’s proposed glyphosate spraying, not just bad for your health
Northern Pulp’s proposed glyphosate spraying program may be bad for your health, but that’s not the only problem, says Matt Miller of the Ecology Action Centre. Diversity in our forests will help us weather climate change, and a softwood-only forest is a bad economic strategy.
There is nothing radical about demanding a liveable planet
“We know what we need to know, we know the solutions – and you have some choices to make.” Transcript of an excellent speech by Hannah Mills during the August 2016 rally outside a Liberal fundraiser on Gottingen Street hosted by MP Andy Fillmore, and with federal environment minister Catherine McKenna as the guest of honour.
Protesters tell Liberals to get serious about protecting the earth
Last night about 40 protesters gathered outside a Liberal fundraiser on Gotting Street hosted by MP Andy Fillmore and with federal environment minister Catherine McKenna as the guest of honour. The perception among protesters is that provincial and federal Liberals may say the right things, but fall far short when it comes to to actively fighting climate change and recognizing the obligation to consult with First Nations.