Sunday, 1 September 2024

climate change

Open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Nova Scotia Premier Iain Rankin re $925 million funding request for Goldboro LNG

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NOFRAC, along with environmental groups in Quebec, New Brunswick, Alberta and Germany, sent a letter last week to the prime minister, the permier of Nova Scotia and other federal and provincial politicians to share their concerns about the Goldboro LNG project, including its request for nearly $1 billion in federal support. The letter touches on financial risks as well as concerns re climate change, an apparent lack of consultation with Mi’kmaq First Nations, the presence of men camps, and more.

We the People say “Screw you”

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Tynette Deveaux: We must stop thinking of ourselves as powerless in the face of big corporations and governments that time and time again betray our trust. We stop asking those in power to do the right thing. We start telling them what they must do.

Press release: Climate crisis “wrong kind of emergency”

Press release: Charged with “refusing to leave private property [the MacDonald bridge] when instructed to do so,” the defendants argued that their actions were justified to avert a greater emergency – the climate crisis.

Letter: What if Canada Post was part of the post-COVID recovery?

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Letter: “Canada Post already has the infrastructure and the network it needs to be an integral part of the post-COVID recovery and to become a leader in sustainable development. In doing so, it would create jobs across the country and be part of the government’s environmental plan, while also respecting its mandate to be financially self-sustaining.”

Open letter to Iain Rankin: “How are voters to trust you with a record like that?”

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An open letter to Iain Rankin, former Minister of the department of Lands and Forestry, now running for the leadership of the Nova Scotia Liberal party. “Mr. Rankin, your pledges need to be trustworthy if you want them to translate into votes, and how are voters to trust you with a record like that? More needs to be done to restore credibility, and clearly, much more needs to be done towards a sustainable future in this province,” writes Shanni Bale.