John Collins on #NoPipe: There is a solution
John Collins raises more questions on Northern Pulp’s plan to pipe effluents out to the Northumberland Strait. “There came a point in time, when the environment outweighed the economy, it has passed.”
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Matt Dort: Five reasons to support #NoPipe
The time is now for you to provide feedback on the Northern Pulp Effluent Proposal. Matt Dort offers a potential framework to help you organize your responses.
Matt Dort on Northern Pulp effluents and the Northumberland Strait: It’s about more than meeting (flawed) regulations
Matt Dort takes a close look at a recent Chronicel Herald story about Northern Pulp and the Northumberland Strait, and finds that it’s not simply a matter of meeting regulations. What if the regulations are flawed? What if there are other problems that aren’t even part of these regulations? What if the Strait is already at its maximum threshold for pollution?
John Collins to Premier Stephen McNeil: Don’t jeopardize our fisheries in the Northumberland Strait
John Collins on Premier Stephen MacNeil’s response to a letter from the three Pictou MLAs: “I actually commend you for the courage and determination to stand up for what’s right and sticking to the legislated closure as implemented by your government in the ‘Boat Harbour Act’. For the mill to even promote a continuance of this level of environmental racism by asking for an extension is an insult to Pictou Landing First Nations, and First Nations Peoples in general.”
John Collins: A few reasons for a Federal Environmental Assessment of the Northern Pulp effluent pipe
“Caribou Harbour is the largest fishing port in Northern Nova Scotia and the proposed discharge location for Northern Pulp’s ‘treated’ effluent. This plan would make Caribou Harbour, the next Boat Harbour,” writes John Collins.
How a pulp mill killed commercial fisheries in New Brunswick’s St. Croix Estuary, and its lessons for the Northumberland Strait
We talk with Art MacKay, a now retired biologist, about his research on the water quality of the St. Croix Estuary, between Maine and New Brunswick, and how a pulp mill’s effluent dumped in the river affected water quality and killed its commercial fisheries.
John Collins: A letter on Northern Pulp, science, and the clock that’s ticking
“Many fishermen I know, in addition to being fishermen are educated professionals, ranging from various engineers to geologists; recently I’ve heard our objection for the proposed pipeline by Northern Pulp … described as: ‘the fishermen’s objections are based on emotion, not science’. I take offence to that and actually, my objections are based on science specifically,” writes John Collins.
Letter: You can’t take the milk out of the tea – Northern Pulp’s proposal to dump treated waste into the Northumberland Strait
“Northern Pulp’s proposal “to dump 62 million litres per day of treated waste into the rich fishing grounds of the the Northumberland Strait … is not any kind of a solution; it would be an environmental calamity,” writes Guysborough resident Ray Bates..
Weekend video: Boat Harbour and the Mill
In 1965, prior to the construction of the Boat Harbour treatment facility, the Nova Scotia Water Authority, representing the provincial government, assured upset members of the Pictou Landing First Nation that the lagoon would remain suitable for boating, and even that fresh-water fish could be introduced. The only time there would be a bit of a smell would be in spring as the ice in the lagoon was breaking up, community members were told.
Letter: Killing Nova Scotia by a thousand cuts
“Nova Scotians must project into the future and realize the consequences resulting from the industrial actions of the multinational corporations who appear to be salivating over what Nova Scotia’s governments might be willing to offer,” writes Guysborough resident Ray Bates.