Environment

Solidarity Halifax: Stop the Alton Gas Project

Jake Hubley — Tue, 05 Apr 2016 03:14:37 +0000

An analysis by Jake Hubley

K'jipuktuk (Halifax)—Eight years ago, Alton Gas—a subsidiary company of Alberta-based AltaGas ltd.—applied to the Nova Scotia government with a proposed project that would allow natural gas to be stored in underground salt caverns near the Shubenacadie River, in Alton, N.S.

Files attached to this post:

official_draft_final-_solidarity_hfx-_the_alton_gas_project.pdf

"Fossil Fuels" Day Protest occupies Dalhousie President's Office

William Coney — Fri, 01 Apr 2016 17:21:35 +0000

A version of this article was also submitted to the Dalhousie Gazette. It has been shared with the Halifax Media Co-Op in recognition of the intersectionality that the issue of Fossil Fuel Divestment poses.

Dalhousie Senate hears the initial results of Divestment Report

William Coney — Mon, 14 Dec 2015 23:05:53 +0000

Note: This article was originally written for the Dalhousie Gazette, and as such focuses on specifically Dalhousie University related content.

Passive power within reach

jenstotland — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 22:59:04 +0000

Passive solar is a low-tech means of warming and cooling buildings and it's slowly growing on us

To see the potential of passive solar is like an entry to a whole other world. A kafka-esque world in which most of our houses and streets are facing the wrong way and trees are planted in a haphazard manner that most often hinders our right-to-light.

Jan 24 Mi'kmaq Warriors - Suzanne Patles @ SFU H/C Strategy Session

dgSolidarity — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 03:19:04 +0000

Suzanne Patles, one of many warriors attacked in a dawn raid by RCMP (physically assaulted with assault rifles) along with many youth, elders and community members for peacefully trying to protect their water by blockading fracking equipment, shares her experiences at a strategy session as part of the Mi’kmaq Warriors west coast speaking tour.

Jan 24 Mi'kmaq Warriors - Coady Jipol @ SFU H/C Strategy Session

dgSolidarity — Sun, 26 Jan 2014 02:55:47 +0000

Coady shares his personal story, which turns the scholarly term ‘transgenerational historic trauma’ into an easily understood truth, and explains why he had no choice but to become a warrior to attempt to end the colonial-serving cycle of violence he has been born into.

Contaminated wells in Harrietsfield connected to construction waste processing

Erica Butler — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 19:34:26 +0000

HRM continued to license C&D operation after Ministerial Order to clean up site

K'JIPUKTUK, HALIFAX - When Melissa King bought her home on Old Sambro Road in 2010, a water test done by the former owners showed arsenic in her well–

Stand Up for Science Halifax

Aristarchus3141 — Sat, 07 Sep 2013 17:17:20 +0000

Scientists rally across the country to call on the federal government to ‘Stand up for Science’

Wrong Prediction, Wrong Science; Unless It’s Government Climate Science.

TheUncivilized — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 02:44:46 +0000

Wrong Prediction, Wrong Science; Unless It’s Government Climate Science.

by Dr. Tim Ball on January 14, 2013

In Defence of Bowater

Scott Domenie — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 02:12:21 +0000

Sloughs of Despond

Wendland — Thu, 10 May 2012 23:29:12 +0000

Fracking wastewater ponds languish in Hants County

HALIFAX: Hydraulic fracturing wastewater shown to contain high levels of radioactive contaminants has been sitting in two open containment pits in Hants County, Nova Scotia since 2007, the Media Co-op has learned.

A Freedom of Information request has also revealed that the water likely contains a slew of other chemicals, including known carcinogens and endocrine disruptors.

Free Buses for HRM?

bsichel — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 15:44:50 +0000

A radio interview on why public transit can - and should - stay free

I went on Maritime Morning, Weekend Edition this morning to talk about free public transportation in HRM, as outlined in this article. Audio file courtesy of News 95.7. (9:46)

Greenwashing Sustainable Seafood

PalBou — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:35:50 +0000

The environmental community rejects the sustainable certification of Nova Scotia longline caught swordfish

Sustainable seafood certification announces to consumers that the fish they are buying is caught using ecologically sound practices that ensure the conservation of affected species.

Where It Goes, Somebody Knows...

Miles Howe — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:44:58 +0000

Pictou County Watershed Coalition gets conflicting stories as to final resting place of Boat Harbour dredge

PICTOU, NS – The Abercrombie Point Pulp and Paper Mill in Pictou, Nova Scotia, has woven itself a tangled web indeed.

Talk the Talk, but Wach the Walk?

Miles Howe — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:31:20 +0000

Petroscience prof Dr. Grant Wach's talk provides history of Maritimes oil and gas, but misses context

It is difficult to pinpoint exactly what it is about Dr. Grant Wach's presentation, titled “Burning Rocks: The History of the Petroleum Industry in Canada and the Maritimes”, that lingers awkwardly in the stuffy air of the basement auditorium of the Museum of Natural History in Halifax. It is clear, from the outset, that Wach knows his topic inside and out.

No Fracking Way

Kelly Eagles — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 23:07:01 +0000

No Fracking Way ~ Provincial Day of Action

James Wiseman — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 21:25:26 +0000

Occupy Nova Scotia presents A Provincial Day of Action - No Fracking Way. A rally against fracking in Nova Scotia during Occupy Nova Scotia's New Years Revolution where member hold an event a day on various topics. Todays being about Fracking.

Needed - complete list of " No Fracking Way" Provincial Day of Action events January 14 2012

Frances Oommen — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 01:42:38 +0000

Could you invite the many "No Fracking/No Oil and Gas groups" from around Nova Scotia to post their local events up on your website?

Please post all events around Nova Scotia.. There arer interested people in Sydney, First Nations. Baddeck, North Shore, South Shore, Truro, Antigonish. etc. They need to have events plaanned for the same day.

A Fracking Discussion Part 2 ~ New Years Revolution ~ Occupy Nova Scotia

James Wiseman — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:13:14 +0000

A Fracking Discussion Part 1 ~ New Years Revolution ~ Occupy Nova Scotia

James Wiseman — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:07:27 +0000