oil

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

Energy East, the New Brunswick Chiefs, and Angie Leonard's proposal

Miles Howe — Mon, 09 Nov 2015 16:45:08 +0000

Docs show pipeline communication block led to organizational meltdown

KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) -- Internal documents obtained by the Halifax Media Co-op suggest that something has gone very wrong with the Aboriginal consultation file in New Brunswick over Trans Canada's proposed Energy East pipeline.

All roads lead to Corexit

Miles Howe — Wed, 04 Nov 2015 17:08:09 +0000

Other aspects of Shell's blowout response plan doubtful in real-time

Shell Oil is moving steadily through the regulatory process which will allow the drilling of exploratory wells on the edge of the Scotian Shelf in an area known as the Shelburne Gully. It looks very much as if this process on the Scotian Shelf will become a major offshore oil play for many years to come.

Blue whale, black oil and the race for the Gulf

Robert DeVet — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 23:47:42 +0000

The world's largest animal is also one of its most vulnerable.

Newfoundland Petroleum Board gives go ahead to oil and gas exploration in Gulf of St. Lawrence

Robert DeVet — Tue, 06 May 2014 19:25:39 +0000

Cape Breton shores vulnerable if oil spill were to occur

K'JIPUKTUK (Halifax) - Just last week the National Geographic ran a story about the lush diversity of life in the Gulf of St.

Hunt for oil in the Gulf of St. Lawrence intensifies

Robert DeVet — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 20:26:13 +0000

Oil spills could affect Nova Scotia shores

K'JIPUKTUK (Halifax) - Mary Gorman think she knows why it is difficult to get people to pay attention to the perils of offshore oil and gas exploration.

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.

Drilling for oil off the coast of Nova Scotia

Robert DeVet — Fri, 03 Jan 2014 14:23:11 +0000

Fear of spills has environmentalists concerned

K'JIPUKTUK, HALIFAX - After a long period of non-activity offshore oil is once again a hot ticket in Nova Scotia.

Coast to Coast, Oil and Water Don’t Mix

Natascia Lypny — Sat, 04 Aug 2012 14:15:33 +0000

Anti-oil pipeline activist on the Enbridge Northern Gateway Project and why Nova Scotians should care about it, too

The proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway Project has been the catalyst for fiery debates over the relationship between energy, the environment, the economy and human rights — and provided a test for which of these the Canadian government holds highest in its esteem.

Who Ya Gonna Call?

JustinL — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 20:47:00 +0000

The Commissioner of the Environment takes your questions

Some might call Scott Vaughan a modern-day Chicken Little.

But Vaughan is the federal Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development. He would know better than anyone if the sky really is falling.

This Lake Ainslie Project Is Another Boat Harbor In The Making!

Ahni — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:59:16 +0000

Below, an open letter from members of the Waycobah Nation concerning the Lake Ainslie exploration project near West Lake Ainslie in Cape Breton. The Toronto-based company PetroWorth Resources Inc.