Aethne Hinchliffe

Canadians Care for Climate Change

Aethne — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 18:16:55 +0000

Canadians gather across the country taking place in more than 300 climate change demonstrations.

“Emissions here, emissions there, emissions every day! The tories know that one day soon the earth will have to pay. Hey!” sang a group of protestors to the tune of Jingle Bells.

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Time for an Oil Change 2

Aethne — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:28:38 +0000

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Greenwashing Away Nova Scotia's forests

Aethne — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 14:46:03 +0000

Biomass is not a 'green' energy source, say environmentalists

“This is slash and burn. This is destroy the province,” says Barbara Markovitz, co-chair of the Eastern Shore Forest Watch.

Markovitz lives in Calm Harbour on the Eastern Shore where Northern Pulp Ltd. is whole-tree clear-cut harvesting for biomass energy. “Residents in the area are very upset, shocked and appalled,” she says.

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