http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/2286/0 fr http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/public-focus-game-changer-offshore-oil-exploration/33840 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/800px-defense.gov_photo_essay_100506-n-6436w-023.jpg" alt="" title="Oil from the Deepwater Horizon on the move in the Gulf of Mexico. Environmentalists fear that a similar scenario could play out in Nova Scotia unless more rigorous controls are put in place. So far regulation has been far too lax, they believe. Photo Louisiana GOSHEP, Flickr" width="450" height="321" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - Shell&#39;s plans to drill for oil in Nova Scotia&#39;s offshore have hit rough water.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/public-focus-game-changer-offshore-oil-exploration/33840" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/public-focus-game-changer-offshore-oil-exploration/33840#comments Robert Devet Environnement bp CNSOPB offshore oil exploration Shell Tue, 01 Sep 2015 14:16:44 +0000 Robert DeVet 33840 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/21-days-later/33829 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Shell retiree sits on Board that will decide if company can wait weeks to cap offshore blowouts </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/8443290932_8e64c9aebc_o.jpg" alt="" title="Pictured is the Deep Panuke MOPU (Mobile Offshore Production Unit) at Mulgrave, Strait of Canso - July 13 2011 [Photo: celticpixl via flickr]" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) -- The final decision on if Shell Canada is allowed to wait 21 days before capping any blowouts at a deep-water drilling site off the coast of Nova Scotia will be made by the CEO of a board that includes a former Shell employee as one of its members.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/21-days-later/33829" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/21-days-later/33829#comments Tim Groves Environnement Governance bp CNSOPB Shell Thu, 27 Aug 2015 13:05:25 +0000 Miles Howe 33829 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/concerns-about-spills-nova-scotias-offshore-drilli/33779 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/energy_ns.jpg" alt="" title="With drilling on Nova Scotia&#039;s offshore about to start and an approval regime that many consider lax, environmentalists believe an oil spill with disastrous consequences for marine wildlife and Nova Scotia&#039;s beaches is a real risk. Photo NS Environment" width="450" height="219" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - Recent measures that make drilling for oil in Nova Scotia&#39;s offshore easier are raising concern among environmentalists.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/concerns-about-spills-nova-scotias-offshore-drilli/33779" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/concerns-about-spills-nova-scotias-offshore-drilli/33779#comments Robert Devet Environnement bp CNSOPB Offshore Drilling Shell Mon, 27 Jul 2015 13:39:34 +0000 Robert DeVet 33779 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/entrepreneur-nova-scotia-not-ready-deal-offshore-o/31661 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img-20130515-00674.jpg" alt="" title="David Prior, a Nova Scotia entrepreneur, believes that current technologies to deal with offshore oil spills are ineffective. He says he&#039;s received more interest in his solutions abroad than in Canada. Photo contributed. " width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>K&#39;JIPUKTUK (Halifax) - Offshore oil spills are nasty and cleaning them up is no easy feat.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/entrepreneur-nova-scotia-not-ready-deal-offshore-o/31661" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/entrepreneur-nova-scotia-not-ready-deal-offshore-o/31661#comments Robert Devet Environnement bp CNSOPB Corexit dfo Nova Scotia Offshore Drilling oil tankers oilspill Shell Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:19:18 +0000 Robert DeVet 31661 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/making-it-go-away-oilspills-corexit-and-nova-scoti/31388 <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/oil-on-glove_0.jpg" alt="" title="Oil from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico on Louisiana&#039;s shores. Photo Office of the Governor of the State of Louisiana" width="450" height="311" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>K&#39;JIPUKTUK (Halifax) - A chemical known as corexit 9500 will be the main line of defense if an oilspill occurs once Shell starts drilling exploratory wells offshore of Nova Scotia.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/making-it-go-away-oilspills-corexit-and-nova-scoti/31388" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/making-it-go-away-oilspills-corexit-and-nova-scoti/31388#comments Robert Devet Environnement bp CNSOPB Nova Scotia Offshore Drilling offshore oil exploration oilspill Shell Mon, 11 Aug 2014 10:49:58 +0000 Robert DeVet 31388 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/offshore-exploration-oil-and-gas-too-close-marine/30713 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Marine biologists raise alarm about Nova Scotia&#039;s latest call for bids </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/bottlenose-whale-photo-unknown.jpg" alt="" title="The endangered bottlenose whale is a year-round resident of the Sable Gully, a Marine Protected area. A cal for bids for oil and gas exploration adjacent to the Gully has marine biologists worried. Photo H. Moors" width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item even"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/gully-map.gif" alt="" title="The Sable Gully has been a marine protected area for ten years. This large and deep submarine valley or canyon sustains a wide variety of marine wildlife. Map DFO" width="247" height="170" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>K&#39;JIPUKTUK, HALIFAX -&nbsp;Scientists fear that a recently issued <a href="http://www.callforbids.ca/" rel="nofollow">call for bids</a> for offshore oil and gas exploration is too clo</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/offshore-exploration-oil-and-gas-too-close-marine/30713" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/offshore-exploration-oil-and-gas-too-close-marine/30713#comments Robert Devet Environnement bp CNSOPB Lindy Weilgart MPA Nova Scotia Offshore Drilling Oil Spill Sable Gully seismic testing Shell Tonya Wimmer WWF Mon, 19 May 2014 14:10:56 +0000 Robert DeVet 30713 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/drilling-oil-coast-nova-scotia/20615 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Fear of spills has environmentalists concerned </div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-image"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/2_bluenose-sailing-past-rig.jpg" alt="" title="Plans of BP and Shell to drill for oil off the Nova Scotia coast raise the spectre of oil spills such as the one caused by the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Are we doing enough to prevent it? Photo Nova Scotia Environment" width="380" height="253" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>K&#39;JIPUKTUK, HALIFAX - After a long period of non-activity offshore oil is once again a hot ticket in Nova Scotia.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/drilling-oil-coast-nova-scotia/20615" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/drilling-oil-coast-nova-scotia/20615#comments Robert Devet Environnement bp Nova Scotia oil Shell Fri, 03 Jan 2014 14:23:11 +0000 Robert DeVet 20615 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca