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The Ticking Clock on Climate

Miles Howe — Wed, 06 May 2015 13:52:35 +0000

Elizabeth May and Tom Duck have some homework for you...

KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - The scientific community says planet Earth is fast approaching boiling point, but for some reason, the Canadian government isn’t feeling the heat.

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Donkin coal mine may reopen

Robert DeVet — Mon, 15 Dec 2014 17:23:05 +0000

Safety and environmental record of US coal mine operator not good, critics say

K'JIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) – The potential reopening of the Donkin coal mine may bring much-needed jobs to Cape Breton.

But at what cost to miners' safety and the environment?

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Neighbours From Hell

Miles Howe — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:55:27 +0000

Think you've got it bad? Try living next door to Nova Scotia Power's Trenton Generating Station

HILLSIDE, NS – Down Boyles Road, on a spit of land his family has inhabited for three generations, Peter Boyles, of the Trenton-Hillside Environmental Watch Association, stares pensively out his south-facing kitchen window.

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Cape Breton Coal Mining Plans Inching Forward

bsichel — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 11:46:08 +0000

In an age of climate change, controversial multinational seeks to re-open Donkin mine

Halifax - Erdene Resource Development Corp., and giant multi-national coal exporter Xtrata, continue to move through federal environmental regulatory hurdles to re-develop the Donkin coal mine project in Cape Breton.

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