Ecology Action Centre

Cancellation of Renewable Energy Feed-in Program is disappointing, says Ecology Action Centre

Robert DeVet — Thu, 13 Aug 2015 17:44:21 +0000

KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) -- The Ecology Action Centre says that a program that encourages community

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Successful Walk to School program provided long-term benefits

Robert DeVet — Fri, 12 Jun 2015 14:27:33 +0000

Ecology Action Centre calls cuts shortsighted

KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - On Tuesday, ParticipACTION released a report giving Canadian children and youth a failing grade f

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Fighting shoreline erosion

Robert DeVet — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 16:13:48 +0000

Small Halifax park to showcase natural solutions to natural problems

Erosion is causing damage to the Halifax Regional Municipality's 400 kilometres of shoreline. But environmental activists believe that building more and more rock walls isn't the answer.

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Clearcutting the neighborhood – a community fights back

Robert DeVet — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 18:20:55 +0000

K'JIPUKTUK, HALIFAX - We will soon find out what happens when local residents say no to clearcutting in their community.

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DNR and the disappearing science

Robert DeVet — Fri, 29 Aug 2014 15:02:11 +0000

Nova Scotia forests, not a renewable resource after all?

K'JIPUKTUK, HALIFAX - Northern Pulp, Pictou's infamous pulp and paper plant, needs wood. Lots of wood.

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Nova Scotia Fracking Panel Visits Halifax

Zack Metcalfe — Tue, 29 Jul 2014 17:58:33 +0000

Nova Scotia's independent fracking panel, headed by Dr. David Wheeler of Cape Breton University, tours the province to discuss the findings of their review. They have been heavily criticized by environmental organizations and concerned Nova Scotia citizens for suggesting hydraulic fracturing is safe without adequate scientific backing.

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Feeding the Boiler - NS Power's biomass plant and the health of our forests

Robert DeVet — Thu, 10 Jul 2014 16:14:11 +0000

K'JIPUKTUK, HALIFAX - It started with a couple of anonymous phone calls to the Ecology Action Centre reception desk, sometime last fall.

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Draft plan shows sensitive forests in Western Nova Scotia open for harvesting

Robert DeVet — Thu, 26 Jun 2014 18:16:09 +0000

Government biologists ignored by Department of Natural Resources

K'JIPUKTUK, HALIFAX - When a government-assembled team of scientists and other experts set to work to identify ecologically sensitive areas within a large tract of Western Nova Scotia forest lands

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Farmers’ markets help grow Nova Scotia’s economy

Robert DeVet — Fri, 23 May 2014 00:52:14 +0000

New study shows economic impact of markets in the province

K'JIPUKTUK (Halifax) - It was more than twenty-years ago when farmer Alan Stewart first began to sell his family’s produce at the weekly Wolfville Farmer’s Market.&nbsp

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Texas company proposes Energy East pipeline extension to Cape Breton

Robert DeVet — Sat, 15 Feb 2014 18:29:51 +0000

Concerns about Cape Breton Island, Strait of Canso

K'JIPUKTUK (Halifax) - If it were up to a Texas company the Energy East pipeline wouldn't end in Saint John, New Brunswick.

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Citizen Budlakoti, women & Wikipedia, GM salmon goes to court and honouring Rocky Jones.

Erica Butler — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 14:50:28 +0000

The Tide Podcast, Episode 3

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Eat or Heat

Natascia Lypny — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 18:03:56 +0000

Ruthless treatment of poor by Nova Scotia Power showing signs of weakening

HALIFAX — For many people on low income, paying the power bill isn't easy. During the winter, it can become a matter of what to sacrifice: eat or heat, feed your kids and pay the rent or have your power disconnected and freeze.

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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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Voices for our Coast: Holiday Edition

Going Coastal — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 12:58:05 +0000

The Ecology Action Centre has been interviewing people from across Nova Scotia to find out what people love about our magnificent coast, what concerns them about the coast, and what people think needs to be done to better protect and manage the coast. This video features 6 more 'Voices' for our coast.

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Rally for Nova Scotia Forests

PalBou — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 01:41:27 +0000

Approximately 400 people attended Rally for our Forests in front of the provincial legislature on Friday, many traveling from outside HRM to be there for the 10am start. Jamie Simpson, the forest program coordinator with the Ecology Action Centre, planned the rally to “join in a public show of support for the future of Nova Scotia's forests and the communities that depend on them.”

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