http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/10472/0 fr http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/right-clean-water-harrietsfield-nova-scotia/34153 <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_2882_0.jpg" alt="" title="Harrietsfield community member Marlene Brown holds up a faucet rusted away by her toxic water. Concerned residents have been shuffled around various levels of governance. [Photo: R. Hussman]" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p><em>This op-ed was originally posted by <a href="http://www.ecelaw.ca/" rel="nofollow">ECELAW</a>, an organization that encourages&nbsp;the development and fair application of innovative and effective environmental laws in Atlantic Cana</em></p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/right-clean-water-harrietsfield-nova-scotia/34153" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/right-clean-water-harrietsfield-nova-scotia/34153#comments ECElaw Environnement ECELaw Harrietsfield Sat, 21 Nov 2015 15:08:21 +0000 Robert DeVet 34153 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/harrietsfieldtoxicwater <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Councillor Steve Adams, toxic water and broken promises </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/page450/18427047485_fcf20ed2c2_o.jpg" alt="" title="Marlene Brown, a Harrietsfield resident of over 30 years, stands across from RDM Recycling and educates community members about the pollution from the site, how to test their wells and where to get safe water from. [Photo: R. Hussman]" width="450" height="300" 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/page450/18240391709_45aa3df73c_o.jpg" alt="" title="RDM Recycling, at 1275 Old Sambro Road, has been closed since 2013. Since then, nothing has been done to clean up the site or help the residents with their contaminated lakes and drinking water supply. [Photo: R. Hussman]" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> <div class="field-item odd"> <img src="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/18426616155_de182d9216_o.jpg" alt="" title="The RDM Recycling facility at 1275 Old Sambro Road has been shut down since January of 2013. Residents would repeatedly try calling the number listed to report after-hours activity, but there would be no answer. {Photo: R. Hussman]" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>HARRIETSFIELD, NOVA SCOTIA -- Residents of the Harrietsfield community were surprised when Steve Adams showed up to their community meeting on May 22, 2015.</p> <p>&quot;We have been asking him over the last 6 years to come to our meetings,&rdquo; says Marlene Brown. &quot;He never came to the other ones.&quot;</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/harrietsfieldtoxicwater" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/harrietsfieldtoxicwater#comments Rebecca Hussman Environnement #Halifax Harrietsfield HRM Rebecca Hussman Steve Adams toxic water uranium Thu, 04 Jun 2015 15:45:20 +0000 Miles Howe 33624 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/war-water-harrietsfield-nova-scotia-part-two/33599 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> A heartbreaking fight for a basic right </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/marlene1_copy.jpg" alt="" title="Marlene Brown, who has taken up a lead role in fighting for safe water in the community within the last 6 years, says that the nearby lakes are no longer safe to swim in due to the high levels of aluminum. [Photo: Rebecca Hussman]" width="450" height="300" 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/img_2876.jpg" alt="" title="High levels of metals have corroded pipes and faucets in the Harrietsfield - Williamswood area. [Photo: Rebecca Hussman]" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>HARRIETSFIELD, NOVA SCOTIA -- The people of Harrietsfield and Williamswood have a whole range of problems stemming from their close proximity to a poorly managed construction and demolition recycling facility at 1275 Old Sambro Road.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/war-water-harrietsfield-nova-scotia-part-two/33599" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/war-water-harrietsfield-nova-scotia-part-two/33599#comments Rebecca Hussman Harrietsfield Fri, 29 May 2015 15:55:54 +0000 Miles Howe 33599 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/waronwaterinharrietsfield <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Over decades, multiple levels of government have passed on monitoring, addressing, toxic water </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/img_2882.jpg" alt="" title="Harrietsfield community member Marlene Brown holds up a faucet rusted away by her toxic water. Concerned residents have been shuffled around various levels of governance. [Photo: R. Hussman]" width="450" height="300" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>HARRIETSFIELD, NOVA SCOTIA -- Members of the Harrietsfield-Williamswood community, in Nova Scotia, have lacked access to safe water for decades.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/waronwaterinharrietsfield" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/waronwaterinharrietsfield#comments Rebecca Hussman Harrietsfield Tue, 26 May 2015 16:13:16 +0000 Miles Howe 33589 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/contaminated-wells-harrietsfield-connected-constru/20424 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> HRM continued to license C&amp;D operation after Ministerial Order to clean up site </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/marlene_brown_dec2013_0.jpg" alt="" title="Marlene Brown fills water jugs at St. Paul&#039;s Church in Spryfield." width="450" height="450" 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/marlene_brown_2_2013.jpg" alt="" title="Marlene Brown: &quot;The results were just being filed away in cabinets.&quot;" width="450" height="600" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p class="p1">K&#39;JIPUKTUK, HALIFAX -&nbsp;When Melissa King bought her home on Old Sambro Road in 2010, a water test done by the former owners showed arsenic in her well&ndash;<a></a></p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/contaminated-wells-harrietsfield-connected-constru/20424" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/contaminated-wells-harrietsfield-connected-constru/20424#comments Erica Butler Environnement Governance Santé construction and demolition waste Harrietsfield HRM landfill lead Nova Scotia RDM Recycling uranium water Environment Halifax News Fri, 13 Dec 2013 19:34:26 +0000 Erica Butler 20424 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca