Offshore Drilling

Concerns about spills in Nova Scotia's offshore as drilling starts

Robert DeVet — Mon, 27 Jul 2015 13:39:34 +0000

KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - Recent measures that make drilling for oil in Nova Scotia's offshore easier are raising concern among environmentalists.

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Entrepreneur: Nova Scotia not ready to deal with offshore oil spills

Robert DeVet — Mon, 15 Sep 2014 15:19:18 +0000

K'JIPUKTUK (Halifax) - Offshore oil spills are nasty and cleaning them up is no easy feat.

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Making it go away: oilspills, corexit and Nova Scotia's offshore

Robert DeVet — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 10:49:58 +0000

K'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.

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Blue whale, black oil and the race for the Gulf

Robert DeVet — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 23:47:42 +0000

The world's largest animal is also one of its most vulnerable.

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Offshore exploration for oil and gas too close to Marine Protected Area

Robert DeVet — Mon, 19 May 2014 14:10:56 +0000

Marine biologists raise alarm about Nova Scotia's latest call for bids

K'JIPUKTUK, HALIFAX - Scientists fear that a recently issued call for bids for offshore oil and gas exploration is too clo

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Newfoundland Petroleum Board gives go ahead to oil and gas exploration in Gulf of St. Lawrence

Robert DeVet — Tue, 06 May 2014 19:25:39 +0000

Cape Breton shores vulnerable if oil spill were to occur

K'JIPUKTUK (Halifax) - Just last week the National Geographic ran a story about the lush diversity of life in the Gulf of St.

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Who Ya Gonna Call?

JustinL — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 20:47:00 +0000

The Commissioner of the Environment takes your questions

Some might call Scott Vaughan a modern-day Chicken Little.

But Vaughan is the federal Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development. He would know better than anyone if the sky really is falling.

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