http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/old/taxonomy/term/6315/0 fr http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/who-pays-when-your-well-sucked-dry-and-your-home-contaminated/11214 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Supreme Court denies Port Colborne class action victory, squashes hopes for communities affected by industry across Canada for compensation in the courts </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/rena-and-hermie-nbmcweb.jpg" alt="" title="Rena and Herman Hawthorne lost their water in 1999." 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/bethnixon.jpg" alt="" title="Beth Nixon, spokesperson for the Concerned Citizens of Penobsquis, speaking about the impacts of potash mining and gas exploration and production on her community during a tour of Penobsquis with supporters from Mining Watch Canada and CCNB Action on May 30, 2012. (Photo: Tracy Glynn.)" width="450" height="338" 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/potashcorpminingoperation.jpg" alt="" title="The new and old potash mining operation in Penobsquis, NB. (Photo: Tracy Glynn.)" 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/frackedwell-penob.jpg" alt="" title="A fracked gas well pad site in Penobsquis, NB. (Photo: Tracy Glynn.)" width="450" height="352" 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/diana-ellen-crop.jpg" alt="" title="Diana Wiggins and Ellen Smith outside the Vale (formerly Inco) nickel refinery in Port Colborne, Ontario. Wiggins and Smith have organized for over a decade for the truth to come out about the human health and environmental impacts of the refinery. (Photo courtesy of Diana Wiggins.)" width="369" height="322" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p><i>This article was originaly published by the&nbsp;</i><a href="http://www.nbmediacoop.org/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=2086:who-pays-when-your-well-is-sucked-dry-and-your-home-is-contaminated&amp;catid=82:environment&amp;Itemid=197" rel="nofollow">NB Media Co-op</a>.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/who-pays-when-your-well-sucked-dry-and-your-home-contaminated/11214" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/story/who-pays-when-your-well-sucked-dry-and-your-home-contaminated/11214#comments Tracy Glynn Environnement Santé class action lawsuit NB Media Co-op penobsquis pollution Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:50:08 +0000 Natascia Lypny 11214 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/audio/sinking-feeling/10418 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Penobsquis resident Heather McCabe watches house buckle, bulge, sink </div> </div> </div> <p>Penobsquis, NB -&nbsp;In 2003, when Heather McCabe bought her homestead in Penobsquis, New Brunswick, she thought it would make the perfect sanctuary for special-needs animals.&nbsp;And it did - that is, until her septic pipe rose out of the ground, her walls started to buckle and bulge,&nbsp;and her well went dry.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/audio/sinking-feeling/10418" target="_blank">en lire plus</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/fr/audio/sinking-feeling/10418#comments Miles Howe Environnement frack fracking hydraulic fracturing penobsquis potash Tue, 03 Apr 2012 02:23:59 +0000 Miles Howe 10418 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca