http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/old/taxonomy/term/2919/0 en http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/nova-scotia-electro-state/5199 <div class="field field-type-text field-field-subhead"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Renewable energy expert Neal Livingston says Nova Scotia will export its renewable energy and keep the coal burning </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/tufts_cove.jpg" alt="" title="Tuft&#039;s Cove power plant in Halifax - Photo by Glenn Euloth" width="450" height="306" 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/iscoalstillking_nov_19_hfx-51.jpg" alt="" title="Neal Livingston speaking at The Hub in Halifax. November 19, 2010 - Photo by Allan" width="450" height="163" 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/solar_hot_water_heater.jpg" alt="" title="An evacuated-tube solar hot water heater on a roof." width="450" height="338" class="imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default"/> </div> </div> </div> <p>Nova Scotia could soon follow in the footsteps of the Alberta tar sands energy boom. But instead of exporting upgraded bitumen, Nova Scotia &ndash; the province with the 4th largest amount of greenhouse gas emissions - would play a rather ironic role: that of renewable energy exporter.</p> <p><a href="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/nova-scotia-electro-state/5199" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/nova-scotia-electro-state/5199#comments Tom MacDonald Environment Ideas corporations Emera hydroelectric dam interview New Brunswick New England Newfoundland Nova Scotia Renewable energy Dominion Stories Sun, 21 Nov 2010 02:16:10 +0000 macdonaldtomw 5199 at http://halifax.mediacoop.ca