Nova Scotia is experiencing a fourth gold rush, this one far more disruptive and destructive than the underground gold mining of centuries past. While the ore is no longer processed using mercury, and arsenic-laden tailings are no longer simply dumped into streams and the landscape as they were from historic mines in the province, the […]
Nova Scotia Power: the Houston government says ‘no option is off the table’
The best option would be to make the private utility public again. But don't bet that will be on the table.
Blame Donnie Cameron. During the early 1990s, Donald William Cameron became the unelected, less than one-term premier of Nova Scotia. In 1991, Cameron replaced disgraced Progressive Conservative Premier John Buchanan, who abruptly quit in the middle of more simultaneous scandals than I can even remember to take a Senate sinecure in Ottawa. In his first […]
Halifax committee debates what to do about leaky Williams Lake dam
Halifax councillors are considering sending a direct message down the street to Province House: do your dam job. Council’s Environment and Sustainability Standing Committee received two presentations and a staff report at its virtual meeting on Thursday about the Williams Lake dam. The dam, originally constructed in the 1700s for industry — a mill and...
Atlantic Gold pleads guilty to environmental charges; prosecutors propose slap-on-the-wrist fines
Provincial court judge Alana Murphy has reserved decision on whether Atlantic Mining NS Inc., which does business in Nova Scotia as Atlantic Gold, should pay a total of $250,000 in fines and contributions for failing to comply with federal and provincial environmental regulations at its open-pit Touquoy gold mine at Moose River, an hour’s drive […]
Should Halifax list its ‘climate action tax’ separately? Councillors aren’t sure
Halifax councillors want staff to detail the pros and cons of listing a proposed new climate action tax separately on property owners’ tax bills. Municipal staff have recommended council approve a 3% increase to the average property tax bill to pay for climate action outlined in HalifACT 2050. It’s part of an overall proposed increase […]
Nova Scotia Power to withdraw its proposed “System Access Charge” on ratepayers with solar panels
Yesterday, Nova Scotia Power said it was delaying the start date of its proposed “System Access Charge” on ratepayers with solar panels by a year, from Feb. 1, 2022 to Feb. 1, 2023. But facing strong condemnation from the Houston government, the company is today reversing course, saying it will withdraw its application to the Utility and […]
Aquaculture Review Board could set problematic precedent with decision on Rattling Beach fish farm, advocates say
The province’s Aquaculture Review Board (ARB) failed to hear community concerns and hold industry to account in its first decision involving a salmon farm, environmental advocates say. On January 28, more than two months after a hearing before the ARB, the new decision-making body approved an application from Kelly Cove Salmon Ltd. (KCS) to expand […]
Halifax councillors to consider intervening in Nova Scotia Power solar fee proposal
A Halifax regional councillor wants the municipality to intervene in Nova Scotia Power’s proposal to charge a new fee for solar power. The utility included the proposed fee, $8 monthly for every kilowatt of installed capacity, in its application to the provincial Utility and Review Board (UARB) to hike power rates 10% over the next […]
新斯科舍省功率延迟一年的开始its proposed charge on ratepayers with solar panels
Nova Scotia Power is delaying by a year the start of its proposed “system access charge” on ratepayers who install solar panels on their houses or buildings. The charge would have come into place for all solar systems installed after today (February 1, 2022); but the power company now says it is moving the start […]
Delivery of power from Muskrat Falls to Nova Scotia delayed yet again
A report filed January 14 with the Public Utilities Board in Newfoundland reveals ongoing delays associated with the transmission portion of the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project, pushing back by another two months the transmission of the bulk of hydro power to Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia Power is relying on the hydro project to generate up […]
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