Contrary to earlier predictions, sediment texture in the Bay of Fundy is unlikely to change if we introduce large-scale tidal power development, according to the head of Dalhousie University’s Oceanography Department. Sediments in the Gulf of Maine are also unlikely to change much with the installation of tidal turbines in the Minas Passage, Paul Hill...
Political Manipulation Could Derail Nova Scotia’s Cap and Trade System
Political expediency seems to be motivating the design of Nova Scotia’s carbon pricing system, potentially creating negative consequences for the environment and economy. Last week, the province released a discussion paper on its proposed cap and trade system to comply with the federal government’s plan for a pan-Canadian carbon price. Public comments on this plan […]
The McNeil government’s carbon-reduction plan probably won’t work, say experts
亲爱的,让我重写。大多数参与者在yesterday’s panel discussion called “Cap-and-Trade 101” at Dalhousie University expressed concerns about the first draft of a policy released by the provincial Environment Department Wednesday. If enacted, that will put a price on carbon next January in compliance with a directive from Ottawa. According to panelist Jason Hollett,...
Testing the Limits: Critical Boreal Felt Lichen Habitat in Halifax County Slated to be Wiped Out
Last week, several new forest blocks totalling 171 hectares (422 acres) appeared on the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources’ Harvest Plans Map Viewer. The blocks, posted by the Abercrombie pulp giant Northern Pulp, are located in the Twin Lakes area of Halifax County, roughly 2.5 hours from Halifax, an hour inland from Sheet Harbour. […]
What the frack? Hydraulic fracking may be allowed in Nova Scotian waters
Canada’s push to protect 10 per cent of its marine areas by 2020 won’t face opposition from Nova Scotia’s offshore petroleum regulator. But the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board won’t stand in the way of offshore fracking. Carl Makrides, the board’s resources director, faced questions recently about whether the organization will need to push back on some...
Bombs in the Basin
"Thousands and thousands of rounds of ammunition" litter the floor of the Bedford Basin, says John McCallum.
The floor of Bedford Basin is still littered with ammunition scattered by the explosion of a military magazine more than seven decades ago. The July 1945 blast started when a barge at the Bedford Magazine jetty caught fire and blew up. “We know, for sure, that there’s thousands and thousands of rounds of ammunition that...
Biomass, Freedom of Information, and the Silence of the DNR Company Men
Part 5: Publicly funded information — not available to Nova Scotians — was provided to pipeline company based in Texas.
Documents show that the Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources provided publicly funded forest age class data, currently being withheld from the public, to Texas-based Bear Paw Pipeline Corporation Inc., a firm set to build a natural gas pipeline in DNR Minister Lloyd Hines’ riding of Guysborough-Eastern Shore-Tracadie. In December 2016, Nova Scotia Environment (NSE) […]
Six steps for making the Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Park a reality
Several months have passed since Halifax Regional Council voted down a sprawling development proposal for the Birch Cove Lakes. That near-unanimous decision to save the future regional park was an important moment for the city. The mayor and councillors chose to listen to the public (1,420 letters were submitted, nearly all in favour of the […]
Biomass, Freedom of Information and the Silence of the DNR Company Men
Part 4: The Case of the Disappearing Forest Age Class Data
This article is Part 4 in Linda Pannozzo’s series: Biomass, Freedom of Information and the Silence of the DNR Company Men. The proceeding articles are: Part 1: Reporter Linda Pannozzo discovers just how hard provincial bureaucrats worked to ignore her questions. Part 2: An Open Letter to the FOIPOP Review Officer Part 3: What Happened When This […]
Ken Johnson wants to put 1,000 robots in the ocean
Johnson and other scientists want to know how climate change is affecting the oceans and their fisheries.
Before Ken Johnson was a chemical oceanographer deploying thousands of robots into seas around the globe, he was a commercial salmon fisherman in the Pacific Northwest, earning his way through university. “All through high school and college I made my living by killing Canadian salmon,” Johnson, now the senior scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium...
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