ACTIVlist Update - August 12, 2016

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Fending off NAFTA in Nova Scotia
NAFTA is a dirty word, especially around Sandy Cove on Digby Neck, Nova Scotia. Back in 2007, people in Sandy Cove won a years-long fight to stop a quarry from being built in their backyards.

1000 fishermen are thrown overboard by the NEB on Day #1 Energy East hearing
It was a stunning public relations blunder by the NEB. On the very first day of the Energy... East review process, instead of welcoming and accepting comments and concerns from a 1000+ fishermen association in Nova Scotia, the three NEB Board members took only two (2) minutes before deciding to strike down their remarks from the hearing record.

Christy Clark, LNG, NAFTA and Market Fundamentalism
Christy Clark’s fracking and liquified natural gas (LNG) dreams are being faced with a strong dose of reality. Michael Smyth recently published an insightful article on the government's new strategy for the up coming election.

The Department of National Defence has serious concerns about the Energy East pipeline
The Department of National Defence has serious concerns about the Energy East pipeline according to an article by CBC/Radio-Canada.

NEB Energy East hearings start in Saint John
It’s a beautiful day in the heavily-industrialized town of Saint John today, but I am stuck inside with the National Energy Board and TransCanada for day 1 of the Energy East intervener hearings.

Catherine McKenna meets Environment Ministers today in Halifax
Environment Minister Catherine McKenna is in Halifax today for a meeting with the region’s ministers of the environment, and her visit is steeped in fossil fuel and indigenous justice issues.

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MEDIA RELEASE: Environmental Health Expert: Critical questions remain unanswered as capacity of tank farm/terminal doubles in Red Head, Saint John

MEDIA RELEASE: Risk of Energy East to Water and Atlantic Coast Too Great Groups Tell NEB on First Day of Hearings in Saint John

ACTION ALERT: SOS: Send a message in a bottle to your Member of Parliament!



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