Category Archives: Pulp & Paper

#nopipe rally to occur in Halifax Dec 18, 2018

Posted on December 15, 2018 by admin

UPDATE Dec 18, 2018 Northern Pulp due in court to seek injunction against fishermen’s blockade The Canadian Press on CBC “About 80 people gathered outside Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax on Tuesday to protest the proposed pipeline..Kathy Cloutier, a … Continue reading →

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McNeil & Co firm on closure of Boat Harbour, vague on plan B (Biomass, Biofuel, Biorefinery and Bioeconomy)

Posted on December 14, 2018 by admin

The government should be explicit (public and transparent) about the options it is exploring and talk to more than just the advocates for Biomass, Biofuel, a Biorefinery and the Bioeconomy before taking us further down that path Update/Comment Dec 15, … Continue reading →

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Australian songwriter & visual artist Mark Lang on Boat Harbour

Posted on December 6, 2018 by admin

Australian songwriter & visual artist Mark Lang has released a 6 min video highlighting pollution and environmental racism associated with Boat Harbour. PICTOU LANDING FILM – BOAT HARBOUR & THE MILL, posted without ads on YouTube on Dec 5, 2018, … Continue reading →

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We need a cost-benefit analysis of the Northern Pulp situation

Posted on November 27, 2018 by admin

So comments Paul Pross in an op-ed in the Chronicle Herald yesterday (Nov 26, 2018), responding to a CH editorial on Nov 22 titled “N.S. stuck in a muddle”. Unfortunately, neither item is publicly available. Here are a couple of … Continue reading →

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New Brunswick filmmaker asks ‘Is our forest really ours?”

Posted on November 6, 2018 by admin

Nova Scotians are asking the same question as we wait for the government to respond to the Lahey Report and clearcutting continues unabated on Crown lands In Filmmaker exposes corporate capture in forestry in New Brunswick (The New Brunswick Media … Continue reading →

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PC Leadership candidates comment on Boat Harbour/Northern Pulp

Posted on October 25, 2018 by admin

Only Tim Houston has stated clear concerns about the EA process UPDATE Oct 26, 2018: Houston got the nod UPDATE Nov 2, 2018: SURETTE: After meandering in woods, Nova Scotia Tories finally find a clearing In Interviews conducted by the … Continue reading →

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A Reminder: 500 days to go until the closure of Boat Harbour

Posted on September 17, 2018 by admin

“…and NP still hasn’t filed for their environmental assessment on a new treatment facility” Some of the Comments on Post GJH: The industrial approval for Northern Pulp also ends on this date. TMD: Clean up the Pictou County Pulp Mill. … Continue reading →

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Public Accounts provide some numbers on Nova Scotia DNR Grants and Contributions to private industry

Posted on August 15, 2018 by admin

In checking up on some claims on a Facebook page about how many $ the NS Government sinks into one of our Industrial Forestry operations, I was directed to NS Public Accounts as one of the sources for the figures. … Continue reading →

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While we wait for the Independent Review of Forest Practices in Nova Scotia, Port Hawkesbury Paper hires ex-DNR forest bioenergy advocate

Posted on August 15, 2018 by admin

Government (post yesterday) and industrial forestry interests are hardly waiting for the Report from the Independent Review before going ahead with strategic decisions, it seems. The latest: Former top bureaucrat at DNR lands job at Port Hawkesbury Paper (Aaron Beswick … Continue reading →

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Fri July 6, 2018: Major event to protest The Pipe

Posted on July 2, 2018 by admin

” On Friday July 6, Pictou harbour will fill with fishing and pleasure boats and the Pictou waterfront with citizens gathered for the first major Nova Scotia #NOPIPE Land & Sea Rally in support of a healthy Northumberland Strait. “We … Continue reading →

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