Author: protectoffshorens
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Nova Scotia’s Risky Love Affair With Big Oil: Why We Need a Public Inquiry
Nova Scotia’s Risky Love Affair With Big Oil: Why We Need a Public Inquiry “….We settle for the same inadequate science, the same muzzling of DFO scientists and the suppression of other expert input, the same political cowardice in the face of corporate pressure, the same exclusion of the voices of those who fish, not…
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‘Huge implications for everyone’: Fishermen urged to take notice, action on offshore petroleum exploration issues
‘Huge implications for everyone’: Fishermen urged to take notice, action on offshore petroleum exploration issues/Kathy Johnson/Tri-County Vanguard/Sept 24, 2018
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NS Municipalities vote in support of a moratorium on offshore drilling
WIN! Districts of Shelburne and Lunenburg support offshore drilling inquiry! /Council of Canadians/Sept 25, 2018
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Suncor dumps poisons into the Atlantic
Drilling fluid spills from Suncor’s Transocean Barents rig/ Apr 28, 2018/CBC
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“the other half of the story” on offshore drilling.
In response to a set of so-called “Fact Sheets” published by the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (CNSOPB), CPONS has published a matching set that underlines the facts the CNSOPB sheets gloss over or leave out: Press Release Rebuttal Sheets_Summary
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Lunenburg Town Hall Video
BP, the company responsible for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, plans to start exploratory drilling in offshore Nova Scotia this spring. This operation was recently approved by Environment Canada, just before the federal government passed legislation to download environmental assessment responsibilities to the industry-packed offshore petroleum boards. This spells trouble…
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Proposed offshore drilling puts lucrative fishery at risk
Canadian Senator Wilfrid Moore of NS: “a democratic process has yet to be put in place with regard to the current BP application. It should be. Soon. Time is of the essence. Our elected federal representatives should lead this very important democratic exercise.” Proposed offshore drilling puts lucrative fishery at risk/Senator Wilfrid Moore/ COMMENT, LighthouseNOW/…
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Trump’s offshore drilling plans make one Nova Scotia fish processor very nervous
Georges Bank ‘too important to risk,’ says Nathan Blades of Sable Fish Packers Trump’s offshore drilling plans make one Nova Scotia fish processor very nervous
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How Oil Lobbyists Pressured Canada to Allow Drilling in a Marine Park
“…draft regulations for the proposed 11,619 square-kilometre protected area allow oil and gas exploration and drilling for much of the year. In addition, the government has reduced the size of the protected area by more than one-third from what was originally planned.” How Oil Lobbyists Pressured Canada to Allow Drilling in a Marine Park
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Why Do Our Governments Act Like Subsidiaries of the Oil Companies?
What happens to a society when a commodity and those who have been made rich by it takes control of economic and political decision making? What happens when commercial benefit tops the interest of the vast majority of citizens? Why do our governments act like subsidiaries of the oil companies?
CAMPAIGN TO PROTECT OFFSHORE NOVA SCOTIA 