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Shell drilling in Shelburne Basin gets federal OK
No major environmental effects, says ministerShell Canada has received the green light to begin exploratory drilling off the coast of Nova Scotia later this year. The project cleared its final...
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Opinion: Are Leona Aglukkaq and Stephen Harper fucking crazy?
We all better hope that the people running Shell Canada are not as stupid as the people currently running our government. Because the devastation caused by a major oil and gas drilling blowout can be...
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Shell oil spill off Shelburne could pollute major fisheries, says ocean group
John Davis is the director of the newly formed Clean Ocean Action Committee, which he says is comprised of fishermen’s organizations and concerned individuals on Nova Scotia’s South Shore.In a Sept 4...
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Belliveau requests emergency meeting on Shell drilling plan
It’s important that members of [Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board] are given a chance to hear those concerns at the Resources Committee.”Queens/Shelburne MLA Sterling Belliveau is calling...
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Protest against Shell Oil's 21-day emergency plan a lively affair
Participants in "No to 21 Days!" sing-in & speak-in (photos by Alex Buchanan) When local singer/songwriter Cathy Cook heard that part of Shell Canada's plan for deep water drilling off Shelburne's...
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Opinion: Too much risk in Shelburne Basin offshore oil development
There is no public health expert, no environmental assessment expert, no representative of the fishery industry, no expert on marine ecology, no First Nations representative, no expert on oil spills,...
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Shell revises 21-day blowout plan
After criticism from a bevy of environmental groups and a challenge from the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board, Shell Canada Ltd. has submitted a revised plan for capping blowouts off the...
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Drill, baby, drill... Shell gets OK in Shelburne Basin
The Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (CNSOPB) has issued an Operations Authorization to Shell Canada Limited (Shell Canada) allowing the commencement of the Shelburne Basin Venture...
View ArticleNDP demand answers on Shell’s 13 day blowout capping plan
NDP Fisheries critic Sterling Belliveau and Energy and Environment critic Denise Peterson-Rafuse are demanding answers from the McNeil government concerning the recent approval of Shell’s plan to do...
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Opinion: Answers demanded on oil spill issues
Canadian scientists are...indicating with increasing insistence that dispersant laced oil is a major threat to commercial [fish] stocks.A Fall, 2015 report The Royal Society of Canada expert panel,...
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