Northern Pulp submits new proposal to Nova Scotia Environment Department cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
HALIFAX Northern Pulp is withdrawing its request for judicial review of a government decision that led to the mill s closure in December 2019, Nova Scotia s environment minister said Thursday. Keith Irving told reporters the company informed him of its decision in a letter received Wednesday confirming the mill will be withdrawing from the province s environmental assessment process. I have my letter dated yesterday from Northern Pulp itemizing the two items that they are withdrawing the current project and the application for judicial review, Irving said following a cabinet meeting. The company had asked the Nova Scotia Supreme Court in January 2020 to quash an order by former environment minister Gordon Wilson requiring Northern Pulp to file an environmental assessment for a proposed effluent facility.
Goldboro LNG Secures Road Access, but Numerous Obstacles Remain
Nine years after announcing tanker shipments would start in 2018, the $10 billion plan for liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from Canada’s Atlantic coast has secured road access to its terminal site but has not begun construction.
Nova Scotia Environment Minister Keith Irving granted the road permit for Goldboro LNG, and owner Pieridae Energy Ltd. filed information that explained the long delay.
The 75-page information form by Pieridae reported that only four of 12 project essentials have been achieved, with formidable obstacles remaining.
Uniper Global Commodities SE, the lone customer for the 4.8 million tons/year (625 MMcf/d) that the first half of Goldboro would pump out identified the essentials.
Province To Protect More Land and Parks
NOTE: A list of proposed protected areas follows the release.
The Rankin government intends to designate 61 more wilderness areas, nature reserves and provincial parks across the province to protect Nova Scotia’s unique biodiversity and habitats for mainland moose, Atlantic salmon, migratory birds and other species.
In celebration of Earth Day – today, April 22 – Premier Iain Rankin and Environment and Climate Change Minister Keith Irving joined Brendan Maguire, MLA for Halifax Atlantic, and Rafah DiCostanzo, MLA for Clayton Park West, for a walk at two of the proposed sites: Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness Area and Herring Cove Provincial Park.
N S announces a slew of new properties to receive legal protection cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.