On Friday, the Donkin coal mine in Cape Breton got the green light to continue running until 2029 from the provincial government’s Environment and Climate Change department.
Some environmental groups are unhappy that Nova Scotia's minister of environment and climate change is fronting an anti-carbon tax campaign to raise funds for the PC Party of Nova Scotia.
"I’ll be honest, I’m scared about this one," Nova Scotia climate campaigner Tynette Deveaux told supporters as post-tropical storm Fiona approached Friday.
Nova Scotia's Donkin coal mine reopened this week. But it won't be required to follow federal cap-and-trade rules, meaning greenhouse gas emissions from the site will continue unchecked.
More than a dozen roof cave-ins, 152 warnings, 119 compliance orders, 37 administrative penalties and a series of provincial stop-work orders. Nova Scotia's Donkin coal mine reopened this week, begging the question: what has changed?