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Nineteen years after the PC government of Pat Binns brought in a moratorium on new high capacity irrigation wells, the P.E.I. government of Dennis King signalled Thursday that moratorium will soon come to an end.
Bill to (finally) create an ombudsperson passes 2nd reading in P.E.I. legislature
Legislation to create an office for an ombudsperson passed second reading in the P.E.I. legislature Tuesday. If the bill becomes law it would make Prince Edward Island the last province in Canada to have the position, meant to investigate citizen complaints regarding government services.
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Damage from a decade of deforestation will take a generation to fix, says P.E.I. environment minister
P.E.I.’s Minister of Environment Steven Myers told the legislature Thursday it will take a generation to repair the environmental damage caused by the last decade of deforestation on the Island.
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Steven Myers says forested land decreased 20% from 1990 to 2020 with most of that loss in the past decade
Posted: May 06, 2021 9:16 PM AT | Last Updated: May 7
P.E.I. s environment minister says the province s next State of the Forest report, based on an aerial survey of the Island done once per decade, could show a drastic decrease in the amount of forested land on P.E.I.