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A controversial proposed wind farm in Colchester County has gotten the thumbs up from the provincial Department of Environment and Climate Change. .The project faced significant local opposition from groups such as Sustainable Northern Nova Scotia and Protect Wentworth Valley. In their written submissions to the environmental assessment process, the groups argued that land clearing for the wind farm would displace vulnerable species and require the clearing of forest.
Augy Jones, the principal of the Nova Scotia Community College's Akerley campus and a former leader within the provincial Education Department, has been appointed to a government panel that will aim to address environmental racism in Nova Scotia.