New opportunities available on the Volunteer Hub! We launched theNSEN Volunteer Hubin 2021. Our goal is to see this new tool become a powerful one-stop-shop that benefits environmental initiatives in every corner of the province. Your participation can help make that happen!
All NSEN member organizations can post their volunteer positions on the Volunteer Hub, where our network of volunteers can view and apply for opportunities that fit their interests.
NSEN has recently hosted Webinars with Teacup Tiny Homes and the Halifax Cycling Coalition. Our next webinar is taking place on March 1 at 7:00pm focused on localized climate projections for Nova Scotia with the Climate Services Specialist for the province of Nova Scotia, Alex Cadel.
Welcome New Member The Confederacy of Mainland Mi'kmaq!
Diocesan Environment NetworkCongratulations on 10 years of caring for creation!
KAIROSCongratulations on 20 years of spirited action for justice!
ScotianShoreswould like to wish you a Happy Valentine's Day! Thank you for contributing your red, pink, and white cleanup findings that were used in this art piece.
Scotian Shores is working to clean up Nova Scotia's coastline. They have removed over 100,000 pounds of plastic and other waste from the ocean so far. They are currently fundraising to purchase a truck to assist them in future cleanups.
The questions were posed by Tynette Deveaux (Sierra Club Atlantic) and answered by Jason Hollett (NSECC). Because Waterkeepers found the department’s responses sometimes incomplete, evasive, or simply incorrect, we have appended Waterkeeper responses (highlighted in yellow) to Mr. Hollett, for clarity, after each reply.
The most troubling part of NSECC’s responses is the abandonment of responsibility for issuing a very poorly considered approval, and an ongoing refusal to monitor effects that approval may have on off-site water resources for abutting taxpayers and the entire community of St. Croix Cove.
Nova Scotia Environmental News
Atlantic Gold Mining N.S. Inc. pleads guilty to environmental charges
The company has admitted it breached both federal and provincial environmental laws by failing to properly test for the level of sediments in water that could be hazardous to fish habitat. It also failed to regularly report findings to the government as required.
N.S. Power drops proposed fee that opponents said would destroy solar industry
Nova Scotia Power has announced it will withdraw its application for a solar net metering charge following days of outcry from homeowners, green energy companies and elected officials over the controversial plan.
Northern Pulp asks court to order settlement negotiations with N.S.
The owner of Northern Pulp is trying another approach to get Nova Scotia to pay for the closure of its Pictou County mill two years ago.
Last week, the company made an application to the Supreme Court of British Columbia — where parent-company Paper Excellence is headquartered — for a court-appointed mediator to bring the parties together and negotiate a settlement.
Proposed open-pit mine in Nova Scotia threatens traditional hunting grounds says Mi’kmaw chief
He says the dam will permanently destroy the area. “You take that away from them, then they don’t have anything and that’s a direct infringement on their rights as Indigenous people, direct infringement on their right to provide for their own families.” says Gloade.
Have you heard? The SOI Foundation has launched its summer program aboard the Polar Prince icebreaker - Students on Ice: Cape Breton & Sable Island. Youth in Canada aged 14-24 interested in conserved and protected areas, climate change, and ocean literacy are encouraged to apply.
Take walking group leader training online on March 22 (registration deadline March 20) through NS Walks, a project of Hike NS, supported by the Province of Nova Scotia and our communications partner, the Healthy Tomorrow Foundation through their Make Your Move campaign.
The Council of Canadians and 350.org are organizing a national day of action to call attention to Justin Trudeau’s 3-year-old promise to create a Just Transition Act. The South Shore Chapter is planning a staged March 2030 press conference that will use street theatreto announce the many positive social, environmental, and economic changes since the promised Just Transition Act was enacted (say in 2023), triggering comprehensive planning and integrated initiatives. It is an event to envision and underscore what could and should happen with better leadership from our federal government.
Contact to join and/or help organize the March 12, 2022 event in the Mahone Bay area.
From water and auto shredder residue tests proving contaminated leachate has escaped confinement, to letters and presentations, to songs and parodies, Annapolis Waterkeepers continues to publicly share FOIPOP information around the toxic non-compliance of Arlington Heights C&D Landfill and the failures of NSECC to enforce the Environment Act. Citizens deserve to be aware of how government departments are operating in their communities so that they may hold them accountable for threats to human and environmental health.
#FireworksHurt Encourage the Nova Scotia government to enact a ban on the sale and use of consumer fireworks. Join 10,000+ others and sign the petition.
Every Wednesday we share a Nova Scotia Nature Photo on our Facebook and Instagram pages. Have you taken photos of beautiful places around the province? Share them with us for a chance to be featured on our page!
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