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Environmental Assessment Bulletin
February 21, 2025 Environmental Assessment Bulletin The Honourable Lisa Dempster, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, has announced the following relative to Environmental Assessment – Part 10 – of the Environmental Protection Act. UNDERTAKING REGISTERED: Doyles Beaver Pond Quarry (Reg. 2345) Proponent: Jeremy’s Construction Ltd. The proponent is proposing to develop a quarry extension of 10.4 […]
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Environmental Assessment Bulletin
February 13, 2025 The Honourable Lisa Dempster, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, has announced the following relative to Environmental Assessment – Part 10 – of the Environmental Protection Act. UNDERTAKING REGISTERED: Beaver Brook Bridge Removal (Reg. 2344) Proponent: Gander Bay Indian Band Council (GBIBC) The proponent is proposing to remove a collapsed bridge located […]
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Domtar Funds Indigenous-Led Conservation in Canada
FORT MILL, SC, Feb. 12, 2025 – Domtar Corporation has announced an investment of $135,000 as a funder of First 30×30 Canada, a program focused on supporting Indigenous-led conservation projects in Canada. Through the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, more than 190 countries have committed to protect 30% of their lands and waters by 2030 (“30×30”). […]
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Minister Dempster Announces Funding for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Projects
February 12, 2025 Today, the Honourable Lisa Dempster, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced a $12-million investment in the province’s Climate Change Challenge Fund. The Climate Change Challenge Fund is a competitive, application-based grant program open to the private sector, not-for profit organizations, public sector bodies or boards, municipal governments, and Indigenous organizations to […]
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Province Seeks Indigenous Input to Preserve Caribou and Cultural Ties – VOCM
Feb 11, 2025 The Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture says they will be reaching out to Indigenous groups in Labrador to “secure the future” of local caribou herds and protect the “deep cultural relationship” that exists with Indigenous peoples. Last week, charges were stayed against seven members of the Innu Nation who were accused […]
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‘It’s a tool, it’s an ally’: Why an Indigenous-led burning group wants to change California’s relationship to fire – Capradio.org
February 3, 2025 Kayley Walker is no stranger to fire. It’s a force that’s painted all parts of her life — like as a kid, when she’d watch her grandfather light piles of dried sticks and brush at the family ranch. That’s a good memory for Walker, and one she counts among her first experiences […]
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Environmental Assessment Bulletin
January 31, 2025 The Honourable Lisa Dempster, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, has announced the following relative to Environmental Assessment – Part 10 – of the Environmental Protection Act. UNDERTAKINGS RELEASED: Crown Zone 1 Five-Year Forestry Operating Plan Amendment District 1 (2022-2026) Proponent: Department of Fisheries, Forestry and Agriculture (Reg. 2340) The project has […]
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Parks Canada contributes another $1.3 million for ecological corridor work in Canada
From: Parks Canada January 30, 2025 Projects in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia will improve ecological connectivity and help private land stewards, partners, and Indigenous governments voluntarily conserve 300 acres of land. The Government of Canada is committed to protecting biodiversity and conserving 30 per cent of land and inland waters and 30 per cent […]
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Federal minister signs off on province’s Boat Harbour cleanup plan – CBC
Jan 28, 2025 Steven Guilbeault’s decision comes with a long list of conditions to satisfy The Nova Scotia government has a green light from Ottawa for its $425-million plan to remediate Boat Harbour, but it comes with a long list of conditions that includes continuing to look for another site to store contaminated sludge in […]
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New Wind Farm Will Fight Climate Change, Create Jobs
January 27, 2025 Environment and Climate Change A new wind farm will make more clean, low-cost energy in Nova Scotia, creating jobs, stabilizing power bills and helping fight climate change. The Melvin Lake wind farm has received its environmental assessment approval to proceed. It is owned by ABO Energy Canada and the Eskasoni, Potlotek, We’koqma’q […]
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