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We sure miss having Joyce Murray as minister of Fisheries and Oceans facebook.com/share/YAizJDgv…
Labour Min Seamus O'Regan Jr didn't understand legally required enviro review before endorsing World Energy GH2. He didn't understand right-to-strike before ordering WestJet mechanics back to work. On 2nd he was corrected by Canada Labour Board. This is NL's senior rep in fdl cabinet
On the EnviroWatch NL podcast, Robert and Glenn question the quality of the Government of Newfoundland & Labrador vetting project for wind energy projects that ended up with Ravi Sood as one of the winning bidders. youtube.com/watch?v=lNpXCs…
32 years after shutdown of northern cod—biggest layoff in Cdn history/loss of 10s of thousands of people—Ottawa makes foolhardy dec to reopen fishery to foreign/domestic draggers, breaking written promise to inshore fleet. God help us Paddy Daly Premier of NL The Broadcast
Everwind gets a rough ride on the Burin Peninsula. All across the province, citizens are saying no to these mammoth wind energy developments. Are you listening, Government of Newfoundland & Labrador ? ntv.ca/everwind-fuels…
Can't say we were surprised but it's still a punch in the gut to see Government of Newfoundland & Labrador choose John Risley's wind adventure over environmental protection. A sad day for NL. #nlpoli cbc.ca/news/canada/ne…
Yet more evidence that wind-to-hydrogen projects like World Energy GH2 don't make enviromental or business sense.
Any strategy to protect the Atlantic salmon has to deal with destructive aquaculture. Are our governments willing to take on the global fish-farm industry? Not Premier of NL Andrew Furey, that's for sure. cbc.ca/news/canada/no…
As backlash builds against the return of draggers to the cod fishery, EnviroWatch NL sits down with fisheries scientist Abe Solberg of the FFAW-Unifor to ponder the question of the hour -- what was Fisheries and Oceans thinking? youtube.com/watch?v=LumnqH…
New episode: the challenge facing the new Qalipu First Nation council, and saying goodbye to Don Pelley. shows.acast.com/mikmaq-matters…