Working with local volunteers and organizations, Sierra Club Atlantic is pushing for just solutions to climate change from local, regional, and national perspective.
PUBLIC FORUM: EXPLORING RENEWABLE ENERGY OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEWFOUNDLAND & LABRADOR
When: 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, Friday, May 18
Where: Foran Room, St. John’s City Hall, St. John’s, NL
The proposed Muskrat Falls hydro development project has spurred considerable debate about the future of energy production and consumption in our province. This public forum is meant to contribute to this discussion and present information on the opportunities for municipalities, businesses and home owners to become renewable energy producers.
Speakers:
Neal Livingston, Renewable Energy Developer and Policy Advocate (Nova Scotia): The renewable energy opportunity – examining alternatives to large hydro development. Visit www.blackriver.ns.ca for more background.
Councillor Sheilagh O’Leary, City of St. John’s: New wind turbine development regulations for the City of St. John’s... Read more »
Sierra Club Atlantic Petition to Ban Fracking to be Presented to NS Legislature
On Thursday, April 5th, at approximately 9 am NDP MLA Gary Burrill will present Sierra Club Canada-Atlantic Chapter’s petition calling for a legislated ban on hydraulic fracturing to the Nova Scotia Legislature.
The petition garnered over 2500 signatures collected in a couple of months and hundreds of these signatures were collected by High School student Chris Dufour.
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Background Report for Regional Public Transit in the Northeast Avalon
2011-11-30
Background Report for Regional Public Transit in the Northeast Avalon
The Regional Public Transit Coalition (RPTC) which was founded in 2011 is a citizen-led group actively engaging with interested municipalities, academics, non-governmental organizations, businesses, students, and concerned citizens to develop and implement a regional public transit system in the Northeast Avalon region, given that the Avalon region represents 51% of the province’s population (Statistics Canada, 2010a).
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Intervention in the CNSC Point Lepreau Relicensing Decision
2011-11-12
[To find out more about the Canada Nucelar Safety Commission (CNSC) hearings, please go here.]
To: CNSC Interventions
From: Sierra Club Canada, Atlantic Canada Chapter
Re: Intervention in the CNSC Point Lepreau Relicensing Decision
Date: 12 November 2011
In the notes below we offer our comments and perspective as an intervenor in CNSC’s hearing regarding the restart (and fuel loading) for the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station, for the “Day Two” session of this hearing, to be held in Saint John, NB on 1-2 Dec. 2011.
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Press Conference Questioning the Restart of Point Lepreau
21 November, 2011
The Lepreau Decommissioning Coalition invites New Brunswick, and regional and national media representatives to a press conference that will take place at:
10 a.m. on Wednesday, November 30th in Room 1 of the Saint John Public Library, Market Square in uptown Saint John.
We’ll be introducing our panel of experts, including:
Michel Duguay, Ph.D. in nuclear physics, professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Laval University, and Director of MSQN (Movement for a Nuclear-Free Quebec);
Gordon Edwards, Ph.D. in mathematics and President of the Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility (CCNR: www.ccnr.org);
Sharon Murphy and Chris Rouse of CCNB Action (Saint John/Fundy chapter).
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