Northern Pulp gets rules for environmental assessment
Northern Pulp has received the terms of reference it must use in an environmental assessment for its proposed reopening of the Pictou...
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Friends of the Northumberland Strait is a community group concerned about Northern Pulp’s proposed wastewater treatment facility and its potential impact on the environment. Our goal is to create a better future together by protecting the water, air, land and resources of our region, so that we can thrive for
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Northern Pulp.... Round 3
Northern Pulp’s Environmental Assessment Registration Document (EARD) was accepted by Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change (NSECC) on December 7 2021, kicking off the EA process for a Class II Environmental Assessment of Northern Pulp's latest proposal for a new effluent treatment facility.
Terms of Reference (TOR) for Northern Pulp's required Environmental Assessment report were released by NSECC on March 14, 2021. Northern Pulp has two years to complete their EA report. In the meantime, the company is suing the province of Nova Scotia for $450 million.
The Change Is Real
After 53 years of air and water pollution from a bleached kraft pulp mill, the air is lighter and the water is clearer in Pictou County and in neighbouring communities.
#thechangeisreal
#nogoingback
"The date is the date."
- Chief Andrea Paul -
Pictou Landing First Nation
For 53 years, Pictou Landing First Nation endured air and water pollution from pulp mill effluent that flowed into their sacred A'se'k (Boat Harbour). Since 1991 the NS Government has broken multiple promises to Pictou Landing First Nation to stop the pollution and return A'se'k back to a tidal estuary. On December 18, 2019, Premier McNeil kept his promise and honoured the Boat Harbour Act. Pulp effluent no longer runs into Boat Harbour and the site is currently under going a federal environmental assessment for remediation.
