Project Nujio’qonik & the Environmental Assessment “Act” (Ep. 13)

Did we learn anything from Muskrat Falls and the public inquiry that followed? Surely, a multi-billion dollar project with significant resistance from locals wouldn’t be pushed through without a social license…again? 

That’s exactly what residents of the West Coast say is happening with World Energy GH2’s Project Nujio’qonik, a proposed wind-to-hydrogen megaproject that would see hundreds of windmills scattered across the Port au Port Peninsula and the Codroy Valley.

Residents are watching in horror as the company and the province appear to be rushing the project through the approvals process in order to be first to market.

In this episode, we speak with Port au Port resident Duran Felix, a retired analyst who spent his career reviewing documents for Canada’s military and has reviewed World Energy GH2’s 4,000-plus page environmental impact statement. We also speak with Camille Ouellette-Dallaire, an assistant professor of environmental science at Memorial University’s Grenfell campus in Corner Brook who once worked for the federal government reviewing environmental impact statements.

For some backstory, listen to berrygrounds Episode 2: Port au Port and the Wind Industry Acid Test.

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The songs “Depth of Focus” and “Fearful New World” are courtesy Shane Ivers of Silverman Sound Studios.