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What to Do After You’re Dead in Newfoundland & Labrador
There’s no avoiding your final destination. But there are lots of options—with different costs and carbon footprints—for relinquishing the body you leave behind.
Elizabeth Whitten
April 22, 2022
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News
Calls Mount for Province to Plug Leaking Shoal Point Oil Wells
The Province has documented oil leaks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence since asking the federal government for $1 million to stop the pollution four…
Justin Brake
October 14, 2021
News
Province, Feds Squabble Over $1M Oil Leak Cleanup
In 2017, Siobhan Coady asked the federal government to pick up tab on leaking abandoned oil wells on Shoal Point.
Justin Brake
October 5, 2021
Commentary
The Nonagenarian’s Notebook
Why is Canada far behind other countries in switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources?
Ed Finn
May 20, 2018
Commentary
The Green Space
Does the NL government have the same environmental policies as President Trump?
Douglas Ballam
May 12, 2018
Commentary
The Nonagenarian’s Notebook
Scorpions, icebergs and cancer cells
Ed Finn
April 1, 2018
Commentary
The Nonagenarian’s Notebook
Who benefits from government policies? Usually just the rich and powerful.
Ed Finn
March 11, 2018
Commentary
FANE: It’s time to talk about ecology in Newfoundland and Labrador
Kyla Bruff
February 21, 2018
News
Province moving closer to plastic bag ban
"We do not need this plastic in our environment," says environment minister after Liberal Party joins a growing call to ban single-use plastic bags in…
Justin Brake
December 8, 2016
The Green Space
Planning by a thousand cuts
After too many years of arbitrary budget cuts, it’s time to put some serious thought into our wildlife agency.
Douglas Ballam
August 29, 2016
The Green Space
Will the Liberals bring back conservation?
Environment Minister’s mandate letter is a hopeful sign.
Douglas Ballam
January 20, 2016
Letters
Continuation of Muskrat Falls abusive and neglectful
"The time for excuses is gone. The time for action is now."
admin
January 5, 2016
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City of St. John’s buries environment, again
It was only a few years ago we discovered St. John's City Council had ‘forgotten’ it’s own mandate to have an Environmental Advisory Committee (EAC)…
Sheilagh O'Leary
October 27, 2015
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