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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 years ago.
Justin Brake
October 14, 2021

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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
CommentaryThe Nonagenarian’s Notebook
Why is Canada far behind other countries in switching from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources?
May 20, 2018
CommentaryThe Green Space
Does the NL government have the same environmental policies as President Trump?
May 12, 2018
CommentaryThe Nonagenarian’s Notebook
Scorpions, icebergs and cancer cells
April 1, 2018
CommentaryThe Nonagenarian’s Notebook
Who benefits from government policies? Usually just the rich and powerful.
March 11, 2018
FANE: It’s time to talk about ecology in Newfoundland and Labrador
Commentary
FANE: It’s time to talk about ecology in Newfoundland and Labrador
February 21, 2018
Province moving closer to plastic bag ban
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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
Planning by a thousand cuts
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.
August 29, 2016
The Green Space
Will the Liberals bring back conservation?
Environment Minister’s mandate letter is a hopeful sign.
January 20, 2016
Letters
Continuation of Muskrat Falls abusive and neglectful
"The time for excuses is gone. The time for action is now."
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)…
October 27, 2015
Republic of Oil
Turning the page
The next chapter of our story begins with the coordinated and well-executed effort to replace Stephen Harper with Justin Trudeau. But if we want to…
Justin Brake
October 20, 2015