For Immediate Release – 23 April 2018 (HALIFAX) – Thirty members, guests, and observers of the Green Party of Nova Scotia gathered this weekend at the L’Arche Hall in Wolfville. The weekend marks the second Annual General Meeting since the Party’s near-dissolution in 2016. In the last year, leadership reported that the membership has more...
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Green Party Supports Friends of Northumberland Strait: #nopipe
Federal and provincial Green Party leaders joined the Friends of Northumberland Strait in Pictou on Saturday, April 14, at an event to show their support for the #nopipe movement. “It’s obvious to any Nova Scotian who visits the site that Boat Harbour is an ecological disaster. No pipe! It’s time to think about what can...
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Cynical political manoeuvring? Frack that.
Last week, Stephen McNeil told the Halifax Chamber of Commerce that he is willing to consider lifting the ban on hydraulic fracturing if a community builds local support for it. His comments are strategic political manoeuvring. The Liberal party, which introduced the ban on fracking, now wants to make it clear to everyone that maintaining...
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On the Promise of Wealth and Selling our Environmental Riches
By Thomas Trappenberg, PhD, Leader, Green Party of Nova Scotia I listened to Premier Rachel Notley’s strong words yesterday on the radio, and I agree with her that we need a strong leadership. I also understand that the oil industry is currently a strong component of Alberta’s (and hence Canada’s) industry. Where I don’t agree...
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Green Party Leader Says “No Fracking Way!”
Green Party leader Thomas Trappenberg commends the government’s ongoing commitment to the moratorium on fracking. Trappenberg adds that he will fight any future decision to allow fracking in the province: “I have three words for anyone who would gamble Nova Scotia’s groundwater on such a pipeline dream: no fracking way.” With fracking put to bed,...