News releases from Environment (April 2008 - Feb. 2021) (Page 3)

Nova Scotia joined the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) Inc. today, May 14, as the province develops a new cap and trade carbon pricing program, required by the federal government by the end of the year.

Cleaning up Boat Harbour in Pictou County will undergo a detailed Class II environmental assessment process under the province’s Environment Act.

New greenhouse gas reporting requirements are now in effect to support the province’s cap and trade program.

Government will soon hire a prosecutor to focus on the environment.

The Nova Scotia Department of Environment has granted a temporary exemption to allow film plastic from Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) to go to a landfill.

Three appeals against a quarry in Halifax Regional Municipality, operated by Scotian Materials Ltd., have been dismissed.

Lafarge Canada Inc. has filed an application for an industrial approval to use tires as a low-carbon fuel.

Environment Minister Iain Rankin will attend the 23rd annual Council of the Parties conference in Bonn, Germany.

The Department of Environment is taking action to improve its operations to ensure environmental protection, to address recommendations outlined by the auditor general today, Nov. 1.

The province is making changes to its air quality regulations that will allow a successful mercury diversion program to continue.

Environment Minister Iain Rankin has issued a ministerial order to Northern Pulp Nova Scotia Corporation today, Oct. 10, requiring the company to address issues with its power boiler.

Amendments to the Environment Act introduced today, Sept. 29, will allow Nova Scotia to develop a cap and trade program.

Nova Scotia has received feedback on its proposed cap and trade program to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The Department of Environment has issued four new approvals for pesticide spraying covering about 1,654 hectares.

Environment Minister Iain Rankin has given an environmental assessment approval, with conditions, to Lafarge Canada Inc. for a one-year pilot project with used tires as a low carbon fuel for one of its kilns in Brookfield, Colchester Co.

The Department of Environment has issued an industrial approval to Scotian Materials Ltd. for a quarry in Halifax Regional Municipality.

Les températures plus chaudes signifient que les Néo-Écossais doivent surveiller la prolifération d'algues bleues dans les lacs et les rivières.

As the weather gets warm, Nova Scotians should watch for blue-green algae blooms in lakes and rivers.

Un déversement de mazout domestique pourrait avoir une incidence sur la qualité de l'eau du lac Fletcher, à Fall River.

ENVIRONMENT—Fletcher Lake Water Quality