On April 23, NOFRAC presented the Standing Committee on Natural Resources with a summary of studies relating to unconventional natural gas development published since the Wheeler Report. The summary overview concludes “The studies provide no
Press release For immediate release, April 4 2018 BUSINESSES, ORGANIZATIONS CALL FOR FRACKING MORATORIUM TO REMAIN Diverse opposition to fracking calls for protection of water, farming, tourism, health (Nova Scotia) – Forty businesses and organizations
Find a PDF of the letter here. April 4, 2018 To: Premier Stephen McNeil Energy Minister Geoff MacLellan In 2014 Nova Scotia banned fracking following an extensive democratic process including a government-commissioned independent review, a
Click through to read our Hydraulic Fracturing letter to municipal councillors in response to Guysborough warden Vernon Pitts’ push for municipalities to request that Nova Scotia’s ban on hydraulic fracturing in shale be lifted. This letter rebuts Pitts’
Nova Scotia Fracking Resource and Action Coalition Disappointed with Approval of Bear Head LNG plant Although NOFRAC has chosen to focus our work on ensuring hydraulic fracturing would not take place in Nova Scotia, we
This week, the Ecology Action Centre released a report based on science as well as local information from a freedom of information review, that directly impacts Nova Scotia communities and residents. Coalbed methane (CBM) is
Dr. Michael Bradfield is an economist who served on the Nova Scotia Independent Review of Hydraulic Fracturing. Yet his name does not appear on any of the chapters in the Hydraulic Fracturing Review Final report.
Bill 6 is the Government’s Bill on Hydraulic Fracturing. It will amend the Petroleum Resources Act to prohibit hydraulic fracturing in shale formations. The bill has been presented in the Legislature, and will go to
On September 24, NOFRAC sent a letter to the Minister of Energy, Andrew Younger, with suggestions for points that the upcoming legislation should contain. The full text of the letter follows. September 24, 2014 Honorable
We are pleased with the announcement of legislation to ban fracking this fall, and look forward to seeing the details. Thank you for all your hard work, and please consider writing a thank you note
