For Immediate Release ALTON GAS BRINE RELEASE SIX TIMES ABOVE WHAT IS CONSIDERED DELETERIOUS TO FISH Newly released information further calls Industrial Approval into question [Sipekne’katik District]– In recently released documents accessed through Access to Information and Freedom of Information legislation, Water Protectors have learned that Alton Gas’ current plan to release high concentration brine…
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Sipekne’katik makes strong case to UARB on Alton Gas consultation issues
from NS Advocate by Robert Devet As we reported earlier, the Nova Scotia Utilities and Review Board (NS-UARB) is deciding whether to extend a construction permit for the Alton Gas underground storage caverns to 2023. One of the issues the Board is pondering is consultation with Mi’kmaq treaty holders, including Sipekne’katik. Alton Gas has argued that…
Alton Gas water protectors vow to fight injunction while Feds announce new regulations for brine disposal
from NS Advocate, by Robert Devet As widely reported Alton Gas last week filed an injunction with the Nova Scotia Supreme Court, hoping to force Mi’kmaq water protectors and their allies to abandon the site where the company intends to dump brine into the Shubenacadie River. Any structures would also be removed if the injunction is granted….
Alton Gas lacks DFO permission to carry on work, delays project completion until 2021
Originally posted by the Council of Canadians. Water protectors in summer 2017 celebrate grandmother Josephine Mandamin visiting the Treaty Camp against Alton Gas. This week Alton Gas officially announced their project won’t be completed until 2021, a full 11 years after their original completion date. Information about this project has been hard to get,…
OPINION: Nova Scotia is sinking, and fracking would cause ‘bumps’ and quakes
This op-ed was originally posted on the Chronicle Herald. Photo credit: Chronicle Herald On the subject of fracking, I commend the government of Nova Scotia when it states that all information possible must be considered. Here are some facts to consider. There is no question that someone might make money in extracting the trapped gasses…
Alton Gas criminalizing grassroots Mi’kmaq water protectors
For immediate release February 12 2018 Alton Gas criminalizing grassroots Mi’kmaq water protectors Efforts to protect treaty rights and water result met with aggression and threats of legal action Sipekne’katik/Fort Ellis — Alton Gas has posted signs outside the Treaty Camp at the Shubenacadie River naming water protectors on site as trespassers and criminals. Grassroots…
Alton pipeline could pass through proposed protection area
Originally published in the Chronicle Herald by Frank Campbell, published November 29 2017 This Stewiacke River area is on the list of potential new protected areas, but is not a designated wilderness area yet. (NOVA SCOTIA DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENT) A parcel of land in southwestern Colchester County is a wilderness protection area in waiting. But…
FUNDRAISER: Strawbale House at the Treaty Camp
“We do it for the water” Mi’kmaq water protectors and allies are building a strawbale house at the front gates of the Alton Gas site, and could use some financial support. The work site is located on the banks of the Shubenacadie river, where Alton wants to dump salt brine equivalent to 3170 tons of hard…
Halifax Stands with Water Protectors – Show & Silent Auction fundraiser
Water protectors are on the front lines at the mighty Shubenacadie River resisting Alton Gas. They are doing crucial work to protect the water for all of us. With winter coming, they need our support to keep them warm and safe. ***We are currently seeking donations for the silent auction.*** These contributions could be anything…
Block (Alton Gas) Party
We’re having a Block (Alton Gas) Party at the Treaty Truckhouse! Sept 9, 1pm… with Hip-hop artists Lee Reed and Testament from Test Their Logik, and local Spoken Word star El Jones. All proceeds from the show and the penny auction will go towards Mi’kmaq-led frontline resistance to the Alton Gas project. This is a great excuse to visit and support…
