CPAWS celebrates panel?
The Nova Scotia Chapter of the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) is very pleased with the recommendations of a joint federal-provincial review panel that was tasked with reviewing the potential environmental impacts of a proposal basalt quarry for Digby Neck, Nova Scotia.
The Whites Point quarry and marine terminal would see approximately 2 million tonnes of rock each year blasted from Digby Neck and shipped to New Jersey for use as aggregate.
The review panel is an independent body consisting of three experts in geology, oceanography, and regional planning and resource development. After thorough consideration of literally thousands of submissions and reports from government departments, scientists, community members, environmental groups, and others on this project, the panel has recommended that this project be rejected due to significant adverse environmental impacts as well as irrevocable impacts to quality of life for local communities.
?ǣHaving witnessed the extraordinary efforts of dedicated local citizens to take control of their fate and the fate of Digby Neck, and to have their opposition to this project known, I?
The Whites Point quarry and marine terminal would see approximately 2 million tonnes of rock each year blasted from Digby Neck and shipped to New Jersey for use as aggregate.
The review panel is an independent body consisting of three experts in geology, oceanography, and regional planning and resource development. After thorough consideration of literally thousands of submissions and reports from government departments, scientists, community members, environmental groups, and others on this project, the panel has recommended that this project be rejected due to significant adverse environmental impacts as well as irrevocable impacts to quality of life for local communities.
?ǣHaving witnessed the extraordinary efforts of dedicated local citizens to take control of their fate and the fate of Digby Neck, and to have their opposition to this project known, I?
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