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Battle at Our Shores/Mick Green - oil & gas struggle continues Documentary film "Battle at Our Shores " To Air Thursday 24 January, 7:30 pm at Colonel Grey High School, Charlottetown & at the Digby NS Community College board room at 4:30 PM, Jan. 24. This same highly acclaimed film by Cape Breton filmaker Neal Livingstone will also be shown in Halifax at Cinema PIRGatory in the Killam library (Dalhousie) at 7PM on Jan. 24. Neal and Mick Green (scientist) will be in attendance! More info on purchase, etc. on the film at www.blackriver.ns.ca. ALSO: On Jan. 24 Mick Green, an environmental scientist from Wales, will be giving a talk at the (Halifax) Dalhousie Law School at 12:00. The title of the talk is Oil and Gas: Comparing Regulation and Policy in Atlantic Canada and Europe. Contact EAC for more info (429-2022). He will also be talking at the Marine Issues Committee meeting on Jan. 25 at 4:00 at EAC. Please come out to learn and to talk about the important issue of petroleum development on inshore fishing grounds of the Gulf of St Lawrence. Acknowledging the Southern Gulf as the most important marine area in eastern Canada, Dr Loutfi of McGill University told Environment Canada back in 1973 that the Gulf should not be put at risk of any petroleum drilling or processing, and steps should be taken to minimize risks from tanker traffic. Today, DFO and Environment Canada acknowledge that this is a highly sensitive, important and vulnerable marine ecosystem well endowed with fish spawning and nursery grounds; seabird colonies; seal whelping areas; critical migratory pathways for many species including tuna; scallop, lobster and snow crab habitat; and many endangered and at risk species including various whales, leatherback turtles and sea birds. Since the collapse of Gulf groundfish stocks in the 1970's and 80's the remnant stocks have taken refuge along the Cabot Trail shore (known to the oil industry as parcel 1), and these same stocks, which have barely started to recover, overwinter on the Sydney Bight shore. Pelagic fishes such as herring and mackeral follow the same migratory pattern. Parcel 1 and the Bight are the most critical habitats we have for commercial fish stocks and they are also exactly where the petroleum companies want to do their dirty work - seismic blasting, drilling, spills, dumping of muds, cuttings and other toxic waste, building of pipelines etc. Imagine the Gulf turning out like parts of the British coast or the highly polluted Gulf of Mexico where drill rigs are now known to be extreme toxic hotspots. Imagine a polluted urban seascape just beyond our beaches, criss-crossed with pipelines, including a curtain of industial sound pollution that (according to world bioacoustic expert Dr Chris Clark) could severely disturb feeding, breeding and migratory activities of fish and marine mammals. Air pollution from the flaring from nearshore wells could bring home human health problems such as those enumerated by Alberta health expert Dr Jim Argo : chloracne, miscarriage, nervous system and immune system impairment etc etc. Fishermen throughout the Gulf are rightfully concerned, as are First Nations, tourism operators, seafood processors, aquaculturists and, of course, environmentalists and other concerned citizens. We have fought this development for 3 years and now have the opportunity to testify at a public review hearing. The PEI hearing is in Montague's Rodd Marina Inn, 10 am to 6 pm on Friday 25 January. Please come out and express your concern. See you at the movie on Thursday! Dr Irene Novaczek Save Our Seas and Shores Coalition PS from Jan: January 31 will be the last day of hearings at Wagmatcook (near Baddeck). Hunt Oil asked for and got permission to give the last presentation. ...Ultimately though, it is up to us, whether we allow the oil industry to have "the last word"... Please note that people can make oral presentations at the hearing even if they are not registered to speak as long as there is time. It is equally important to share your thoughts with the public by submitting a letter to the editor and elected officials. The email address of the Commission is prc@tec.uccb.ns.ca and website is www.publicreview.ns.ca. Their toll free number is 1 800 554-0515 -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- The preceding message was posted on the Sustainable Maritimes mailing list (sust-mar). http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/lists/sust-mar -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- Volunteer moderator: Paul Falvo mailto:sust-mar-owner@chebucto.ns.ca To submit a message to sust-mar (subscribers only!), please send it to: mailto:sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca PLEASE SEND MESSAGES TO SUST-MAR IN PLAIN TEXT ONLY MESSAGES CONTAINING HTML (MIME) CANNOT BE POSTED
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