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--Apple-Mail-429-854208516 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; delsp=yes; format=flowed I might be treading on dangerous ground by sending this note, which =20 appeared from Jen Graham on the Coastal Issues list, from the Nova =20 Scotia Environmental Network's Election Readiness Caucus. Here are =20 one paragraph, and then links for more information. Anyone who might =20= be turned off by this can just DELETE it, but anyone who does so =20 should feel really guilty about it. We all owe it to our environment =20= and future generations to study this and ask candidates about =20 particular aspects of environmental parts of platforms. Cheers from Jim in Wolfville. ----------------------- GREENS TOP CLASS, NOVA SCOTIA MAJOR PARTIES GIVEN FAILING GRADES ON =20 THE ENVIRONMENT Halifax, NS =96 Top political parties are failing the environment =20 according to grades released today by the Nova Scotia Environmental =20 Network (NSEN) Election Readiness Caucus. Overall grades were =20 assigned based on parties=92 responses to 27 questions posed by member =20= groups of the NSEN. The Green party received an A-, the Liberals and =20 the New Democratic Party both received an F+, and the Progressive =20 Conservatives received an F. For more information, please contact Gretchen Fitzgerald, Sierra Club Atlantic, gretchenf@sierraclub.ca =20 or 902-444-7096 (cell) Barbara Markovits, Eastern Shore Forest Watch, =20 markovits@ns.sympatico.ca, (902) 845-2620 Te see the grades and the party platforms, please go here: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B71NM2G1bBflX1BKVEVNR3RlU28/edit?=20 usp=3Dsharing NSEN NSEN is a provincial, non-partisan umbrella organization. Our mission =20= is to connect environmental and health organizations together to =20 conserve and enhance our natural environment and achieve a =20 sustainable future for Nova Scotia. We know that we are stronger and =20 can be more successful if we work together to achieve positive change --=20 NSEN 3115 Veith St. Halifax , NS B3K 3G9 T: 902-454-6846 F: 902-453-3633 E: nsenvironmentalnetwork@gmail.com www.nsen.ca LIKE our *new* Facebook page: Nova Scotia Environmental Network and =20 post your event there and on the website calendar: www.nsen.ca= --Apple-Mail-429-854208516 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I might be treading on = dangerous ground by sending this note, which appeared from Jen Graham on = the Coastal Issues list, from the Nova Scotia Environmental Network's = Election Readiness Caucus. Here are one paragraph, and then links = for more information. Anyone who might be turned off by this can = just DELETE it, but anyone who does so should feel really guilty about = it. We all owe it to our environment and future generations to = study this and ask candidates about particular aspects of environmental = parts of platforms.<div><br></div><div>Cheers from Jim in = Wolfville.</div><div>-----------------------</div><div><p align=3D"center"= style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 22.0px 0.0px; text-align: center"><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"7" style=3D"font: 40.3px Helvetica"><b>GREENS = TOP CLASS, NOVA SCOTIA MAJOR PARTIES GIVEN FAILING GRADES ON THE = ENVIRONMENT</b></font></p><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 22.0px = 0.0px"><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"7" style=3D"font: 40.3px = Helvetica">Halifax, NS =96 Top political parties are failing the = environment according to grades released today by the Nova Scotia = Environmental Network (NSEN) Election Readiness Caucus. Overall grades = were assigned based on parties=92 responses to 27 questions posed by = member groups of the NSEN. The Green party received an A-, the Liberals = and the New Democratic Party both received an F+, and the Progressive = Conservatives received an F.</font></p><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px = 22.0px 0.0px"><font class=3D"Apple-style-span" size=3D"7"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"font-size: 40px;"><p style=3D"margin: = 0.0px 0.0px 22.0px 0.0px; background-color: #eef3f7"><font face=3D"Arial" = size=3D"7" color=3D"#333333" style=3D"font: 40.3px Arial; color: = #333333">For more information, please contact</font></p><p = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 22.0px 0.0px; background-color: = #eef3f7"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"7" color=3D"#333333" style=3D"font: = 40.3px Arial; color: #333333">Gretchen Fitzgerald, Sierra Club = Atlantic, <a href=3D"mailto:gretchenf@sierraclub.ca"><font = color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"color: = #001ee6">gretchenf@sierraclub.ca</font></a> or 902-444-7096 = (cell)</font></p><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 22.0px 0.0px; = background-color: #eef3f7"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"7" = color=3D"#333333" style=3D"font: 40.3px Arial; color: #333333">Barbara = Markovits, Eastern Shore Forest Watch, <a = href=3D"mailto:markovits@ns.sympatico.ca"><font color=3D"#001ee6" = style=3D"color: #001ee6">markovits@ns.sympatico.ca</font></a>, (902) = 845-2620</font></p><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(238, 243, = 247); "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"7" color=3D"#333333" style=3D"font: = 40.3px Arial; color: #333333"> </font><br = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px = 22.0px 0.0px; background-color: #eef3f7"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"7" = color=3D"#333333" style=3D"font: 40.3px Arial; color: #333333">Te see = the grades and the party platforms, please go here:</font></p><p = style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 22.0px 0.0px; background-color: = #eef3f7"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"7" color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"font: = 40.3px Arial; color: #001ee6"><a = href=3D"https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B71NM2G1bBflX1BKVEVNR3RlU28/edit?u= sp=3Dsharing">https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B71NM2G1bBflX1BKVEVNR3RlU28/= edit?usp=3Dsharing</a></font></p><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; margin-left: 0px; = background-color: rgb(238, 243, 247); "><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"7" = color=3D"#333333" style=3D"font: 40.3px Arial; color: = #333333"> </font><br class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 22px; = margin-left: 0px; background-color: rgb(238, 243, 247); "><font = face=3D"Arial" size=3D"7" color=3D"#333333" style=3D"font: 40.3px Arial; = color: #333333"> </font><br = class=3D"khtml-block-placeholder"></div><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px = 22.0px 0.0px; background-color: #eef3f7"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"7" = color=3D"#333333" style=3D"font: 40.3px Arial; color: = #333333">NSEN</font></p><p style=3D"margin: 0.0px 0.0px 22.0px 0.0px; = background-color: #eef3f7"><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"7" = color=3D"#333333" style=3D"font: 40.3px Arial; color: #333333">NSEN is a = provincial, non-partisan umbrella organization</font><font face=3D"Times" = size=3D"7" style=3D"font: 44.0px Times; background-color: transparent">. = </font><font face=3D"Arial" size=3D"7" color=3D"#333333" style=3D"font: = 40.3px Arial; color: #333333">Our mission is to connect environmental = and health organizations together to conserve and enhance our natural = environment and achieve a sustainable future for Nova Scotia. We know = that we are stronger and can be more successful if we work together to = achieve positive change</font></p><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal = normal normal 40.3px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 48px; = "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"7" style=3D"font: 40.3px Helvetica">-- </font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"7" style=3D"font: = 40.3px Helvetica">NSEN</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"7" style=3D"font: 40.3px Helvetica">3115 = Veith St. </font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"7" style=3D"font: 40.3px Helvetica">Halifax , NS B3K = 3G9</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; = margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"7" style=3D"font: 40.3px Helvetica">T: = 902-454-6846</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"7" style=3D"font: 40.3px Helvetica">F: = 902-453-3633</font></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: = 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" = size=3D"7" style=3D"font: 40.3px Helvetica">E: <a = href=3D"mailto:nsenvironmentalnetwork@gmail.com"><font color=3D"#001ee6" = style=3D"color: = #001ee6">nsenvironmentalnetwork@gmail.com</font></a></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; "><font face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"7" color=3D"#001ee6" = style=3D"font: 40.3px Helvetica; color: #001ee6"><a = href=3D"http://www.nsen.ca/">www.nsen.ca</a></font></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; = margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 40.3px/normal Helvetica; = min-height: 48px; "><br></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0px; = margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font = face=3D"Helvetica" size=3D"7" style=3D"font: 40.3px Helvetica">LIKE our = *new* Facebook page: <a = href=3D"http://www.facebook.com/pages/Nova-Scotia-Environmental-Network/40= 8435545844639"><font color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"color: #001ee6">Nova = Scotia Environmental Network</font></a> and post your event there and on = the website calendar: <a href=3D"http://www.nsen.ca/"><font = color=3D"#001ee6" style=3D"color: = #001ee6">www.nsen.ca</font></a></font></div></span></font></p></div></body= ></html>= --Apple-Mail-429-854208516--
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