Learning From Alberta

Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 19:16:50 -0300 (ADT)
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Learning from Alberta:
The Human and Environmental Cost of the Gas Industry


Dr. Martha Kostuch, veterinarian and long-time critic of the oil and gas
industry in Alberta, will be in Nova Scotia to describe her province's
experience with the industry and offer lessons for Nova Scotia. Martha
will cover the impacts of pipelines and processing plants on human and
animal health and the environment, the regulation of the industry, and
land expropriation. She will pay special attention to health and safety
concerns, in particular the health impacts of sour gas. Martha has
participated in many regulatory hearings in Alberta and in efforts to
develop new standards for the industry.

Martha will speak at the Dalhousie Law School, Room 105, on Monday,
October 21 at 12:00 and at the Lockeport Fire Hall, in Lockeport,
Shelburne County at 7:00 that evening. In Shelburne, Martha will focus on
the impacts of the proposed El Paso pipeline and processing plant. 

In 2000, the oil company, EnCana discovered gas containing hydrogen
sulphide or sour gas on the Scotian Shelf. Sour gas, which is as toxic as
cyanide, kills at high concentrations and causes permanent brain damage
even at low levels. El Paso, a U.S. pipeline company, is proposing a
pipeline from East of Sable Island to New Jersey with the gas (including
sour gas) coming ashore in Shelburne County for processing.
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For more information please contact
Mark Butler, Ecology Action Centre, 902-429-2202
Society for Corporate Environmental and Social Responsibility at
cesr@dal.ca
Anne Smith, South West Environmental Protection Group, 902-875-3375
Chris Williams, South West Environmental Protection Group, 902-656-3489




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N.S. REGISTERS FIRST OFFICIAL LOBBYISTS
Nova Scotia now has officially registered lobbyists.  The Hamm government
set up the database as part of an election promise made three years ago.
Three people are now registered. [Paul's note: one is with El Paso
pipeline company].
FULL STORY
http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_lobbyists021011

TRANS-CANADA REST STOPS ON TAXPAYERS' TAB
Provincial taxpayers are helping to pay for new privately run rest stops
on the Trans-Canada Highway - and the province's New Democrats are not
happy. [Paul's note: taxpayers are paying to build Tim Horton's and Dairy
Queen!]
FULL STORY
http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_reststop021011

GAS DISTRIBUTION FUND UNFAIR, SAYS COMPETITION
 Home and business owners who wish to convert to natural gas will get help
from a $20-million fund set aside three years ago by the oil companies that
developed the Sable Gas Project.
FULL STORY
http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_gas021011

IRVING PRESIDENT OUTLINES OFFSHORE OBSTACLES
The president of the J.D. Irving Company says Atlantic Canadian companies
need help to become more competitive in the offshore. Jim Irving made the
plea Thursday at an international oil and gas conference in Halifax. 
FULL STORY
http://novascotia.cbc.ca/template/servlet/View?filename=ns_irving021011

FORMER U.S. PRESIDENT JIMMY CARTER WINS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter has won the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize 
for his \"decades of untiring effort\" to find peaceful solutions for 
international conflicts. 
FULL STORY:
http://cbc.ca/stories/2002/10/11/nobel_peace021011

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