Atlantic Chapter
Sierra Club Atlantic is a vibrant grassroots organization that empowers people to protect, restore, and enjoy a healthy safe planet. We are your chapter of Canada’s only national grassroots environmental organization, working to bring your community’s concerns to the attention of regional and national leaders. Together, we are a credible, influential voice, working to make a better world a reality.
What are we up to?
The Atlantic Chapter works through education and action to green the economy and protect the environment. We engage in projects designed to connect children to nature, protect wildlife and wild spaces, and to offer solutions to climate change.
Sandpiper, Spring 2007
Posted on July 8, 2011The Sandpiper is the quarterly newsletter for the Atlantic Canada Chapter of Sierra Club Canada!
Here's the Spring 2007 issue...
Sandpiper, Spring 2006
Posted on July 8, 2011The Sandpiper is the quarterly newsletter for the Atlantic Canada Chapter of Sierra Club Canada!
Here's the Spring 2006 issue...
Sandpiper, Spring 2005
Posted on July 8, 2011The Sandpiper is the quarterly newsletter for the Atlantic Canada Chapter of Sierra Club Canada!
Here's the Spring 2005 issue...
Sandpiper, Spring 2004
Posted on July 8, 2011The Sandpiper is the quarterly newsletter for the Atlantic Canada Chapter of Sierra Club Canada!
Here's the Spring 2004 issue...
Sandpiper, Winter 2010
Posted on July 8, 2011The Sandpiper is the quarterly newsletter for the Atlantic Canada Chapter of Sierra Club Canada!
Here's the Winter 2010 issue...
Sandpiper, Spring 2005
Posted on July 7, 2011The Sandpiper is the quarterly newsletter for the Atlantic Canada Chapter of Sierra Club Canada!
Here's what you'll find in the Spring 2005 issue...
- Suzuki speaks before full house in Sydney in support of Tar Ponds Campaign
- The Fundy Trail Parkway
- Research by Sierra Club of Canada
- Green Hamm on Eigg - The Wait’s Almost Over
- Introducing Earth Ed – Ideas to green up the classroom
Sandpiper, Fall 2005
Posted on July 7, 2011The Sandpiper is the quarterly newsletter for the Atlantic Canada Chapter of Sierra Club Canada!
Here's what you'll find in the Fall 2005 issue...
Sandpiper, Fall 2004
Posted on July 7, 2011The Sandpiper is the quarterly newsletter for the Atlantic Canada Chapter of Sierra Club Canada!
Here's what you'll find in the Fall 2004 issue...
SPECIAL PESTICIDE ISSUE!
Sandpiper, Spring-Summer 2003
Posted on July 7, 2011The Sandpiper is the quarterly newsletter for the Atlantic Canada Chapter of Sierra Club Canada!
Here's what you'll find in the Spring-Summer 2003 issue...
Sandpiper, Winter 2004
Posted on July 7, 2011The Sandpiper is the quarterly newsletter for the Atlantic Canada Chapter of Sierra Club Canada!
Here's what you'll find in the Winter 2004 issue...
Sandpiper, Fall 2010
Posted on July 7, 2011The Sandpiper is the quarterly newsletter for the Atlantic Canada Chapter of Sierra Club Canada!
Here's what you'll find in the Fall 2010 issue...
>> Oil in the gulf: welcome to the dead zone
>> Strengthening our voice
>> Next stop: the great outdoors
>> A green collar solution
Response to Our Letter to Atlantic Canada's Leaders, Asking for Halt to C-NLOPB's Review of Old Harry
Posted on June 10, 2011
NL Natural Resources Minister Commits to Create Stand Alone-Regulator for Safety - But what About the Environment?"
Response to our March 28th Letter, which states Sierra Club Atlantic, Ecology Action Centre, and Save Our Seas and Shore Coaliton:
Federal Election Candidates - Atlantic Canada
Posted on April 29, 2011Here are links to the answers we received from Candidates in Atlantic Canadian Ridings to our Election Questionnaire. If you are not sure of which Riding you are in, please go to Elections Canada's website to find out!
New Brunswick
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Conservative - No response
Transcript of ECOPEI submission to SCEENR
Posted on April 5, 2011Edited transcript of Tony Reddin's submission to the Senate Committee on Energy, the Environment and Natural Resources on behalf of Environmental Coalition of Prince Edward Island (ECO-PEI) on Thursday, March 2, 2011
Response to Corridor Resources Inc. Drilling of an Exploration Well on the Old Harry Prospect - EL 1105 (CEAR # 11-01-60633)
Posted on March 31, 2011Save Our Seas and Shores Coalition, Sierra Club Atlantic, and Ecology Action Centre do not recognize the authority of the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (CNLOPB) to assess and approve oil and gas exploration and development in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
Petition to Stop Fracking in Nova Scotia
Posted on March 21, 2011
Petition to Ban Hydraulic Fracturing in Nova Scotia
To: Darrell Dexter, Premier of Nova Scotia
• Whereas Petroworth Resources Inc. has indicated that it intends to drill for oil along a seismic line
between Lake Ainslie and Mull River in the ‘Ainslie Block’ that extends from St. Rose to Port
Hood and east to Whycocomagh in Inverness County, and
• Whereas this exploration may lead to the discovery of shale gas (i.e. natural gas obtained from
underground shale formations) as well as oil, and
The Sandpiper, Spring 2012
Posted on March 21, 2011The Sandpiper is the quarterly newsletter for the Atlantic Canada Chapter of Sierra Club Canada.
We hope you enjoy the Spring 2012 issue!
Open publication - Free publishing
Sierra Club Atlantic Presentation to New Brunswick Energy Commission
Posted on March 7, 2011Presented by Larry Lack On behalf of the Sierra Club of Canada, Atlantic Canada Chapter
to
the New Brunswick Energy Commission
The mandate of the Commission is "to conduct a broad public consultation and report to government on a long-term energy plan. More information on the commission and its mandate is available online."
Our report made the following recommendations:
Coastal and Ocean Management in Newfoundland and Labrador
Posted on December 31, 2010Submission by Dr. Piotr Trela, Climate Change and Energy Coordinator for Sierra Club Canada, Atlantic Chapter, in response to the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador public discussion document: "Coastal and Ocean Management Strategy and Policy Framework for Newfoundland and Labrador".