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.

What's happening at the Atlantic Chapter?

Sandpiper, Fall 2010

Posted on July 7, 2011
Publication Date: 
September 1, 2010

The 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
Publication Date: 
May 20, 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:

 

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, 2011
Publication Date: 
March 28, 2011

Save 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
Publication Date: 
March 22, 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  

Sierra Club Atlantic Presentation to New Brunswick Energy Commission

Posted on March 7, 2011
Publication Date: 
February 17, 2011

Presented 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:

Sierra Club Atlantic Encourages Water Conservation Rates for Halifax

Posted on December 22, 2010
Publication Date: 
August 3, 2010

Direct
 Evidence 
for NS 
UARB 
Hearing
 #
W-HRWC-R-10


SUMMARY

While the Sierra Club Canada – Atlantic Canada Chapter supports rate restructuring of water, waste water and storm utilities in the interest of improved management and sustainability, the current rate structure application does not sufficiently address questions of efficient allocation of resources, adequate revenues over time, and increased innovation and conservation.

SOSS Coalition Calls for Immediate Arms-Length Regulation to Protect Environment

Posted on December 13, 2010

December 14, 2010

Halifax, NS - A coalition of environmental, First Nations and inshore fisheries organizations is calling on the Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, and federal governments to act immediately on the Wells Inquiry recommendation that arms-length reulation needed to protect the environment and safety of workers in the offshore.

The Wells Commission was established by the Newfoundland and Labrador government to review safety in the offshore after the tragic crash of a helicopter on March 12, 2009, resulting in the loss of seventeen lives.

Sierra Club Atlantic Volunteer Application Form

Posted on November 16, 2010
Publication Date: 
November 16, 2010

Please copy and paste the form below and email, fax or mail it to our Halifax office:

Sierra Club Canada - Atlantic Canada Chapter

1657 Barrington St., Suite 137

Halifax, Nova Scotia

B3J 2A1

Tel.: 902-444-3113

Fax:: 902-444-3116

Email: atlanticcanadachapter@sierraclub.ca

 

If you are unsure about any of the questions in the form, please contact us at 902-444-3113.  

Response to Newfoundland & Labrador Public Discussion Document: “Responding to Climate Change in Newfoundland & Labrador”

Posted on August 31, 2010
Publication Date: 
July 31, 2010

Executive Summary

The existing greenhouse emission targets are weaker than required according to the latest science and the existing strategies did not deliver the expected results.  We make a number of specific policy recommendations to change this:

Five directions of action:

1. Education– take advantage of the educational capacity at MUN and in environmental NGOs – in the latter: urgent need for project and base funding.

The case for Distributed Energy Generation - Newfoundland and Labrador

Posted on August 6, 2010
Publication Date: 
August 6, 2010

I present arguments in  favour of the small-scale, community owned, renewable energy generation in Newfoundland and Labrador.  I identify current bottlenecks in  the development of the distributed energy generation in the province and list necessary conditions that have to be met in order to move forward. Most of the arguments would apply to other provinces in Canada as well.

Dr. Piotr Trela, SCC- Atlantic Region; Atlantic Canada Sustainable Energy Coalition.