Cut, Cut, Cut
Gretchen Fitzgerald — August 13, 2019
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OPEN LETTER on Bill C-69 and the Role of Offshore Petroleum Boards
Gretchen Fitzgerald — June 13, 2019June 13, 2019
Dear Ministers McKenna, Sohi, and Wilkinson,
The new Impact Assessment Act, Bill C69, will make environmental assessments for offshore oil and gas activities in Atlantic Canada have even less credibility than they do now.
The draft amendments to the bill introduced in the House of Commons on June 12 will allow offshore petroleum boards to chair review panels that will assess offshore oil and gas projects.
Putting Rule Of Oil On Trial
Gretchen Fitzgerald — March 16, 2019
The Gulf is Dying
Gretchen Fitzgerald — February 24, 2019
On Monday, February 25th, we will be in court arguing that the licence to drill in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is illegal.
Join Mary And Help Protect The Northumberland Strait
Gretchen Fitzgerald — October 9, 2018
Mary Gorman is a Green Hero, local activist, and Sierra Club Member who has dedicated her life to protecting the Gulf of St. Lawrence. She has lived for decades in the toxic legacy of the Pictou County pulp mill - her family’s cottage was on its once pristine shores.
Here We Stand...And It's Great News!
Gretchen Fitzgerald — August 10, 2018
It’s always nice to come back from a lovely vacation to good news – especially in a summer in which we are all sweating in the heat of impending climate chaos. And I’m happy to have some very good news to share with you.
Join Watch for Wildlife at the Lush store in Dartmouth this Saturday!
Gretchen Fitzgerald — July 20, 2018
Please join us this Saturday, July 21st, anytime between noon-4pm, as Watch for Wildlife NS and Lush Mic Mac Mall in Dartmouth host an Awareness Day about preventing vehicle-collisions with wildlife.
Liberals say #BetterRules. We say we need better than that.
Gretchen Fitzgerald — February 19, 2018
It's been just over a week since Bill C-69, Canada's new impact assessment legislation was presented for first reading in the House of Commons.
Will this be OUR call?
Gretchen Fitzgerald — January 31, 2018
Just wrapped up our hearings in federal court regarding a US quarry company's bid to extract $500 million from Canadians for rejecting its damaging project. Madam Justice Mctavish informed the court that she will now take the arguments she has heard and provide her judgement at a later time.
A small town, $500M, and the NAFTA court battle
Gretchen Fitzgerald — January 27, 2018
Last weekend, women in Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia organized a Women’s March. The Sandy Cove Women's March garnered international attention last year as one of the smallest marches in the international event to show strength and solidarity for women’s rights in the face of the Trump presidency.