KJIPUKTUK (Halifax) - A coalition of fishing, environmental and tourism operators are coming together to protest new oil leases and offshore regulators that are putting Sable Island National Park reserve and our climate at risk.
The Offshore Alliance will be holding a news conference tomorrow, December 13 to ask for Nova Scotia Energy Minister Derek Mombourquette, federal Natural Resources Minister Amarjeet Sohi and Member of Parliament for Halifax-Sable Island Andy Fillmore, to take action to cancel these leases and call for an inquiry into offshore oil and gas regulations.
WHO: John Davis, Clean Ocean Action Committee (COAC); Marilyn Keddy, Campaign to Protect Offshore NS (CPONS); Gretchen Fitzgerald, Sierra Club; Robin Tress, Council of Canadians
WHERE: Ecology Action Centre, 2705 Fern Lane, Halifax, NS
WHEN: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM, Thursday, December 13, 2018
(ATTENTION ASSIGNMENT EDITORS: More than 60,000 people have signed a petition calling for the federal government to implement a moratorium and inquiry into offshore drilling. The group will be delivering that petition today to MP Andy Fillmore’s office following the news conference.)
For more information: Robin Tress (902) 223-8536