Media Releases

Groups Roll Out Plastic Waste Carpet For Environment Ministers

Posted on June 26, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, June 26, 2019

K’JIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) – At noon today environmental groups are rolling out a carpet covered with plastic litter for delegates to Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment (CCME) which is taking place at the Halifax Convention Centre on June 26 and 27. The groups are urging the Federal Government and ministers in attendance to act swiftly to implement a comprehensive Strategy on Zero Plastic Waste, including single-use plastic bans.

Emergency Actions Needed To Protect Remaining North Atlantic Right Whales

Posted on June 26, 2019

“With four dead right whales reported in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, more needs to be done to prevent more deaths,” states Gretchen Fitzgerald, National Program Director at Sierra Club Canada Foundation.

The cause of the deaths of the whales has not been determined but researchers are desperately trying to find out why these whales died. The 12 right whale deaths in the Gulf of St Lawrence in 2017 were linked to entanglements in fishing gear and ship strikes.

Liberal Government Accepts Pro-Oil Amendments to Bill C-69

Posted on June 13, 2019

REGULATORS CAN NOW CHAIR REVIEW PANELS!

K’jipuktuk/Halifax: The federal government has rejected a number of amendments from the Senate, but not all. Life cycle regulator appointees can now chair review panels. The four life cycle regulators mentioned in the Bill C-69 are the Newfoundland and Nova Scotia Petroleum Boards, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission and the new Canadian Energy Regulator.

Sierra Club Canada Foundation Welcomes Single-Use Plastic Ban, National Actions on Plastic Pollution

Posted on June 10, 2019

TORONTO, Ont - Sierra Club Canada Foundation welcomes the Government of Canada's announcement of national actions to combat on plastic pollution. The federal government announced today that it would ban certain single-use plastics by 2021 and work to make plastic producers responsible for the waste they produce.

Ethan Hawke Joins Canada/U.S. Groups To Stop Seismic Blasting in Canadian Waters

Posted on May 13, 2019

Vanishing Call of the Right Whale with Ethan Hawke

K’jipuktuk [Halifax, NS] May 14, 2019. Internationally acclaimed actor, writer, director and producer Ethan Hawke is calling for an end toseismic blasting and oil and gas exploration in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, in a short film premiering today in Halifax. “The Vanishing Call of the Right Whale,” was filmed in Nova Scotia last summer when Mr.

Groups Condemn Plan To Exempt Nuclear Reactors From Bill C-69

Posted on May 7, 2019

Ottawa, May 7, 2019 — The Government of Canada is proposing that the "project list" for Bill C-69, the Impact Assessment Act, exempt many nuclear reactors from any environmental assessment. Civil society groups are condemning the exemption from environmental assessment under Bill C-69 and demanding that all new nuclear reactors be subjected to formal environmental assessment, as is now the case.

Offshore Alliance message to Senators: It’s time to rein in the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (CNSOPB)

Posted on April 23, 2019

K'jipuktuk / Halifax, Nova Scotia, April 23, 2019 – A coalition of fishers, fish plant operators and workers, tourism operators, scientists, environmental organizations and communities will be delivering a message to a Senate committee that is meeting in Halifax this week - the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (CNSOPB) can’t be both a regulator and a promoter of offshore oil and gas drilling.

Is Nothing Sacred? Offshore Alliance Demands Sable Island Oil Leases Be Cancelled

Posted on December 13, 2018

HALIFAX, December 13, 2018 -- As the 193 countries currently participating in the UN climate change conference in Poland struggle to draft a survival plan for life on Earth, the Offshore Alliance is calling for the newly advertized offshore oil and gas leases surrounding Sable Island National Park Reserve to be cancelled.

Is Nothing Sacred? Offshore Alliance calls for oil leases near Sable Island to be cancelled

Posted on December 12, 2018

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.

Oil Spill Shows We Are Not Prepared For Disasters At Sea

Posted on November 17, 2018

Halifax, NS - An oil spill of an estimated 250,000 litres of crude oil in 7 metre seas shows we are lax in regulating our offshore. “Husky Oil is reporting they are unable to confirm extent of spill, never mind try and clean it up - a virtually impossible task in 7 metre seas. Our leaders are claiming this is world-class regulation. I think this spill shows we are far from that standard, says Gretchen Fitzgerald, National Program Director for Sierra Club Canada Foundation.