Clean Ocean Group Wants Municipalities to Oppose Exploration in Key Fishing Areas

Municipal councillors in many Nova Scotia coastal communities are facing financial difficulties due to the lack of economic diversification and an aging population. Now local governments are being asked to pressure both the federal and provincial government to permanently remove Sites 3 and 4 from any future Canada Nova Scotia Petroleum Board (C-NSOPB) oil and gas exploratory lease site auctions. The demand is being made by the Clean Ocean Action Committee (COAC), an amalgam of harvester ...