Area Resident Concerned About Proposed Shelburne Basin Drilling

A major oil spill in the Shelburne Basin could be so disastrous for the residents of Shelburne County, Nova Scotia, that a NORIGS-type of committee is being suggested to act as an intervener before the Canada-Nova Scotia Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NSOPB). John Davis made this proposal in an open letter to a local weekly newspaper addressed to the residents of the county a few days before Christmas. Davis is no stranger to the area, having been a leading director of NORIGS, a fishplant ...