Joan Baxter reports on EverWind Fuels plans to build Canada's biggest wind farm in eastern Nova Scotia—404 turbines covering more than 64,000 hectares of Nova Scotia’s Crown land— with plans for a hydrogen and ammonia plant in Cape Breton. EverWind's proposed Guysborough wind project and Bear Head Energy's next door wind project have raised local concerns about their environmental impacts and loopholes and weaknesses in Nova Scotia's environmental assessment process.

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The Ecology Action Centre supports a shift to clean energy sources such as land-based wind projects but asserts that these projects must be used to create clean, affordable electricity for Nova Scotians. The EAC is critical of current plans prioritizing export-based hydrogen and ammonia industries over local needs and urges decision-makers and the Nova Scotia government to prioritize projects that reduce dependence on fossil fuels, green our electricity grid, and ensure that projects are built in areas that minimize negative effects on the environment and our communities.

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The Ecology Action Centre has extensive knowledge of the current Nova Scotian EA process and recommends transformative change to prioritize long-term environmental, social and economic well-being. The EAC supports the East Coast Environmental Law recommendations, including requiring proponents to complete analyses on these topics, providing final reports for each project, and bringing Netukulimk into decision-making.

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The Ecology Action Centre has called for a modernized environmental assessment process that prioritizes environmental protection and human health over short-term economic gains. They have created an online storymap to show the impacts of the gold mining industry in the province and call for substantial change to the current process.

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Become more aware by reading the Government’s guide for preparing Environmental Assessment documents for Wind Power Projects in Nova Scotia. First published in May 2007 and revised in October 2021.

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