Tag Archives: environment

Radio – A local victory against Ontario’s development-at-any-cost offensive

Posted on April 13, 2021 by Scott

Emma Cunningham is a resident of Pickering, Ontario, and a member of Environmental Action Now Ajax-Pickering (EANAP). Recently, EANAP won an important victory against an attempt to use a provincial Minister’s Zoning Order (MZO) to override planning and environmental processes … Continue reading →

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Radio — A community’s fight to stop a high-level radioactive waste storage facility

Posted on February 9, 2021 by Scott

Michelle Stein and Bill Noll are members of Protect Our Waterways – No Nuclear Waste, a group of concerned residents of South Bruce, Ontario, who have come together in opposition to the proposal to put a high-level radioactive waste storage … Continue reading →

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Radio — Protecting ecologically sensitive wetlands on Vancouver Island

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Scott

Ezra Morse is a software engineer and an engineering manager. Ray Woroniak has worked as a wilderness guide and an organic vegetable farmer, and currently is a stay-at-home parent. Both live in Qualicum Beach, a town of about 9000 people … Continue reading →

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Radio — Public transit advocacy in Ottawa

Posted on February 25, 2020 by Scott

Kari Glynes Elliott is a board member of the Ottawa Transit Riders. Scott Neigh interviews her about the city’s transit system, including its troubled light rail (LRT) project, and about her group’s advocacy to make public transit in Ottawa more … Continue reading →

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Radio — Fighting a proposed gold mine in Nova Scotia

Posted on January 28, 2020 by Scott

Scott Beaver is the president of the St. Mary’s River Association. Chris Hunter is a past president of that organization and he is currently the program director for Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island with the Atlantic Salmon Federation. Scott … Continue reading →

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Radio — Raising money for First Nations’ legal challenges to the Trans Mountain pipeline

Posted on September 24, 2019 by Scott

Maia Wikler lives in Vancouver and works as the Digital Communications Coordinator for Raven Trust, an organization whose mission is to fundraise to support First Nations in legal battles. Scott Neigh interviews her about the Pull Together campaign, a collaboration … Continue reading →

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Radio — Challenging the harms of hydroelectricity projects

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Scott

Ramona Neckoway is a professor at the University College of the North in Thompson Manitoba. She is also a member of Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, a hydro-impacted community. Stephane McLachlan is a professor at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg. Both … Continue reading →

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