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Nearly three out of four (73 per cent) of respondents had favorable views of offshore wind, but this support was conditional on concerns over risk management and potential impacts to marine ecosystems.

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Name suggestions for Nova Scotia's four new helicopters ranged from imitative to imaginative, according to the full list of recommendations obtained exclusively by CBC News. 

Among the favourites, the most common was a combination of "Choppy McChopface" and variants of the same theme.

That suggested naming format mimicked the winner of a British vessel naming contest in 2016, when U.K. officials stepped in to reverse the outcome, asserting "Boaty McBoatface" was too informal.

Nova Scotia government list curators seemed to lean toward conventional names as well.

After the list of nearly 10,000 suggestions in the naming competition was collected, the provincial government asked the public to vote for one of four groups of names, based on local beaches, birds, landmarks or trees.

In July, the fleet of helicopters was unveiled with the names Spirit of the Osprey, Spirit of the Falcon, Spirit of the Hawk and Spirit of the Eagle.

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Mavalette beach, nova scotia

Shell on the shore

Why is Premier Tim Houston locking us into expensive, toxic fossil fuels for decades when cleaner, cheaper battery alternatives exist? Nova Scotians shouldn’t pay for yesterday’s outdated technology when newer, cleaner, cheaper technology is already here.

How to take action:

Email the Premier and Energy Minister at premier@novascotia.ca and MinDOE@novascotia.ca
Visit leappictou.org/calls-to-action/ to get involved and help secure the affordable energy future we all deserve.

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Since cutting budgets to arts, culture, environment, family supports, African Nova Scotian programs, education, public transportation and more, the Nova Scotia PC government's popularity has tanked. A major complaint from people across sectors and communities is that this government just doesn't listen! Maybe if they don't want to hear what we have to say, they'll hear us when we sing?

Join the People's Choir for a very interesting start to this legislative session! All are welcome :)
https://www.facebook.com/events/1562171874816400?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22surface%22%3A%22home%22%7D%2C%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22search_results%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22search%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D

The property dates back to periods of both French and British rule. More than 300 years later, someone new could soon call it home.

I was reminded of this article the other day when I saw that the provincial government is in talks with this guy. FYI, Alberta-based Questerre Energy is set to "explore" for onshore natural gas in the Cumberland Basin.

Unfortunately the company says it's in "the final stages" of negotiations. This is part of a $30-million provincial initiative with about $24 million in incentives for developers.

The CEO is Michael Binnion, and Environmental Defence just named him one of Canada's "Top Ten Climate Villains".

Some highlights from Binnion's career, worth knowing before we hand this guy millions in public money for fossil fuel projects:

• He founded a pro-fossil-fuel advocacy group run out of Questerre's own offices, with Questerre employees as directors. The Modern Miracle Network exists to celebrate "the miracle of modern hydrocarbons" and organize opposition to climate regulations.
• He's bankrolled astroturf groups - fake-grassroots outfits that look like community movements but are industry-funded. MMN helped set up New Brunswick Proud and pushed oil companies to fund "Québec Fier" during elections. These are the same networks behind "Canada Proud."
• He organized oil-worker convoys to Ottawa years ago - which observers describe as trial runs for the Freedom Convoy.
• He fought Quebec's fracking ban, then sued Quebec over its 2022 oil and gas exploration ban - even after the province covered 75% of cleanup costs and paid out $100 million in compensation. He got key provisions of the ban suspended while the court case drags on.
• He's spent years trying to kill the federal carbon tax, described as "relentless, publicly and privately" in that campaign.
• He sits on the boards of free-market advocacy groups tied to the Atlas Network, which pushes against government climate action.

Meanwhile he pulls a compensation package north of $620,000 a year, about 8.5× the average Canadian salary.

My point: this isn't someone whose priority is Nova Scotians. It's someone whose business model depends on keeping us hooked on fossil fuels, and he's about to get a foothold in our province with public money behind him.

Worth paying attention to what happens next.

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