The Pitfalls of Short-Circuited Project Reviews
Mark Winfield is professor of environmental studies at York University and co-chair of the university’s...
The Muskrat Falls hydroelectric dam — located on Labrador’s lower Churchill River about 25 kilometres west of Happy Valley-Goose Bay — is nearing completion almost three years behind schedule and more than $6 billion over budget. In a best-case scenario, Newfoundland hydro rates are poised to jump by 50 per cent to pay for the $12.7 billion dam, called “the biggest economic mistake in Newfoundland and Labrador’s history” by Premier Dwight Ball. It is now the subject of a two-year $33.7 million public inquiry.
In March 2019, The Narwhal’s readers pitched in to send reporter Sarah Cox to the public inquiry in St. John’s, N.L.
Mark Winfield is professor of environmental studies at York University and co-chair of the university’s...
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B.C. Premier Christy Clark made headlines last month when she claimed that even a few...
Residents of Newfoundland and Labrador are preparing for electricity rates to double in the next...
The way it’s raining over the Guilford Hereford ranch, you’d hardly know there’s a drought. “An April rain is invaluable to me, because that’s what...
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