COP16 on biodiversity is as crucial as climate COPs. Healthy ecosystems regulate climate, store carbon, and enhance resilience to extreme weather. Let's push for ambitious targets to protect 30% of land and sea by 2030! #COP16 #Biodiversity2024 #30x30

NS Environment and Climate Change Transition Kings County Tim Houston @NS_DNRR Municipality of the County of Kings Blomidon Naturalists The Chain Lakes area has been suggested for protection by groups like Blomidon Naturalists but gov is cutting it instead. We needsto start the planning process to designate a Chain Lakes Wilderness Area as proposed by citizens. How else can citizens contribute to protected areas planning?

Don’t let Canada Burn— I just signed a petition calling on Jonathan Wilkinson 🇨🇦 to double support for wildfire fighters so they can fight the growing threat of climate change-fuelled fires. Sound like a good plan? You can sign here: action.dontletcanadaburn.ca/petitions/doub…

1/2 - Nova Scotia's forests are disappearing. Less than one per cent of the province’s old-growth forests are still intact, but somehow our province is okay with burning forest #biomass for energy.

😍Fox Lake Lookoff in the Blue Mountain-Birch Cove Lakes Wilderness area - #Halifax, #NovaScotia.

Pierre Poilievre The original meaning of adjectival woke (and earlier woke up) was simply 'awake', but by the mid-20th century, woke had been extended figuratively to refer to being 'aware' or 'well informed' in a political or cultural sense,” Oxford explains. So, it would appear that with all

This election, make protected areas part of the conversation ✅️ The EAC has developed a voter toolkit to help you talk to candidates about seven important environmental issues – like better protections for our wild spaces🌲 Get the full toolkit at ecologyaction.ca/provincial-ele…

Let the Party Leaders know you support an Environmental Bill of Rights for NS: nwmd.social/s/twitter/4gOD…

Yes, you read that right... We shouldn’t have to wait for rock bottom to stop this 🐙🐝📉🚨🌍🐧 via Lewis Pugh Foundation

Protected and conserved areas are vital places are vital for both people and #nature but must almost double in area on land and more than triple in the ocean for the 30% target to be reached.    Learn more in the Protected Planet Report tinyurl.com/yfk2mcju  protectedplanet

Learn about the policy and practice gaps that leave many "protected" areas unprotected in Nova Scotia. Then, sign onto our letter asking government to strengthen protections for these important natural and recreation spaces. naturens.ca/actions/protec…

I don’t care how you feel about Justin Trudeau but my god is it nice to hear someone who is sane and logical speak at the national level. That’s how a leader talks.

Trump explains the pause on Canadian Tariffs. From tonight’s This Hour Has 22 Minutes

“The government will bring in and develop regulations that enable development while ensuring we protect the environment." In other news, 2+2 now equals 5.

Wetlands sustain life 💧—regulating water, storing carbon, and sheltering countless species. Yet, they’re disappearing faster than forests, putting biodiversity & communities at risk. Protecting wetlands is protecting our future. 🔗: bit.ly/3qpJDje via CIFOR-ICRAF

COMMENTARY: Premier Houston, please don’t go MAGA saltwire.com/cape-breton/op…

A little rich to be talking about the importance of clean drinking water while opening the province up to fracking and uranium mining, is it not?

"Let’s not mince words. Anybody who tells you that the evidence around fracking has changed–that it's more healthy, that it's safer–this goes against all the studies up-to-date.” - Jonathan Langdon, St. Francis Xavier University #NSpoli thecoast.ca/news-opinion/t… via The Coast - Halifax/Kjipuktuk

Provincewide Burn Ban in Effect news.novascotia.ca/en/2025/07/30/…

Traffic Advisory – Bayers Lake Police are assisting Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency with the response to a fire at Susies Lake in Halifax. Police are asking the public to avoid the Bayers Lake area. Evacuations and street closures are underway. Lessening the traffic