Moira Donovan
Moira Donovan
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About Moira Donovan
Moira Donovan is a journalist and radio producer based in Halifax, with a body of work focused on the environment and climate change. Her work has appeared in The Christian Science Monitor, Vice and The Walrus.
Glyphosate spraying in N.B. akin to ‘eco-genocide,’ Indigenous communities say
Community members used to harvest food and medicine along the transmission lines. Now they can't, says Wolastoq Grand Chief Spasaqsit Possesom (Ron Tremblay).
Maritimers debate best way forward in their struggle to hold back the sea
A windswept strip of former marshland provides the only link between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick and some experts say a long-awaited plan to protect it from flooding caused by climate change represents a “massive” missed opportunity.
Nova Scotians defeat billionaire developers who tried to swoop in on park
A coalition of activists, scientists and land defenders are celebrating in Nova Scotia this week, following the cancellation of a proposal that could have seen a piece of biodiverse coastal parkland ground to sand.
Opposition abounds for Nova Scotia's planned LNG export facility
The proposed Goldboro LNG export facility in Nova Scotia — slated to become the East Coast's first such project — could get the axe by June 30.
Pushback from landholders guts N.S. biodiversity bill
The provincial government has significantly watered down the legislation, a move advocates say shows the challenge governments face in trying to balance conservation with property rights.