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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.

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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. 
News | April 11th 2022

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. 
News | November 25th 2021

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.
News, Energy | June 22nd 2021
Phil Cousins of Nova Scotia

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.
News, Politics, Culture | March 30th 2021

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