Moira Donovan

Moira Donovan English

, Politics, environment, Nova Scotia, politics

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.

8 Articles

Racing against regulations, developers rush to build seaside properties in danger zones

The desire for waterfront property on Canada’s east coast is fuelling a shoreline building boom, as landowners and developers rush to beat pending regulations that could curb coastal development.

News | January 20th 2023

Wires and trees have fallen on Northwood Street.

"It was terrifying... we just grabbed whatever we could and got out as quickly as possible"

News | September 24th 2022

Hurricane Fiona will land in Atlantic Canada and Nova Scotians rush to stock up

Hurricane Fiona will land in Atlantic Canada late Friday and early Saturday and is expected to bring “strong winds, heavy rain and storm surges [that] can cause power outages, flooding and significant damage,” according to the province of Nova Scotia.

News | September 22nd 2022

Cecilia Brooks of New Brunswick picking rose petals. Photo submitted by Ceclia Brooks

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).

News | June 1st 2022

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

Margaret Cook has posted signs opposing the Goldboro LNG project along the 200-kilometre route between her home community of Millbrook First Nation and the project's location on the Atlantic coast. Photo submitted by Margaret Cook

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

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