[BNS_members] Fwd: Climate Action Opportunity - Important Course Case

[Caroline Beddoe]

And while we are on the topic of climate action, an Annapolis Valley 
committed climate and forestry activist Joan Norris has an important 
action invitation.  Please read her message below and get in touch with 
her if you are able to join in.

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Dear Climate Caring People

Hi, my name is Joan Norris and I am a member of our old and post Covid 
new Climate Circles groups.

It's easy to get depressed over the state of the world right now. We can 
stay home and wring our hands or we can try to do something about it. 
I'm writing to you today to let you know about an amazing opportunity we 
Nova Scotians have to make a huge difference in our fight against 
climate change. You've probably heard how the Bay du Nord project has 
been given approval by Steven Guilbealt, Federal Minister of 
Environment. This massive deep sea drilling venture will have  the 
ability to extract up to a _Billion_ barrels of crude oil from beneath 
the deep sea, 500 kilometres off the coast of Newfoundland. The approval 
came just days after an alarming  UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate 
Change warned that simply cutting emissions was no longer enough to curb 
the climate crisis and the United Nations chief called funding new 
fossil fuel projects "moral and economic madness."

Shame on Canada! But what can you do? Well, in this case, each of us can 
play an important part in reversing that horrid decision. Ecojustice, an 
environmental law firm is taking the government to court on behalf of 
several environmental organizations, and guess what? The preliminary 
hearing is taking place on Feb 1st & 2nd in Halifax starting at 9:30 am 
and we have been invited by Ecojustice to pack the courthouse! Yes, 
Ecojustice wants YOU! Now that Covid restrictions have been lifted, we 
are allowed full capacity in the courtroom. something that I didn't have 
when I was arrested a couple of years ago for interfering with a 
clearcut near Weymouth NS. I was one of nine protesters arrested and 
Ecojustice swooped in and defended us, pro bono, because that's what 
they do.

Now, for me, its payback time. Will you join me and others at the 
Halifax courthouse February 1st? I think it would be a tragedy if only a 
few people showed up and would send a message to the court that nobody 
really cares. I don't know if Ecojustice contacted just me  or others. I 
sure hope they contacted others, but we may be the only ones. So please, 
please consider joining us! You can make a difference by just being 
there!

Please contact me joan.norris60 at gmail.com if you can come. We'll 
organize carpools for both dates.

-- 
Caroline Beddoe
  She/her
  613-619-1098
  Program Coordinator
  Blomidon Naturalists Society
  Wolfville, Nova Scotia

_ Blomidon Naturalists Society activities take place in Mi'kma'ki, the 
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their histories and current cultures and to actively work in support of 
reconciliation. We are committed to fostering respectful and sustainable 
relationships with the Indigenous Peoples of this land, with all other 
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