Friends of the Northumberland Strait

"Do we really want to work with this company? What makes you think it will behave any differently here than it did in Pictou? If it didn’t act trustworthy there, what makes you think it will be trustworthy here? Why on Earth should they be trusted now? saltwire.com/halifax/opinio…

A B.C. court signed off on an agreement that will see Northern Pulp drop its $450 million lawsuit and agree not to reopen its Abercrombie Point, Pictou County Mill. ow.ly/6jKP50S6bmq

True costs of Nova Scotia settlement with Paper Excellence’s Northern Pulp remain unknown halifaxexaminer.ca/economy/natura… by @joan_baxter

STATEMENT: Friends of the Northumberland Strait Statement on Settlement Agreement between Northern Pulp and Province of Nova Scotia #paperexcellence #northernpulp #nspoli #cndpoli

Paper Excellence settlement: The deal with the devil has been refinanced halifaxexaminer.ca/morning-file/p… Morning File by @Tim_Bousquet

Northern Pulp critics urge N.S. government to be wary of Paper Excellence ift.tt/iugh7dX

Nova Scotia premier believes Northern Pulp plant will never reopen ift.tt/Iik9g0K

Yet another Paper Excellence mill is fined for repeated enviro violations. Max fine is $804k, but fined only $22k Time for courts to consider a pattern of Canada-wide violations @CharlieAngusNDP coastreporter.net/highlights/bc-… @coast_reporter

B.C. pulp and paper mill fined $22,000 for leaking toxic gas into atmosphere The Paper Excellence mill in Howe Sound was the company's second B.C. facility in four months that has been penalized for contaminating the environment. squamishchief.com/highlights/bc-…

Paper Excellence is linked to APP - Asia Pulp & Paper {One former employee described Paper Excellence as “a feeder for the #Chinese machine”} Hundreds of failures to comply + links to Shanghai 🤔 {they control 22mill + HA's of #Canadian #forest} #bcpoli coastreporter.net/highlights/bc-…

Paper Excellence snubs its ‘most ardent supporters’ — its workers halifaxexaminer.ca/commentary/pap… by @joan_baxter

Paper Excellence's Crofton mill has been slapped with a $25,500 penalty for releasing more than one million litres of toxic waste into the Salish Sea. timescolonist.com/business/bc-mi…

Canada's largest pulp-and-paper company should lose sustainability credentials because new information shows how deeply it's linked to an Indonesian conglomerate with a record of rainforest destruction, Greenpeace Canada says. cbc.ca/news/business/…

THREAD: Today, Greenpeace submitted an official complaint to the world’s premier forestry credentials body calling on it to revoke sustainability certificates from Paper Excellence — Canada’s largest forestry company... nsnews.com/highlights/gre…

Paper giant Paper Excellence's owner has again snubbed Canadian lawmakers investigating the company. In March, ICIJ’s #DeforestationInc revealed its ties to a Chinese-Indonesian forestry company accused of deforestation and other abuses. Via @HfxExaminer bit.ly/3Q8Cmlb

The Pictou Harbour and the Strait were ruled out in 2018-2019 with science! Those important water bodies CANNOT support 65000000 litres PER DAY of toxic pulp mill effluent. Quit shopping around! @ns_environment @TimothyHalman @karla_macf_pc @ASFSalmon @SeanFraserMP @joan_baxter

So great to see Families from all over enjoying the Northumberland Strait

We are thrilled to see our beautiful Northumberland Strait thriving . The water and air has never been so clear and clean.

Amid a federal investigation into Paper Excellence's business ties, a briefing note shows Nova Scotia's government knew the company was controlled by a Chinese-Indonesian conglomerate as recently as 2017. Former B.C. officials declined to comment. vancouverisawesome.com/highlights/can…

Deals that made foreign-owned Paper Excellence Canada's largest wood pulp manufactured didn't go through net benefit review, industry department officials tell MPs. cbc.ca/news/politics/… #forestry