BREAKING NEWS: Canada continues to oppose LNG development in Passamaquoddy Bay

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Just received at 4:40 pm today, May 17, 2013. Canada’s Ambassador to the United States confirmed again today Canada’s official opposition to the proposed Downeast LNG terminal in Passamaquoddy Bay, Bay of Fundy, stating:

Given that LNG vessels would need to transit through Head Harbour Passage as well as the New Brunswick side of Passamaquoddy Bay. our position remains that this proposal can not proceed. Canada will not cooperate in any coordination planning with U.S. authorities: nor will our Government curtail the use of Head Harbour Passage and Passamaquoddy Bay in order to accommodate the incursion of LNG tankers.

Previous approval given to Downeast LNG by the United States Coast Guard was conditional upon the approval and cooperation of the Government of Canada. Technically this letter should cause the proposal to become null and void.

The full text follows:

CanadianRejectionofDowneastLNG

 

Paint Campobello this summer.

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plein air painting workshops on campobello island, new brunswick, lubec, maineJoin plein air landscape painter Michael Chesley Johnson for small-size outdoor painting workshops and painting retreats on Campobello Island, New Brunswick, July-September 2013.

Looking for a small workshop? Paint Campobello plein air painting workshops are limited typically to only 4 students. You’ll get much more feedback and personal help in these small workshops.

Only 90 miles from Bar Harbor, Maine!

Workshops run Tuesday-Friday, 9-1. This leaves you plenty of time in the afternoons to explore the Island and the Maritimes – or, you can paint more on your own! Campobello Island and nearby Lubec, Maine, offer hiking, biking, kayaking, whale watch tours and more!

Class size is limited, so reserve soon!
Click Here for Schedules and Sign Up

Also Offering Special Maine-Only Workshop in Lubec, Maine, and Special Workshop with Artist Albert Handell (see schedule)

Details at http://paintcampobello.com/

LNG: Save Passamaquoddy Bay USA accuses FERC, US Coast Guard and Department of State of Fraud!

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United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea

United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Save Passamaquoddy Bay USA has submitted a letter and documentation to FERC claiming fraud was committed by FERC, USCG and Department of State in regards to claims made about the status of the United States under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Follow us here to see what further actions result from this claim.

FERC files link at the end of this article.

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Filed By: Save Passamaquoddy Bay
Filed Date: 3/21/2013
Accession No: 20130321-5053
Description: Innocent Passage comment of Save Passamaquoddy Bay under CP07-52, et. al.

Summary: Save Passamaquoddy Bay demonstrates that the US Department of State claim of right of innocent passage under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) through Canadian waters to the proposed Downeast LNG terminal (and the now-defunct Quoddy Bay LNG and Calais LNG terminals) is fraudulent. Additionally, FERC and the US Coast Guard, instead of blowing the whistle on the Department of State, have been complicit in the fraud.

Save Passamaquoddy Bay suggests that the State Department withdraw its opinion, and demands that FERC dismiss Downeast LNG’s applications.

Information: FILE LIST

POLLUTION: It’s been 8 years and St. Stephen is still polluting the St. Croix River -Time for action has passed.

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Some of the human waste that has been deposited into the St. Croix River daily from the Town of St. Stephen

The St. Croix Estuary Project, an Atlantic Coastal Action Program organization, first identified dangerous levels of pollution in 2004 and each succeeding year tracked the improvements, if any, at a set of established sites from St. Stephen to St. Andrews. A recent article in the St. Croix Courier outlined the latest results and, sad to say, there has been little or no progress in cleaning up these dangerous and illegal sites of pollution.

It’s long past time for St. Stephen to get its act together. And where are the regulators … both Provincial and Federal. This is a Canadian Heritage River and shared with the United States … although that seems to be of little significance. Is it now time for litigation?

Here is a link to all of the relevant reports from 2004 to 2008. Additional years are available and will be uploaded soon.

http://www.scribd.com/my_document_collections/2840891

 

BIRDS: Golden Eagle and Northern Hawk Owl Reports.

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Report to NatureNB from Stu Tingley Shediac, NB

Tantramar marsh GOLDEN EAGLE – The Sackville GOLDEN EAGLE put on what was surely its’ best and most prolonged showing of the winter today with repeated appearances in the vicinity of Folkins Drive beginning at 11am with several passes up and down the creek which crosses Donald Harper Lane and finishing at 4:25pm when the eagle drifted off high eastward after consuming what appeared to be a muskrat on the banks of the creek along the farm road behind the Prescott Farm (big red barn on Folkins Drive). I’ve placed a 45-second video of the bird in flight taken at 4:20pm this afternoon at YouTube:

http://youtu.be/CQORUGyWaZs

Surnia ulula

Surnia ulula (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Gilles Belliveau and Ruth Rogers report that the McKee’s Mills exit (Route 11 near Bouctouche) NORTHERN HAWK OWL (Chouette eperviere) was on site late this afternoon.

 

More Trouble for the East Coast Cod Fishery

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CLF Calls to Shut Down New England Cod Fishery

Posted: 31 Jan 2013 01:12 PM PST

Yesterday the story of New England’s cod fishery took another tragic turn when the New England Fishery Management Council voted to drastically cut catch limits for New England’s two cod stocks—Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank cod—by 77 and 61 percent, respectively.

The Council’s action follows months of scientific debate on appropriate catch limits for cod. Recent assessments showed stocks at the lowest levels ever recorded and declining rapidly: