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Feds need to keep Georges Bank moratorium, now

Discussions between Natural Resources Canada and the Nova Scotia Department of Energy aimed at drafting ‘mirror legislation’ to protect Georges Bank from oil and gas activity through 2022 seem to have reached an impasse this spring.

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BY CLAUDE D’ENTREMONT
July 5, 2013

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