FANE Position on Clear-cutting – by Ian Goudie The matter of clear-cutting our forests is an ongoing debate that has advanced with the model of industrial forestry. Industrial forest managers (in NL they are classified as ecosystem managers!!) apply what can be likened to a mode of agriculture. The model […]
– by Sean J. McGrath Environmentalism is now firmly lodged on the left side of the political perspective. Associated with collectivism, the critique of neo-liberal economics and the opposition to free markets, environmentalism for many belongs alongside other signature leftist causes. People forget that environmentalism was originally a conservative policy. […]
March 1st, 7:30 pm Peter Easton Pub 29 Cookstown Road, St. John’s FANE is pleased to present a public talk with David Vardy (Public Policy Consultant) and Labrador Land Protector Jim Learning at the Peter Easton Pub on the future of the beleaguered Muskrat Falls hydro-electrical project on the Churchill […]
Listen to Kyla Bruff, on CBC’s On the Go, with Ted Blades (Feb. 16), responding to the recent announcement of doubling oil production in the province, labelled “Advance 2030.”
Kyla Bruff recently appeared on CBC’s St. John’s Radio Morning Show, discussing the emergence of FANE.
A new op-ed, by FANE Co-Director, Kyla Bruff. FANE: It’s time to talk about ecology in Newfoundland and Labrador
Climate Change is Real by Barry Stephenson Any adequate response to climate change must necessarily be rooted in the knowledge that climate change is real. There is much obfuscation and denial in the media, as well our economic and political institutions. These are some basic truths that we need to […]
The Religious Dimension of Climate Crisis Barry Stephenson Being able to see a situation, as is it, the work of reason, is very hard work. The use of reason is hampered by all sorts of obstacles – personal, social, economic, so on. Some measure of objective realism (seeing the world […]
FANE held its inaugural Annual General Meeting, at the Cochrane Centre, on February 8. FANE PRESS RELEASE Local NPO For A New Earth Holds General Meeting with Politicians, Academics and the Public; Establishes Action Plan Kyla Bruff St. John’s Local, newly established NPO For A New Earth (FANE) held its […]
APTN Coverage of the Symposium, with Justin Brake http://aptnnews.ca/2018/02/23/labrador-symposium-reveals-deep-diverse-opposition-muskrat-falls/ Podcasts of Talks, Wednesday, February 21 David Vardy, Public Policy Consultant Kelly Vodden, Memorial University Grenfell Stephen Crocker, Memorial University Marina Biasutti-Brown, Independent Expert, Advisory Committee Jerry Bannister, Dalhousie University MF Symposium Agenda, web On the […]