Bay du Nord

On Monday, lawyers on behalf of Sierra Club Canada, Equiterre and Mi'gmawe'l Tplu'taqnn Incorporated (MTI) — a group representing eight Mi’gmaq communities in New Brunswick – argued that the federal government’s approval of the Bay du Nord project failed to consider marine traffic from transporting oil and that the process fell short in consulting Indigenous communities.

After a period of dormancy in oil and gas activity off the coast of Nova Scotia, a company has been given the first approval needed to explore offshore for fossil fuels.

Groups fighting the approval of Canada’s first deepwater offshore oil project aren’t backing down. On Friday, they submitted an appeal after their court case against Bay du Nord was dismissed in June.

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Equinor says the Hercules semi-submersible will begin exploring next year in the Flemish Pass Basin, about 500 kilometres east of St. John's.

A case arguing that Bay du Nord, Canada’s first deepwater offshore oil project, was unlawfully approved was dismissed by the Federal Court last week.

Critics say the delay of the flagship project, meant to spark offshore oil development in Canada, highlights the fossil fuel industry's instability as the energy transition unfolds.

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Lawyers representing Equinor and the federal government on Thursday pushed back against arguments that Canada’s first deepwater offshore oil project, Bay du Nord, was unlawfully approved.

In April 2022, Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault approved Bay du Nord, stating it was environmentally sound. He determined the project, about 500 kilometres east of St. John’s in Newfoundland, “is not likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.”

After securing a licence for a recent discovery, Norwegian energy giant Equinor is one step closer to developing Canada’s first deepwater oil project off the East Coast.

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Last year, fossil fuel giant BP left the oilsands to dive into Canada’s offshore market, and is now set to explore a new region on the East Coast it hopes holds up to five billion barrels of oil.

The operators of an offshore oil rig have come forward in court to plead not guilty to a 2019 oil spill, which saw 12,000 litres of oil leach into the Atlantic Ocean.

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