By Devin Stevens A former university president who oversaw the report that led to a decade-long ban on fracking in Nova Scotia is questioning the government’s claims that new natural-gas development will lower emissions and energy prices. On Monday the government said it was putting Dalhousie University in charge of a $30-million program that will see a call for onshore natural-gas exploration in the new year. Officials said new natural-gas development will allow the province to cut back on burning coal for electricity generation and help it hit its 2030 emission targets. David Wheeler was president of Cape Breton University when he chaired an independent group whose 2014 report for the government said fracking shouldn’t be allowed until more research was done on health, environmental and economic impacts. Now an…
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