By Lauren Phillips, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Coast \u201cLet\u2019s not mince words,\u201d Jonathan Langdon tells The Coast. \u201cAnybody who tells you that the evidence around fracking has changed\u2013that it’s more healthy, that it’s safer\u2013this goes against all the studies up-to-date which show the health risks are the same or more acute than they were 10 years ago when we put this ban in place.\u201d Langdon is a development studies professor at St. Francis Xavier University and a Canada Research Chair in Sustainability and Social Change Leadership. He\u2019s concerned about a new provincial bill\u2013Bill 6, or An Act Respecting Agriculture, Energy and Natural Resources\u2013that would overturn longstanding bans on fracking and uranium exploration and mining if passed. Langdon was part of the groundswell movement leading to the provincial ban on… <\/p>\n
By Lauren Phillips, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Coast \u201cLet\u2019s not mince words,\u201d Jonathan Langdon tells The Coast. \u201cAnybody who tells you that the evidence around fracking has changed\u2013that it’s more healthy, that it’s safer\u2013this goes against all the studies up-to-date which show the health risks are the same or more acute than they were 10 years ago when we put this ban in place.\u201d Langdon is a development studies professor at St. Francis Xavier University and a Canada Research Chair in Sustainability and Social Change Leadership. He\u2019s concerned about a new provincial bill\u2013Bill 6, or An Act Respecting Agriculture, Energy and Natural Resources\u2013that would overturn longstanding bans on fracking and uranium exploration and mining if passed. Langdon was part of the groundswell movement leading to the provincial ban on... <\/p>\n