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By Lyndsay Armstrong Nova Scotia\u2019s provincial opposition parties are criticizing the government for continuing to keep a year-old report on environmental racism out of the public eye. Their comments came after Becky Druhan, minister responsible for the Office of Equity and Anti-Racism Initiatives, told reporters Thursday that government has requested a meeting with the environmental racism panel that created the report to \u201cdiscuss with them before sharing any additional information.\u201d The report was completed by an eight-member panel appointed in June 2023 to look at how racism affects a community\u2019s natural environment in Nova Scotia. Environmental racism is a form of systemic racism where environmentally hazardous activities like landfills, trash incinerators, coal plants and toxic waste facilities are set up near Black and racialized communities or Indigenous territories. The report… <\/p>\n

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By Lyndsay Armstrong Nova Scotia\u2019s provincial opposition parties are criticizing the government for continuing to keep a year-old report on environmental racism out of the public eye. Their comments came after Becky Druhan, minister responsible for the Office of Equity and Anti-Racism Initiatives, told reporters Thursday that government has requested a meeting with the environmental racism panel that created the report to \u201cdiscuss with them before sharing any additional information.\u201d The report was completed by an eight-member panel appointed in June 2023 to look at how racism affects a community\u2019s natural environment in Nova Scotia. Environmental racism is a form of systemic racism where environmentally hazardous activities like landfills, trash incinerators, coal plants and toxic waste facilities are set up near Black and racialized communities or Indigenous territories. The report... <\/p>\n

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