Sunday, August 8, 2010

Nunavut judge grants temporary injunction against seismic testing

The judge, Sue Cooper, was a local Nunavut defence counsel and a fairly recent appointment:

http://bit.ly/9sYtAL

A Nunavut judge has handed the Canadian government a significant setback in the Arctic after granting an injunction sought by several Inuit communities from Baffin Island that blocks a planned seismic survey in the environmentally sensitive waters of Lancaster Sound.

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