Clyde River’s fight against seismic testing in federal court – CBC
Apr 20, 2015
Hamlet and local hunters and trappers organization seek to overturn 2014 National Energy Board decision
The lawyer representing Clyde River told the Federal Appeals Court in Toronto this morning that the community’s fight against seismic testing is about the Inuit right to eat.
Lawyer Nader Hasan argued that seismic testing could be catastrophic to the local food supply, driving away crucial marine mammals and fish in a community with a high level of food insecurity.
Hasan is representing the hamlet and the local hunters and trappers organization, which launched legal action last July to overturn the National Energy Board’s 2014 decision to allow a group of companies to use seismic testing to look for oil and gas in Baffin Bay and Davis Strait.
