Northvolt tree cutting halted until Tuesday pending court hearing
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An environmental group and three concerned citizens have submitted a request for an injunction that would see a judge order Northvolt to temporarily stop work.
Tree cutting has come to an abrupt halt at the future site of a factory for electric car batteries south of Montreal.
On January 9, Swedish company Northvolt got the go-ahead from Quebec to begin preparatory work on a gigantic green lot dotted with thousands of trees in Saint-Basile-le-Grand.
Now, an impending legal challenge from environmentalists has stopped the company in its tracks.
“We’re relieved about that, but of course, it could start again soon,” said Marc Bishai, a lawyer for the Quebec Environmental Law Centre (CQDE) .
On Monday, Northvolt started cutting over 10,000 trees on a 170-hectare lot to make way for their gigantic $7 billion electric car battery manufacturing facility, which the federal and provincial governments are subsidizing to the tune of about $3 billion.
On Thursday, three concerned citizens and the CQDE submitted a request for an injunction to halt the work temporarily.
“These are habitats of rich biodiversity, including at-risk species. These are wetlands that are now rare in the region that have important ecological functions,” said Bishai.
Northvolt says in good faith it stopped chopping Thursday afternoon when it became aware of the impending legal proceeding.
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