This month, East Coast Environmental Law is pleased to be offering a free public legal education and workshop session on environmental impact assessment and mining in Nova Scotia. DATE: Saturday, November 30thTIME: 1:00PM - 5:00PM (Doors open at 12:45)LOCATION: Room 105 of the Collaborative Health Education Building (Dalhousie)– 5793 University Ave., Halifax, NS  * Wheelchair accessible * *Free street parking on Saturday, or paid parking across the road at the IWK* Registration is required. Join us for a free public legal education session on environmental impact assessment and mining in Nova Scotia. Nova Scotia has one operating gold mine and four proposed mines currently undergoing environmental assessment. Communities are concerned about the potential health, social, economic and environmental impacts of a Nova Scotian gold rush. Federal and provincial environmental impact assessment processes provide an important opportunity for communities, groups and individuals to engage but the process can be complicated. In this session, staff lawyers from East Coast Environmental Law will present information and facilitate discussion on federal and provincial assessment processes, including the new Impact Assessment Act. During this session, we will explore questions including:• What are the different stages of an environmental assessment?• What is the difference between a federal…