The Canadian Environmental Law Association is among 70 groups from across Canada opposed to new federal funding for new nuclear energy to be announced Dec. 18. “Next-generation nuclear reactors are a dirty, dangerous distraction from tackling the climate crisis. Nuclear energy is not green, not clean, too costly and too slow to build,” said Kerrie Blaise, Northern … Read more
The Government of Canada is proposing that the “project list” for Bill C-69, the Impact Assessment Act, exempt many nuclear reactors from any environmental assessment. “Excluding nuclear energy projects from impact assessment means there will be no credible sustainability-based assessment of the environmental, health, economic or social impacts of new, expanded or refurbished nuclear energy projects … Read more
Over 20 civil society organizations from across Canada are calling on the federal government to say ‘no’ to nuclear industry pressure to spend taxpayer resources on the development of Small Modular Reactors. In their letter to the Ministers of Environmental and Climate Change, Natural Resources and Science and Sport, the organizations state that the government has … Read more
Canada now joins over 50 countries that have banned asbestos but advocates seek continued government leadership to build its strategy to eliminate legacy asbestos issues to protect public health from ongoing exposure to asbestos, known to cause mesothelioma, asbestosis and a range of cancers, mostly resulting from workplace exposure. “The proposed regulation has been a … Read more
The Canadian Environmental Law Association has written to all federal MPs seeking their support for a radon mitigation tax credit. “We calculated the number of houses using the results of Health Canada’s cross-Canada survey of radon levels,” stated Kathleen Cooper, Senior Researcher with CELA. Health Canada’s results are reported by provincially-defined district health regions which we compared with federal riding boundaries. “We … Read more
Over two dozen non-governmental organizations from Canada and the United States are asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Papineau, Que.) and President Barack Obama to postpone or cancel an unprecedented series of shipments of highly radioactive liquid waste from Ontario to South Carolina along public roads and over bridges crossing the waters of the Great Lakes. “There … Read more
More than 100 organizations from around the Great Lakes are calling on the Canadian and American governments to list radionuclides as a “chemical of mutual concern” under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. The groups’ call is supported by a new report, Radionuclides as a Chemical of Mutual Concern in the Great Lakes Basin authored by … Read more
Public interest groups are asking the Supreme Court of Canada to overturn a Federal Court of Appeal ruling that they say sets a damaging precedent for the future of environmental assessment law in Canada. Earlier this year, the Federal Court of Appeal set an alarming precedent in a ruling allowing regulators to avoid careful consideration … Read more
The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) announced that health, human rights, environmental justice and conservation organizations across North America are calling on the governments of Mexico, Canada, and the United States to join them in opposition to the continued use of pentachlorophenol (PCP). “We are urging the Canadian government to align itself with other countries around the … Read more
Over 50 public interest and not-for-profit groups from Canada and the U.S. are calling on the Government of Canada to take urgent action to prohibit the use of triclosan in consumer and institutional products. Triclosan is used in a wide range of products including antibacterial soaps, cosmetics, treated textiles office and school products, kitchenware and … Read more
