Ecojustice is currently reviewing an assessment carried on by Cenovus Energy in Saskatchewan concerning the company's capture and storage activities near private property. Independent research indicated unnaturally high C02 levels in the area’s soil, but the company has said its assessment shows that CO2 is not leaking from its carbon capture. Ecojustice lawyer Barry Robinson … Read more
An international coalition of environmental groups is calling on the federal environment minister to take Canada’s endangered greater sage-grouse under its wing with an emergency protection order. Ecojustice submitted a petition on behalf of 12 groups demanding that Environment Minister Peter Kent (Thornhill, ON) use a provision in the federal Species at Risk Act to … Read more
The federal government has committed to backing a Liberal motion put forth by Interim Liberal Leader Bob Rae (Toronto Centre, ON) to ensure all First Nations communities have access to safe, clean drinking water. The news comes just days after Ecojustice released its national drinking water report, Waterproof 3. Among other findings, the report highlighted … Read more
Ecojustice has released a new report entitled "Waterproof 3," the environmental organization’s third drinking water report card. The report gives the federal government an ‘F’ for lagging in almost every aspect of water protection for which it is responsible. Of greatest concern is the government’s reluctance to create rigorous national drinking water standards that protect … Read more
