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Ecojustice is leading the legal fight for a brighter environmental future. We are Canada’s only national environmental law charity. We are 100% donor-funded and have a 25-year track record of winning legal victories for people and the planet.
In the fight against biodiversity loss and climate change, what will it take to win? And how can the law…
In May 2021, the federal government added plastic manufactured items as a toxic substance under Canada’s primary environmental law –…
OTTAWA/TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE – Ecojustice applauds the Government of Canada’s formal commitment to introduce a federal…
Toronto, Ont./ Traditional territories of several First Nations including the Williams Treaties First Nations, Huron-Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Chippewas, and…
Earth Month is here and with it a whole bunch of exciting stuff is happening at Ecojustice. We’ve got the…
This month, the 15th Conference of the Parties (COP15) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) takes place…
Ecojustice is supporting six members of the public in a complaint to the competition bureau alleging that Royal Bank continues…
Traditional territories of several First Nations including the Williams Treaties First Nations, Huron-Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Chippewas, and the Mississaugas…
Over the past year, we’ve become increasingly aware of the disastrous impacts of climate change in Canada. Last summer, in…
One of the greatest mysteries of office water cooler chats nationwide has finally been solved — is that giant box…
CALGARY/TERRITORIES OF THE BLACKFOOT AND PEOPLES OF TREATY 7, HOME TO MÉTIS NATION OF ALBERTA, REGION III – Ecojustice says the report on Jason Kenney’s…
After a fractious and sometimes heated campaign, Canadians have elected a Parliament that largely resembles the one elected less than two…
We’re challenging what we say is a flawed Regional Assessment for proposed drilling in this area. This assessment was conducted…
Ecojustice has just filed a lawsuit to ban the selling and use of the dangerous pesticide chlorpyrifos in Canada. Chlorpyrifos…
We won. Canada’s highest court has sided with us. Thursday March 25, 2021, in a decisive 6-3 victory, the Supreme…
Last week, Ecojustice let us know that we would be in court on Monday, March 15, 2021 morning to stop…
The Supreme Court of Canada will hand down one of the most significant climate-related rulings in our nation’s history when…
Last week, the news emerged that Alberta public inquiry commissioner Steve Allan paid for reports by climate deniers and skeptics.…
Eighteen months (June 2022) from now, open-net fish farms – and the risk they pose to wild salmon – will…
After a historic legal victory last month, the young people leading a landmark climate lawsuit are preparing to fend off…
We’re going to court to protect important wetlands in Ontario, a crucial defence in the fight against the climate emergency.…
We have more climate momentum to celebrate: Last week November 12, 2020 the federal government introduced the Canadian Net-Zero Emissions Accountability Act…
Ontario’s lakes and watersheds need your help. Ontario’s more than 250,000 lakes contain about one-fifth of the world’s freshwater. They…
Ecojustice is suing the Ford government for its failure to consult with Ontarians before it passed Bill 197 (COVID-19 Economic…
Bill 197 is bad news for the environment.On July 8, the Ontario government tabled Bill 197 (COVID-19 Economic Recovery Act, 2019). The…
We’re (EcoJustice) teaming up with heavy hitters Ecology Action Centre, Sierra Club Canada Foundation and World Wildlife Fund Canada to…
As I stood listening from the back of the media room today at Queen’s Park, I was struck by how…
In the time since the law was last updated, Canadians have become increasingly exposed to toxics in their everyday lives. We need a modern law that adequately protects them.
While we continue to celebrate what this update means for the Gulf, we can’t let it overshadow that we are still waiting for a decision from the court on our case.
UPDATE 09/12/2018: Hours after we filed the lawsuit, the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks posted a notice on the Environmental Registry of Ontario providing for a 30-day public consultation period for Bill 4, Cap and Trade Cancellation Act, 2018.
UPDATE 09/12/2018: Hours after we filed the lawsuit, the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks posted a notice on the…
It is estimated that two-thirds of all Indigenous communities in Canada have been under at least one drinking water advisory at some time in the last decade.
It is estimated that two-thirds of all Indigenous communities in Canada have been under at least one drinking water advisory…
For close to a decade, the Ecojustice team has worked with Aamjiwnaang community members to convince the Ontario government to introduce a cumulative effects policy to address the air pollution crisis in Chemical Valley. After countless meetings, dozens of letters, and two lawsuits, the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change finally released a draft policy in November 2017.
For close to a decade, the Ecojustice team has worked with Aamjiwnaang community members to convince the Ontario government to…
Ecojustice lawyers represented Ada Lockridge and Ron Plain, two members of Aamjiwnaang First Nation, in their fight to ensure that the health of people living in one of Canada’s most polluted communities – Sarnia’s Chemical Valley – is protected.Ecojustice lawyers represented Ada Lockridge and Ron Plain, two members of Aamjiwnaang First Nation, in their fight to ensure that the health of people living in one of Canada’s most polluted communities – Sarnia’s Chemical Valley – is protected.
Ecojustice lawyers represented Ada Lockridge and Ron Plain, two members of Aamjiwnaang First Nation, in their fight to ensure that…
This week, on behalf of community groups and local residents, Ecojustice lawyers were in court to make the case for why the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority’s approval of the Fraser Surrey Docks coal export facility should be struck down.
This week, on behalf of community groups and local residents, Ecojustice lawyers were in court to make the case for…
Thanks to you, in the past year we have celebrated numerous victories for people and the planet. We won the lengthy fight against Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline, pressured the government to ban microbeads, and protected Canada’s national parks from commercial encroachment. As 2016 has come to a close, and 2017 is now here, our team is reflecting on the this year.
Looking back at 2016 Thanks to you, in the past year we have celebrated numerous victories for people and the…
The Canadian government has announced a ban on microbeads, and this progressive move will keep this harmful plastic pollutant out of Canada’s waterways. When products containing microbeads, such as cleansers, lotions and toothpastes, are used and rinsed down the drain, these bits of plastic — typically 1.0 millimetre or smaller in diameter — are too small to be caught by wastewater treatment facilities. Instead, they are flushed directly into lakes, rivers and streams, where they wreak havoc on wildlife. Scientists have found millions of microbeads in the Great Lakes, with the highest concentrations occurring near urban areas.
The Canadian government has announced a ban on microbeads, and this progressive move will keep this harmful plastic pollutant out…
Taking the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans to court to protect wild salmon is nothing new for us.
As you might remember, last year we successfully argued that the Minister had unlawfully delegated his regulatory responsibilities to fish farm companies and won a precedent-setting legal victory.