Press Releases
Environment minister announces all metallurgical coal mines will undergo federal impact assessments, misses opportunity for regional assessment on Aboriginal and Treaty rights
Jun 16, 2021
Today, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson took an important step in addressing the impact of coal in Canada by announcing his intention to designate all metallurgical coal … Read more.
Groups going to court to stop continued use of dangerous pesticide
Jun 14, 2021
Chlorpyrifos should be banned immediately OTTAWA/TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE – Ecojustice, on behalf of Safe Food Matters and Prevent Cancer Now, has launched a judicial review … Read more.
STATEMENT: Feds sound death knell for thermal coal, Ecojustice reacts
Jun 11, 2021
Ecojustice welcomes the announcements made today by federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change Jonathan Wilkinson that effectively signal the end of thermal coal mining in Canada. Wilkinson confirmed that … Read more.
Environmental organizations urge swift passage of amended climate bill through Parliament
Jun 10, 2021
OTTAWA/TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE – Environmental organizations Climate Action Network-Réseau Action Climat (CAN-Rac), Ecojustice, Équiterre, David Suzuki Foundation (DSF) and West Coast Environmental Law Association (WCELA) … Read more.
Flawed environmental assessment of offshore drilling faces scrutiny in Federal Court
May 25, 2021
Environmental groups head to court to fight blanket exemption for exploratory drilling ST JOHN’S, N.L./TRADITIONAL TERRITORY OF THE BEOTHUK AND MI’KMAQ – Ecojustice will be in court today to challenge … Read more.
Groups demand New Brunswick government take action to protect vulnerable species
May 20, 2021
Indigenous and environmental groups criticize government’s neglect of provincial Species at Risk Act FREDERICTON/ THE TRADITIONAL TERRITORY OF THE WABANAKI PEOPLES – In a demand letter sent to Minister of Natural … Read more.
B.C. gets failing grades on biodiversity targets two days before International Day for Biological Diversity
May 20, 2021
Report card comes a decade after international governments committed to global biodiversity targets VANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh AND səlilwətaɬ TERRITORIES — If it continues on its current trajectory, the … Read more.
Ecojustice in court to fight Coalspur Mines’ attempt to expand Vista thermal coal mine without federal impact assessment
May 19, 2021
CALGARY/TERRITORIES OF THE BLACKFOOT AND PEOPLES OF TREATIES 6 AND 7, HOME TO MÉTIS NATION OF ALBERTA, REGION III – Ecojustice is in court today and tomorrow on behalf of … Read more.
Alberta public inquiry allowed to proceed, decision sets concerning precedent
May 14, 2021
Premier Jason Kenney’s controversial and beleaguered public inquiry into “anti-Alberta” activities allowed to proceed CALGARY/TERRITORIES OF THE BLACKFOOT AND PEOPLES OF TREATY 7, HOME TO MÉTIS NATION OF ALBERTA, REGION … Read more.
