CELA Counsel Rick Lindgren looks ahead to environmental law matters that litigators and legislators can expect in 2020.
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Water Wells Remain at Risk in Ontario
By: Theresa McClenaghan, CELA Counsel and Executive Director and Richard Lindgren, CELA Counsel The December 2019 annual report by the Auditor General of Ontario has focused public and political attention on the need for effective provincial action to reduce greenhouse…
Revising Canada’s chemicals legislation needs to promote safer substitutes for toxic chemicals in products
Bev Thorpe with Clean Production Action and CELA's Fe de Leon blog about the need for better chemical safety provisions in CEPA to prevent toxic exposures from consumer products.
Ontario Minister Revokes Approval for Controversial Landfill
Richard Lindgren blogs about CELA's historical and current casework representing citizens or citizen groups facing environmental risks from existing or proposed landfill projects.
Renewables – Not Small Modular Nuclear Reactors – Are the Solution to Climate Change
By Theresa McClenaghan, Kerrie Blaise (CELA) and Guest Author Chris Rouse (New Clear Free Solutions) The idea of Small Modular Reactors (“SMRs”) was in the news this week with the federal government being urged to provide even more research money…
Why won’t Ontario Fix the Deficient Wells Regulation?
Most Ontarians obtain their drinking water from municipal systems that are closely regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act, 2002 (SDWA). This law is used to establish stringent standards for the treatment, distribution and testing of municipal drinking water in…