Media Release: Avoid Risks to Children’s Health During Renovations / Energy Retrofits, Experts Urge

Media Release Energy retrofits can fight climate change and create healthier homes but training, caution essential to avoid release of brain-damaging lead, other toxic substances Embargo: 5 A.M. EST, Sun. Mar. 6, 2011 Home energy retrofits tackle climate change and…

Media Release: Ministry of the Environment Grants Environmental Group’s Legal Application to Review Ontario’s Environmental Bill of Rights

Toronto – Ontario’s Ministry of the Environment (MOE) has agreed to undertake a public review of the province’s Environmental Bill of Rights (EBR), as had been requested by lawyers with the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA). In December 2010, CELA…

Media Release: Ministry of the Environment Issues Order and Lays Charge Against Waste Management for Stormwater Discharge from Richmond Landfill

Media Release Toronto - Recent inspections by the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) of the stormwater management facility at the Richmond Landfill near Napanee have resulted in the issuance of a Provincial Officer’s Order and a Provincial Offences Notice against…

Media Release: Expert Reviewer Raises Concerns about Leachate Contamination at the Richmond Landfill Site

Media Release A detailed report by an expert hydrogeologist retained by local citizens has raised serious concerns about leachate contamination at the Richmond Landfill Site near Napanee, Ontario. The report was prepared by Wilf Ruland, P. Geo., and it has…

Media Release: Mohawks, Municipality, and Residents Demand that Ontario Reject Proposed Environmental Assessment of Mega-Dump Proposal

Media Release The Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte, Tyendinaga Township, and numerous concerned citizens have filed written submissions demanding that the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) reject the environmental assessment (EA) process that has been proposed by Waste Management…

Media Release: Bill C-9: Proposed Changes to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act

Media Release Title: Re: Bill C-9: Proposed Changes to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act CELA Publication 721(B) [Letter to James Rajotte, Chair of the Standing Committee of Finance] Resource Type: Letter Content: 721B-L-BillC-9 # of Pages: 3 Date authored: May…