
August 2023 Bulletin
CELA’s summer student profiles, updates on Keep Napanee Great hearings, Chalk River near-surface disposal facility hearing, and Glencore’s application for
Founded in 1970, CELA is one of the oldest environmental advocates for environmental protection in the country. With funding from Legal Aid Ontario, CELA provides free legal services relating to environmental justice in Ontario, including representing qualifying low-income and vulnerable or disadvantaged communities in litigation. CELA also works on environmental legal education and reform initiatives.
The CELA Foundation is the charitable arm of Canadian Environmental Law Association. The Foundation was established in 1993 and supports CELA’s research and education work on environmental law and justice issues.
Air pollution is a major source of harm to human health and the environment. Ontario needs to set and enforce strong standards for local air quality in order to protect people from being exposed to air pollution.
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CELA’s summer student profiles, updates on Keep Napanee Great hearings, Chalk River near-surface disposal facility hearing, and Glencore’s application for
A series of fact sheets discussing Environmental Justice, as it pertains to the built environment, food security, and climate change.
This Toolkit has been created to pair critically urgent environmental issues with legal mechanisms for change and public advocacy.
Details regarding the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks approval of Glencore’s site specific standard proposal for sulphur dioxide.
An update on the the CNSC public hearings regarding the proposed Near Surface Disposal Facility (NSDF) for Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’
Canadian Environmental Law Association (“CELA”) writes to provide our comments in respect of proposed changes to the Provincial Policy Statement and the Place to Grow Policy by MMAH as a new consolidated policy statement. CELA Submission to PPS Review 2023
In 2016, the privately-owned Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) proposed a Near Surface Disposal Facility (NSDF) for their Chalk River site. The NSDF is required to undergo a federal environmental assessment (EA) under the legislation that was in place at the time, specifically the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 (CEAA). The CNSC must issue a decision statement under section 54 of the CEAA as to whether the designated project is likely to cause significant adverse environmental effects.
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