
July 2023 Bulletin
New resources to help communities fight climate change impacts on vulnerable people, and updates on Elliot Lake case and near-surface
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.
The impacts of climate change are deeply unfair. Low-income people in Canada are least responsible for the devastating impacts of climate change but most impacted by them. CELA has new resources on extreme heat, flooding, and more.
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New resources to help communities fight climate change impacts on vulnerable people, and updates on Elliot Lake case and near-surface
CELA has submitted comments in response to ERO #019-6492, a proposal for a technical standard for the carbon black sector.
CELA and Environment Hamilton sent a letter to Ontario Premier Ford to express their concerns about air quality in Hamilton.
CELA’s reflections on the the Government of Canada’s final version of the National Adaptation Strategy.
Families from Elliot Lake take nuclear regulator to court over refusal to order clean up of radioactive mine waste rock
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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