NGO Position Paper to the Rotterdam Convention Conference of the Parties, October 27-31, 2008

Title: NGO Position Paper to the Rotterdam Convention Conference of the Parties, October 27-31, 2008 Content: RotterdamConventionNGOPositionPaper # of Pages: 2 Date authored: October 9, 2008 Author Organization: Rotterdam Convention Alliance, Pesticide Action Network, International POPs Elimination Netw

Media Release: Environmentalists hail precedent-setting Ontario court victory

Media Release Lafarge loses bid to stop hearing into tire and waste-burning at Bath cement kiln TORONTO – In a precedent-setting decision that will impact air, water and waste decisions throughout the province, the Ontario Divisional Court ruled late yesterday…

Blog: Decision Upholds Citizens’ Participatory Rights under the Environmental Bill of Rights

Reprint (Ontario Bar Association - Environews - January, 2009) by Kaitlyn Mitchell The Environmental Bill of Rights, 1993 (“EBR”) (1) was enacted to protect the environment by giving Ontario residents meaningful ways in which to participate in environmentally significant government…