Site-Specific Air Standard Approval – Lennox Generating Station

CELA has made a submission to the Environmental Registry of Ontario regarding the recent application by Ontario Power Generation for a site-specific air pollution standard for its Lennox Generating Station. If granted, the facility would be entitled to exceed the provincial air pollution standard for sulphur dioxide, oxides of nitrogen and sulphuric acid for a 10-year period.

Expanding Administrative Penalties for Environmental Contraventions

CELA counsel Richard Lindgren submitted a brief to Ontario's Environment Ministry regarding administrative penalty regulations under the province's environmental legislation

Blog: Why CELA Intervenes in National Test Cases

Blog authored by Richard D. Lindgren, CELA Counsel As a specialty legal aid clinic in Ontario, CELA is often involved in precedent-setting appellate cases which involve the interpretation or application of the province’s environmental laws. For example, in the Canadian…

Analysis of Ontario Bill 245: Accelerating Access to Justice Act, 2021

CELA has prepared an analysis of Schedules 6 and 10 of Ontario Bill 245, which proposes various reforms to the province's administrative law framework for adjudicating environmental and land use planning appeals. Download CELA's full brief here: CELA-Brief-Bill 245-March 2,…

Comments on Draft Environmental Assessment: Proposed Southwestern Landfill

CELA's comments on the draft Environmental Assessment for the proposed Southwestern Landfill submitted on behalf of Oxford People Against the Landfill (OPAL) Alliance