Media Release Ingersoll - The Oxford People Against the Landfill (OPAL) Alliance has applied to Ontario’s Environmental Review Tribunal for leave (permission) to appeal an environmental approval recently issued to Carmeuse Lime (Canada) Limited. The approval was issued by the…
Media Release Napanee, ON - The much-anticipated public hearing on the leaking Richmond Landfill Site will commence next week before Ontario’s Environmental Review Tribunal. The hearing will commence on April 13, 2015 at 10:00 am in a conference room at the…
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Blog posted by Usman Javed, Student Intern, CELA Special Project on May 20, 2014 Summary: Contaminated drinking water is a threat to public health and quality of life. Despite the fact that most arsenic in drinking water arises from natural sources, it…
Read More Blog: Arsenic in Drinking Water: Ontario’s Failure to Endorse Health Canada’s Guideline
Blog posted by Richard D. Lindgren, CELA Counsel on October 17, 2013 In Ontario, no person is allowed to establish, operate or expand a waste disposal site (i.e. landfill) unless an Environmental Compliance Approval has been issued under the Environmental Protection Act (EPA). This…
Read More Blog: How to say “no” to unsuitable landfill sites in Ontario
Title: Deep Geologic Repository for Low and Intermediate Waste – CELA’s Commissioned Reports Presentation to DGR Joint Review Panel, September-October 2013 Resource Type: Presentation Content: DGR-CELA-Presentation # of Pages: 56 Date authored: October 2013 Author/s: Theresa McClenaghan, Richard Lindgren, Ramani…
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Media Release Toronto - Three participants in the long-standing fight against the Richmond Landfill near Napanee have formally applied to the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario to request key changes to provincial legislation governing the siting of waste disposal sites. The…
