Blog posted by Joseph Castrilli, CELA Counsel on August 22, 2016 Originally published in The Toronto Star, July 29, 2016 Emissions of some of the most harmful chemicals are on the rise in Canada. We need to update the federal law that’s…
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Blog post by Richard D. Lindgren, CELA Counsel on February 2, 2016 Incredibly, 2016 marks my 30th year at CELA. Since it is customary to sit back and reflect upon such milestones, here are 30 memories (good, bad and ugly) over the…
Media Release Joint Release from CELA, Environment Hamilton and TEA. Toronto - Today, the Provincial Government released draft regulation that, if enacted, would make it easier for cement and steel companies to burn garbage instead of coal to make their…
Read More Media Release: Good Intentions Don’t Justify Bad Environmental Laws
Blog posted by Joseph F. Castrilli , CELA Counsel on July 18, 2014 Webster’s Dictionary defines the ostrich as a bird that when pursued hides its head in the sand and believes itself to be unseen. The behaviour, according to Webster’s, is…
Read More Blog: Federal Government Has Head in the Sand on Fracking and the NPRI
Blog posted by Richard D. Lindgren, CELA Counsel on June 16, 2014 When an environmental class proceeding is unsuccessful, should the representative plaintiff be ordered to pay the defendant’s legal costs; if so, what is the appropriate amount of costs that should…
Read More Blog: Dollars and Sense: Who Pays Costs in Public Interest Cases?
Title: Response to Canada Gazette, Part I: Notices and Proposed Regulations, Vol. 144, No. 42 (October 16, 2010) Proposed notice requiring the preparation and implementation of pollution prevention plans with respect to bisphenol A in industrial effluents Resource Type: Response…
