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Blog: Significant Reform of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act Critical to Protecting our Most Vulnerable Communities

by kcooper3497January 28, 2021March 19, 2021

CELA Senior Researcher Fe de Leon blogs about hopeful signs for fundamental reform in 2021 to Canada's principle environmental protection law.

High Level Declaration (HDL) – enabling framework for international management of chemicals and waste

by kcooper3497October 26, 2020November 9, 2020

Response of NGOs from around the world regarding the High Level Declaration (HLD), an enabling framework for chemicals and waste for the next phase of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) policy within the United Nations Environment Program.…

Global Call for the UN Human Rights Council to urgently recognise the Right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment

by kcooper3497September 10, 2020January 5, 2021

THE TIME IS NOW! Global Call for the UN Human Rights Council to urgently recognise the Right to a safe, clean, healthy and sustainable environment CELA joined nearly 1000 organizations from across the globe in support of this statement. View…

Blog: US Relaxation of Environmental Rules in the Wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic – The Implications for Canada and Mexico

by Julia HambletonMarch 29, 2020March 19, 2021

Blog post by Joseph Castrilli, CELA Counsel In a move that has implications for international arrangements with Canada regarding protection of the North American environment, the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States, citing the coronavirus pandemic as its justification,…

Media Release: Environmental and Labour organizations petition Canadian Ministers to ensure Canada’s trade deal with Brazil and Mercosur countries enforces the protection of the Amazon

by Robert HuffSeptember 6, 2019March 1, 2021

Media Release Unceded Algonquin Anishinaabe Territories [OTTAWA] (September 6 2019): Canadian environmental and labour organizations join forces today to petition the Canadian government to ensure the Mercosur trade agreement being negotiated with Brazil and the other Mercosur countries protects the Amazon…

Basel Ban Amendment prohibiting exports of hazardous wastes

by Robert HuffJuly 17, 2019September 30, 2019

Title: Basel Ban Amendment prohibiting exports of hazardous wastes Resource Type: Letter Content: Letter-to-Minister-McKenna-17-July-2019 # of Pages: 3 Date authored: July 17, 2019 Author/s: Kathleen Ruff, Theresa McClenaghan, Jim Puckett, Tadeese Amera, Sarah King, Beatrice Olivastri & Heather Marshall Author…

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