Action Alert - Please join us and sign on to this statement calling on Canada and Ontario to establish an immediate moratorium in the Ring of Fire.
CELA, with the Friends of the Attawapiskat River, MiningWatch, Northwatch, Wildlands League and West Coast Environmental Law are calling on Canada to enact an urgent moratorium on prospecting, exploration, development, and project-specific decision-making in the Ring of Fire.
CELA Northern Services Counsel Kerrie Blaise and Brady Reid researcher blog about the mad dash to develop the controversial Ring of Fire (ROF) with significant implications for First Nation communities across Ontario’s Far North.
CELA with the Friends of the Attawapiskat River, MiningWatch Canada and Wildlife Conservation Society Canada are once again urging the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines to pause decision making on numerous proposals to issue mineral exploration permits in the Ring of Fire.
Response to proposals to issue multiple explorations in the Ring of Fire
A report released today by MiningWatch Canada (and endorsed by CELA) concludes that every new mine, smelter or refinery in Ontario – or major expansion – must have a thorough environmental assessment before it can go ahead.
