Title: Comments and Recommendations to inform Canada’s position to the Conferences of the Parties (COP) to the Stockholm and Rotterdam Conventions April 24 – May 5, 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland Resource Type: Letter Content: 1100TripleCOP2017 # of Pages: 6 Date…
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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Media Release Toronto, ON – The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) applauds action taken by the US and Canadian governments yesterday in designating 8 toxic chemicals of mutual concern in the Great Lakes (see https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/canada-and-united-states-target-reductions-chemicals-new-binational-list-reduce-public). The designation follows 3 years of…
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Title: Letter to MOECC Regarding the Waste-free Ontario Act (Bill 151) Resource Type: Response to Consultation Content: 1058-CELA, CNWM,TEA response to Bill 151 (Feb 29 2016) # of Pages: 25 Date authored: February 29, 2016 Publication number: 1058 Author/s: Fe…
Title: Briefing Note: Strengthening Canada’s legal framework to reduce human health risks from toxic substances Briefing note to Canada's new federal government from CELA, Ecojustice, Environmental Defence and the David Suzuki Foundation Content: CEPA-CCSPA-Cosmetics-Regs-Briefing-Note # of Pages: 12 Date authored:…
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Title: Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Roadmap on Toxic Chemicals: Advancing Prevention by Promoting Safer Alternatives Resource Type: Report Content: GLRoadmap # of Pages: 18 Date authored: June 2015 Author/s: Fe de Leon, Sarah Miller, Burgandy Dunn Author Organization: Canadian…
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