Media Release: Ontario Neonic Regulations Released Today

Media Release CELA Salutes Another Ontario First in Pesticide Reduction Toronto – The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) is celebrating Ontario’s move today to finalize a regulation by July 1st of this year to dramatically reduce the use of neonicotinoid pesticides…

Action Alert: Send Your Support for Ontario’s Regulation to Restrict Neonic Pesticides

Apr 24 2015 Don’t delay. May 7th is the deadline for responding to Ontario’s consultation on a regulation to restrict neonicotinoid (“neonics”) pesticides. CELA supports this regulation. The proposal will classify treated seeds as pesticides and aims to dramatically reduce the use…

Media Release: Coalition of North American Environmental Health and Human Rights Organizations Demand National Governments Support Global Elimination of Toxic Chemicals

Media Release 27 Groups Sign Letter For more information: Pamela Miller, Alaska Community Action on Toxics, 907-222-7714 ANCHORAGE, AK, USA; TORONTO, ON, CANADA; TEXCOCO, STATE OF MEXICO, MEXICO: Today, health, human rights, environmental justice, and conservation organizations across North America are calling…

Letter to Government Ministers Demanding Elimination of Toxic Substances

Title: Letter to Government Ministers Demanding Elimination of Toxic Substances Resource Type: Letter Content: Final (April 21, 2015) NGO Letter on HCBC CN and Pentachlorophenol Canada # of Pages: 5 Date authored: April 21, 2015 Author/s: CELA and 26 Other…

Media Release: Ontario posts draft regulations on neonics – important first step to protect pollinators

Media Release TORONTO — The Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) continues to support the Ontario Government in its plan to achieve an 80 per cent reduction in the use of neonicotinoid-treated corn and soybean seeds over the next two years. A draft…

Media Release: 97 per cent support Ontario’s plan to restrict bee-killing pesticides

Media Release Close to 50,000 comments submitted during public consultation process Joint media release of 15 environmental and health organizations TORONTO – Ontario’s proposal to restrict bee-killing pesticides received an overwhelmingly positive response from the public. Close to 50,000 comments were…