CELA presented at a community meeting about the proposed demolition of the GE Complex in Peterborough on legal tools that are available to protect the health and safety of the community.
Tag: pollution
Event: Know Your Rights – Air Quality Information and Legal Pop-Up Clinic
This free, confidential clinic will offer general information about your legal options if you’ve experienced impacts from air pollution in Hamilton.
Response to Canada’s Draft National Strategy Respecting Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice
CELA, alongside health and environmental organizations, responds to Canada's Draft National Strategy Respecting Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice.
Presentation: Regulating Brownfields in St. Catharines
Presentation on brownfield legislation, site remediation, and recent municipal developments.
Fact sheets: Environmental Penalties to Fund Community-led Projects
New fact sheets about environmental penalty funds for community projects.
Submission: Response to Updated Draft State of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Report
In July 2024, ECCC and Health Canada released an updated version of the report. Public interest organizations, including CELA, continue to respond to the government departments’ proposed findings that the class of PFAS meet the criteria as toxic under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act.