CELA Gives Canada’s Radioactive Waste and Decommissioning Policy a Failing Grade

Immediate Release April 4, 2023 Toronto - Late Friday afternoon last week, the federal government released its long overdue Policy on Radioactive Waste and Decommissioning. CELA has reviewed the policy and compared it to the clear expectations stated by the public during the federal…

The Evolution of Decommissioning Planning

In their chapter titled “The Evolution of Decommissioning Planning: Tracing the Requirements to Consider Radioactive Wastes and Socia Risk of Nuclear Power Plants”, CELA counsel Kerrie Blaise & Greenpeace program director Shawn-Patrick Stensil trace the evolution of decommissioning regulations and policy and compare decommissioning guides among propoheirnents, since their development in 2000 when the Nuclear Safety and Control Act (NSCA) came into force.

Webinar: Northern Focus: A webinar on Forestry, Sustainability and Public Engagement

Join CELA and Environment North for our second annual Northern Services legal education webinar series where students from Bora Laskin Law School in Thunder Bay profile their research on critical health and environmental issues affecting Northern Ontario.

CELA Submission to National Radioactive Waste Policy Consultation 2021

Submissions from the Canadian Environmental Law Association on Canada’s update of its radioactive waste policy. Authored by: Theresa McClenaghan CELA Submission to National Radioactive Waste Policy Review May 31 2021

Guest Blog – Zero Discharge & Virtual Elimination of Toxic Chemicals in the Great Lakes: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Posted by John Jackson, Canadian Co-chair, Toxics Free Great Lakes Binational Network and Michael Murray, Ph.D., U.S. Co-chair, Toxics Free Great Lakes Binational Network and Staff Scientist, National Wildlife Federation Great Lakes Regional Center