CELA has submitted a letter in response to the Government of Canada's Engagement on Canada’s 2030 Emission Reduction Plan.
Consultation Letter on Net Zero 2022
Tag: small modular reactors (SMRs)
Making the Links: A Toolkit for Environmental Protections, Health, and Equity
This Toolkit has been created to pair critically urgent environmental issues with legal mechanisms for change and public advocacy. It has been developed with and for Indigenous and settler communities, and individuals throughout Northern Ontario. It is meant to be a foundational resource so that both individuals and practitioners can have ready access to solutions for environmental health issues.
Media Release: 70 groups call for a moratorium on new nuclear to be included in cabinet mandate letters
Seventy groups and organizations have called on the Prime Minister to include a moratorium on federal funding for nuclear expansion in the mandate letters to cabinet. Prime Minister Trudeau is expected to announce his new cabinet next week.
Blog: Environmental Justice in a Nuclear Age
In the quest to produce greener and more efficient energy, we cannot overlook the lifecycle impacts of energy production and their potential interactions with existing systemic inequities. Case in point, is nuclear power, which has been largely presented as a clean form of energy. However, the entire life cycle of nuclear energy production—from uranium mining to radioactive waste storage—must be considered. There are health risks and costs along the way, and already vulnerable people risk continue to risk bear them under the status quo.
Letter regarding Small Modular Nuclear Reactors in Pinawa, Manitoba
The Local Government in Pinawa, Manitoba (home to the Whiteshell nuclear reactor) is in the process of seeking approval for a “Small Modular Nuclear Reactor” to be sited at Pinawa with the intention of providing electrical power to the town, in…
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Response to Five-Year Review of the Nuclear Liability and Compensation Act
Canada is reforming the Nuclear Liability and Compensation Act. CELA and other non-profits are calling on Canada to remove the shielding of the nuclear supply chain from liability.
