Environmental, health and clean cosmetics groups ask for immediate reform to the Canadian Environmental Protection Act. The groups are joined by hundreds of concerned citizens in calling on the federal government to fulfil its promise to reform the country’s two-decade old pollution prevention and toxic chemicals law.
CELA communications intern, Isobel Mason and Senior Researcher Kathleen Cooper blog about calls for a green and just recovery, highlighting the path forward in specific recommendations from the Green Budget Coalition.
In this webinar series, we explore how the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), our country’s main environmental legislation used to evaluate and manage substances, can be strengthened to protect vulnerable communities.
Response of NGOs from around the world regarding the High Level Declaration (HLD), an enabling framework for chemicals and waste for the next phase of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) policy within the United Nations Environment Program.…
Statement from Environmental Defence, Canadian Environmental Law Association, Citizens' Network on Waste Management, Health and Environment Justice Support, Recycling Council of Ontario, Toronto Environmental Alliance, Waste Watch Ottawa.
Four key recommendations include building retrofits, clean transportation, nature-based climate solutions and protected areas
