Richard Lindgren blogs about CELA's historical and current casework representing citizens or citizen groups facing environmental risks from existing or proposed landfill projects.
Tag: waste management
Environment Minister Revokes Environmental Assessment Approval for Controversial Landfill in Eastern Ontario
Download the Media Release here: Media Release (December 18, 2019) December 18, 2019 – Township of Edwardsburgh-Cardinal Today the Citizens Against the ED-19 Dump (CAD) applauded the decision by Environment Minister Jeff Yurek to revoke an outdated environmental assessment approval…
Scoping Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Releases from the Recycling of Paper and Textiles and their Implications for the Great Lakes-St Lawrence River Ecosystem:
Identifying Opportunities to Address Toxicity of Products in a Circular Economy Report-PFAS-Sept-2019
Water, Waste, Wildlife: Canada’s Environment Week 2019
Posted by Richard Lindgren, CELA Counsel on June 24, 2019 [Note: This article was originally published online on June 3, 2019 in The Lawyers Daily] Since 1971, the week of June 5 has been declared by federal law as “Canadian Environment Week.” According to…
It is time to end toxic recycling: Canadian global position to abandon recycling exemption needed for a safe circular economy
Posted by Olga Speranskaya and Fe de Leon, Health and Environment Justice Support (HEJ Support) and Canadian Environmental Law Association on April 30, 2019 Health and Environment Justice Support (HEJSupport) and Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) have appealed to Environment and Climate Change…
Reducing Litter and Waste in Our Communities: Discussion Paper. Response to Environmental Registry No. 013-4689
Title: Reducing Litter and Waste in Our Communities: Discussion Paper. Response to Environmental Registry No. 013-4689 Resource Type: Letter, Response to Consultation Content: Response-Waste-Disc-Paper # of Pages: 13 Date authored: April 18, 2019 Author/s: Richard D. Lindgren, Emily Alfred, John…