Ecojustice (formerly Sierra Legal Defence Fund) goes to court to defend the right of Canadians to a healthy environment.
Ecojustice, formerly Sierra Legal Defence Fund, is Canada’s leading non-profit organization of lawyers and scientists devoted to protecting the environment. Since 1990, we have helped hundreds of conservation groups, coalitions and communities expose law-breakers, hold governments accountable and establish powerful legal precedents in defence of our air, water, wildlife and natural spaces. Ecojustice goes to court to defend the right of Canadians to a healthy environment.
What's New
We won at the Supreme Court!
It's a major victory for sustainable development and public participation - read more here.
Ecojustice wants to stop soot in Canada's Arctic, and you can help - visit stopsoot.ca to watch the video and send a letter to our federal government telling them to take action.
Join our team! Ecojustice is hiring law students in Toronto and Vancouver - see our Employment Opportunities and apply today.
Check out the Ecojustice Blog for the latest updates on our work.
Recent Media Releases
- Media Release Water Opportunities Act Must Set Targets for Ontario’s Wasteful Water Use
- Ontario is poised to become a global leader in water innovation, but it must remember to address water use and conservation at home
- Media Release Legal action launched over bird kills at GTA office complex
- Ecojustice and Ontario Nature alleging Toronto property caused hundreds of bird deaths
- Media Release Community outcry sparks orders against Lilydale
- Alberta Health Services issues Public Health Act orders over waste handling
- Media Release Public gains long-awaited access to sea lice records
- Environmental groups end fish farm secrecy with Freedom of Information win
- Media Release Environmental Assessment Lawsuit Moves Ahead
- Ecojustice filed arguments on behalf of Sierra Club Canada today that claim the Canadian government acted unlawfully in gutting the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) through regulations last year.
- Media Release DFO faces lawsuit over proposed aquaculture expansion
- Ecojustice threatens government with a lawsuit over fish farm expansion.
- Media Release BC Government "Muk Muks" up
- Confidential document reveals BC ignoring science, failing to protect Muk Muk's home
- Media Release Green Budget Coaltiion Prioritizes 3 Budget Actions: for Biodiversity, Water & Energy
- The Green Budget Coalition's recommendations for the 2010 Federal budget. Biodiversity, water quality, renewable energy and new jobs.
- Media Release Collapse of Fraser sockeye underscores urgency of water reform
- Citizens groups unite in calling for overhaul of BC’s Antiquated Water Act
- Media Release Supreme Court of Canada gives public a voice on major industrial projects
- Court ensures meaningful environmental assessments across country
- Media Release Province lags in keeping industrial waste from the Great Lakes
- Environmental groups press government to address outdated regulations
- Media Release Le Canada traîné en Cour pour dérogation à la loi fédérale sur le réchauffement climatique
- Le gouvernement canadien se voit confronté à un recours juridique historique devant le plus haut tribunal du pays, pour défaut à ses obligations quant au réchauffement climatique
- Media Release Canada facing legal challenge for breaking federal global warming law
- Government of Canada facing landmark legal challenge in the country’s top court for failing to take action on global warming
- Media Release A “Free for All” as Mining Claims More than Double in Carbon-rich Ecosystem
- Public Interest Groups Call for Land Withdrawals to Ease Pressure
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