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 the nation’s leading non-profit organization using the law to protect and restore the Canadian environment
What's New
Ten years after Walkerton, Ecojustice reports on the growing divide between those who have access to safe drinking water and those that don't. Read it here.
The 2010 Ecojustice Victories Report offers an inside view of our work and our wins for the environment. Get yours today!
Job Opportunity:
Leadership Giving Manager - Eastern Canada
Ecojustice is seeking a talented and energetic Philanthropy Manager – Eastern Canada to join and support our Development Department team.
Check out the Ecojustice Blog for the latest updates on our work
Recent Media Releases
- Media Release Contribuables, préparez-vous à payer la facture!
- Conservation groups call for stricter oil spill liability rules in Canada
- Media Release Ecosystems at risk in Far North as development rush trumps planning
- Groups call on Ontario government to rescue Premier's Far North vision before it's too late
- Media Release Time for concrete action on salmon declines
- Conservation groups call on government to act on inquiry findings
- Media Release Oil companies, not citizens, should cover spill damages
- Existing laws encourage risky oil operations, leave taxpayers on the hook
- Media Release Groups appeal for end to dismantling of environmental law
- Assessment law loopholes need to be closed, not created
- Media Release Ministry tries to conceal sea lice records - again
- Government actions 'outrageous,' waste of valuable resources
- Media Release Public trust provides the key to water protection
- Report shows how B.C. can lead with a modernized Water Act
- Media Release Voracious fish on the doorstep of Canadian waters
- With Discovery of Asian Carp Beyond Electric Barrier, Canadian Groups Urge Stronger Action to Stop Invasive Carp from entering Great Lakes
- Media Release Guilty verdict in Syncrude case applauded
- Lawsuit launched by Ecojustice confirms need to eliminate tailings ponds
- Media Release Legal action launched to protect South March Highlands
- City of Ottawa accused of breaking law in approving Terry Fox Drive Extension in Kanata
- Media Release Feds sued over failure to protect killer whales
- Case could determine future of Canada's at-risk species
- Media Release Minimum Standards with Maximum Loopholes
- New federal regulations for sewage would allow decades of continued pollution
- Media Release Walkerton’s lessons poorly learned
- A national water update revealing the emerging two tier system of safe drinking water access that is emerging in Canada ten years after Walkerton.


