Cases
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Cenovus carbon capture and storage investigation
Case | Jan 11, 2011 09:00 AMSask. family calls for probe after finding bubbling, foaming water and animal carcasses strewn around its property. Read more.
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Modernizing B.C.’s Water Act
Case | Nov 25, 2010 07:50 AMEcojustice is working alongside a coalition of environmental groups to ensure that a new provincial Water Act works for all British Columbians. Read more.
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Total Joslyn North tar sands mine
Case | Nov 16, 2010 01:05 PMEcojustice has challenged a new oilsands project application that represents a potential $3 billion liability to Canadians. Read more.
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Alberta's woodland caribou
Case | Nov 16, 2010 12:00 PMEcojustice is headed back to court to protect woodland caribou in northeastern Alberta. Read more.
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Cohen Commission
Case | Sep 21, 2010 01:30 PMEcojustice is representing an environmental coalition before the Cohen Commission, the federal inquiry investigating the decline of sockeye salmon in the Fraser River. Read more.
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Ontario's Water Opportunities and Conservation Act
Case | Sep 10, 2010 07:55 AMEcojustice celebrates the announcement of a new Water Opportunities and Water Conservation Act for Ontario. Read more.
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Saving Burnaby Lake's turtles
Case | Aug 25, 2010 04:15 PMA rare population of turtles burrowed in the muddy floor of Burnaby Lake was spared from becoming dredging waste thanks to the threat of legal action by Ecojustice. Read more.
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Greater sage-grouse lawsuit
Case | Aug 25, 2010 04:05 PMEcojustice celebrates a landmark victory for endangered species after winning a case to identify the critical habitat of the prairie’s greater sage-grouse. Read more.
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Ottawa natural gardens
Case | Aug 25, 2010 04:00 PMAn unreasonable bylaw banning natural gardens in Ottawa is being reformed thanks to the threat of legal action by Ecojustice Read more.
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Endangered Nooksack Dace
Case | Aug 25, 2010 03:55 PMA small minnow on the brink of extinction has secured a monumental victory for Canada’s endangered species thanks to a successful Ecojustice lawsuit. Read more.
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Cenovus carbon capture and storage investigation
Case | Oct 31, 2012 11:01 AMSask. family calls for probe after finding bubbling, foaming water and animal carcasses strewn around its property. Read more.
-
Modernizing B.C.’s Water Act
Case | Nov 25, 2010 07:55 AMEcojustice is working alongside a coalition of environmental groups to ensure that a new provincial Water Act works for all British Columbians. Read more.
-
Total Joslyn North tar sands mine
Case | Feb 17, 2011 12:23 PMEcojustice has challenged a new oilsands project application that represents a potential $3 billion liability to Canadians. Read more.
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Alberta's woodland caribou
Case | Oct 01, 2012 04:22 PMEcojustice is headed back to court to protect woodland caribou in northeastern Alberta. Read more.
-
Cohen Commission
Case | Oct 31, 2012 04:14 PMEcojustice is representing an environmental coalition before the Cohen Commission, the federal inquiry investigating the decline of sockeye salmon in the Fraser River. Read more.
-
Ontario's Water Opportunities and Conservation Act
Case | Nov 24, 2010 08:28 AMEcojustice celebrates the announcement of a new Water Opportunities and Water Conservation Act for Ontario. Read more.
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Saving Burnaby Lake's turtles
Case | Nov 16, 2010 10:16 AMA rare population of turtles burrowed in the muddy floor of Burnaby Lake was spared from becoming dredging waste thanks to the threat of legal action by Ecojustice. Read more.
-
Greater sage-grouse lawsuit
Case | Oct 01, 2012 04:23 PMEcojustice celebrates a landmark victory for endangered species after winning a case to identify the critical habitat of the prairie’s greater sage-grouse. Read more.
-
Ottawa natural gardens
Case | Oct 07, 2010 01:10 PMAn unreasonable bylaw banning natural gardens in Ottawa is being reformed thanks to the threat of legal action by Ecojustice Read more.
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Endangered Nooksack Dace
Case | Oct 01, 2012 04:23 PMA small minnow on the brink of extinction has secured a monumental victory for Canada’s endangered species thanks to a successful Ecojustice lawsuit. Read more.
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