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BC Noncompliance Report
Case | Apr 23, 2007 12:00 AMWe have been tirelessly seeking information from the BC Ministry of Environment for preparation of a “non-compliance report” to reveal which companies are BC's top polluters. Read more.
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TILMA - Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement
Case | Mar 29, 2007 11:00 PMLegal opinion on the potential environmental impacts of the Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement between Alberta and BC. Read more.
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Batholiths seismic testing proposal
Case | Mar 09, 2007 12:00 AMIn March 2007, a plan to conduct seismic testing was terminated, based on advice from our experts and from government scientists that it could pose significant risks to marine mammals. Read more.
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Banning PBDE Fire Retardants
Case | Feb 16, 2007 12:00 AMEcojustice's legal and scientific work to ban PBDEs in Canada Read more.
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Piping Plover Lawsuit
Case | Feb 09, 2007 12:45 PMWon a reprieve for the Piping Plover, an increasingly endangered shorebird found in eastern Canada, by forcing the federal government to revise its strategy to ensure that the bird's habitat is protected Read more.
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Migratory Birds CEC Complaint
Case | Feb 05, 2007 12:00 AMComplaint to the CEC spurred investigation exposing destruction of 45,000 birds nests each year by logging companies in Ontario's public forests Read more.
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Sewage Investigation and Prosecutions - BC
Case | Jan 11, 2007 12:00 AMThe federal government has shut down the second of two private prosecutions around sewage treatment plants against both the Province of BC and Metro Vancouver under the federal Fisheries Act - but progress is still being made to clean up BC's sewage treatment. Read more.
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US EPA Transboundary Air Pollution Complaint
Case | Nov 01, 2006 12:00 AMA complaint filed under the US Clean Air Act regarding transboundary air pollution from US coal plants Read more.
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NAFTA Commission for Environmental Cooperation - Species at Risk
Case | Oct 11, 2006 12:00 AMIn October 2006, we filed a complaint to an international commission, alleging that Canada is failing to enforce its Species at Risk Act. Read more.
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Taku
Case | Aug 24, 2006 12:00 AMSome months after we filed an application in Federal Court challenging the handling of the environmental assessment of the Tulsequah Chief mine in northern BC, plans to build a 160km road - which would have wiped out an entire herd of caribou - to the mine site were shelved. Read more.
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BC Noncompliance Report
Case | Jan 12, 2010 04:00 PMWe have been tirelessly seeking information from the BC Ministry of Environment for preparation of a “non-compliance report” to reveal which companies are BC's top polluters. Read more.
-
TILMA - Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement
Case | Jan 12, 2010 04:00 PMLegal opinion on the potential environmental impacts of the Trade, Investment and Labour Mobility Agreement between Alberta and BC. Read more.
-
Batholiths seismic testing proposal
Case | Mar 21, 2013 07:22 AMIn March 2007, a plan to conduct seismic testing was terminated, based on advice from our experts and from government scientists that it could pose significant risks to marine mammals. Read more.
-
Banning PBDE Fire Retardants
Case | Jan 12, 2010 04:00 PMEcojustice's legal and scientific work to ban PBDEs in Canada Read more.
-
Piping Plover Lawsuit
Case | Jan 12, 2010 04:00 PMWon a reprieve for the Piping Plover, an increasingly endangered shorebird found in eastern Canada, by forcing the federal government to revise its strategy to ensure that the bird's habitat is protected Read more.
-
Migratory Birds CEC Complaint
Case | Jan 12, 2010 04:00 PMComplaint to the CEC spurred investigation exposing destruction of 45,000 birds nests each year by logging companies in Ontario's public forests Read more.
-
Sewage Investigation and Prosecutions - BC
Case | Mar 21, 2013 07:21 AMThe federal government has shut down the second of two private prosecutions around sewage treatment plants against both the Province of BC and Metro Vancouver under the federal Fisheries Act - but progress is still being made to clean up BC's sewage treatment. Read more.
-
US EPA Transboundary Air Pollution Complaint
Case | Jan 12, 2010 04:00 PMA complaint filed under the US Clean Air Act regarding transboundary air pollution from US coal plants Read more.
-
NAFTA Commission for Environmental Cooperation - Species at Risk
Case | Jan 12, 2010 04:00 PMIn October 2006, we filed a complaint to an international commission, alleging that Canada is failing to enforce its Species at Risk Act. Read more.
-
Taku
Case | Jan 12, 2010 04:00 PMSome months after we filed an application in Federal Court challenging the handling of the environmental assessment of the Tulsequah Chief mine in northern BC, plans to build a 160km road - which would have wiped out an entire herd of caribou - to the mine site were shelved. Read more.
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