Media Release Files

File Notice of Application for KPIA Lawsuit (I) [September 2007]

Notice of Application for Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act Lawsuit (I) [September 2007]

File Petition to Canada's Auditor General regarding ongoing federal tax breaks to the oil and gas industry

We are demanding that the government publicly respond to the obvious contradiction between subsidies that encourage fossil fuel production and spending on measures aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions. [November 2007]

File Migratory bird nests Application for Review

Conservation groups are calling for a review under the province's Environmental Bill of Rights of provincial forestry policies that allow for the destruction of over 45,000 migratory bird nests each year. [November 2007]

File Notice of Application for KPIA Lawsuit (II) [November 2007]

Notice of Application for Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act Lawsuit (II) [November 2007]

File Waterproof 2 Executive Summary

Executive summary of Canada's third National Drinking Water Report Card [October 2006]

File Great Lakes Sewage Report Backgrounder

Background info on the Great Lakes Sewage Report Card [November 2006]

File Great Lakes Sewage Report Card Grading Methodology

Grading methodology for the Great Lakes Sewage Report Card [November 2006]

File Draft BC Recovery Strategy Implementation Guideline

Note section 2.5, Draft BC direction on Critical Habitat. [Posted: December 2007]

File BC recovery strategies letter

Letter to Federal Environment Minister John Baird requesting a review of all BC recovery strategies prepared pursuant to the federal Species at Risk Act [December 2007]

File Open Letter to Prime Minister- CNSC - Dec 12, 2007

Open letter to the Prime Minister and opposition leaders, from Greenpeace, the Canadian Environmental Law Association and Ecojustice urging federal Members of Parliament not to override the decision by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) to shut down the nuclear reactor at Chalk River.

File Letter to Minister Claude Béchard about uranium mining conflict

Letter submitted to Minister Claude Béchard by Ecojustice and the West Quebec Coalition Against Mining Uranium about the possible conflict between the exploration activities of a crown corporation and the government’s decision to reject a moratorium on uranium exploration in the municipality [December 2007]

File Lettre à Ministre Béchard en français

[décembre 2007]

File lettre à Ministre Béchard

Exploitation de l’uranium dans le Nord-ouest du Québec [le 12 décembre 2007]

File Waiting for the Ark

 

File Nooksack dace recovery strategy draft from 2005, with critical habitat

Used in public consultations in the Fraser Valley. (4MB PDF) [Posted: August 2007]

File Final draft Nooksack Dace recovery strategy

As recently posted on the SARA registry, without critical habitat. [Posted: August 2007]

File Photo of the Nooksack Dace

by Mike Pearson (2MB)

File Nooksack dace application

Download the application filed in Federal Court. [August 2007]

File BC Poll: coal-fired power plants

results released January 2007

File Toxic Mining Waste Application

Application on federal government's legal responsibility to report pollution under the National Pollutant Release Inventory (NPRI). [November 2007]

File Groups' Complaint - Ontario waste

[2006]

File Ontario Incineration Fact Sheet

[October 2006]

File Global warming lawsuit

[May 2007]

File Kearl Tar Sands Lawsuit - Application for Judicial Review

[March 2007]

File Bill C-30 letter

[January 2007]

File Backgrounder - Kearl Tar Sands Lawsuit [Jan 2008]

Backgrounder – Extracted from Federal Court of Canada Affidavit of Simon Dyer, Pembina Institute [January 14, 2008]

File Irving Refinery Lawsuit - Application for Judicial Review

A copy of the Application for Judicial Review filed with the Federal Court [January 14 2008]

File CONTEXTE POUR LES MÉDIAS - Poursuite de la raffinerie Irving & raffineries proposées au Canada

 

File Federal Court Notice of Application - Sage Grouse

Sage Grouse Federal Court Notice of Application [Feb 14 2008]

File BACKGROUNDER: Aamjiwnaang Bucket Brigade discovers alarming levels of toxic chemicals in Sarnia

Information about sampling results from the Aamjiwnaang Bucket Brigade [Feb 20 2008]

File Federal Court of Canada Decision: Kearl Tar Sands Project

Full copy of the Federal Court Kearl decision in pdf

File Backgrounder: Mercury contamination in the Boreal Forest

Backgrounder summarizing issues related to EBR complaint [March 2008]

File Report on Aamjiwnaang Bucket Brigade Sample II

[April 10 2008]

File Executive Summary - Fight to the Last Drop Report

Executive summary from Ecojustice report on Alberta water laws

File Letter to Canada, Mexico and U.S. over interference with CEC

[April 23 2008]

File CEC Letter and Media Release in Spanish

April 23 2008

File CEC Media Release in French

April 23 2008

File Canadian Environmental Bill of Rights - Summary and Model Legislation

A summary of key CEBR provisions and full copy of the proposed legislation [June 2008]

File La Déclaration canadienne des droits de l'environnement - Résumé et texte législative

La Déclaration canadienne des droits de l'environnement: Dispositions et principes essentiels [Juin 2008]

File Notice of Application for KPIA lawsuit (III) [December 2007]

Notice of Application for Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act Lawsuit (III) [December 2007]

File Lafarge decision from the Ontario Divisional Court

Lafarge decision from the Ontario Divisional Court [June 19 2008]

File Facilities Serving Combined Sewer Systems in Ontario

 

File Letter to BC Auditor General regarding Species At Risk

A formal request for an audit and examination of the BC Ministry of Environment to carry out its duty to identify critical habitat for species at risk [November 26 2008]

File Appendices to BC Species Auditor General complaint

November 26 2008

File Nestles bottled water advertisement from the Globe and Mail

 

File Complaint to Advertising Standards Canada regarding Nestles Water

[December 1 2008]

Page Backgrounder: What is BPA?

[December 15 2008]

File Ontario Pollution Hotspots EBR Application

[January 30, 2009]

File CEAA lawsuit Notice of Application

Notice of Application challenges government attempt to gut the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act [April 20, 2009]

File Federal Court Decision for the NPRI mining pollution lawsuit

 

Backgrounder Backgrounder: New coalition calls for new law to support the Green Economy in Ontario’s Great Boreal Forest

 

File Party responses to survey on BC water issues

See the responses to our water survey from the BC Green Party, Liberals and New Democratic Party.

File Signed Letter to Obama from Prominent Canadians

 

File Obama Ad

 

File Obama Letter