Stories

Story Healthy Communities Victories

Ecojustice advocates for healthy, sustainable communities

Story Clean Water Victories

Ecojustice fights to keep toxics out of our water

Story Natural Spaces Victories

Ecojustice defends parks, natural spaces and wildlife

Story Air and Climate Victories

Ecojustice champions sustainable energy solutions and fights global warming

Story Environmental stewardship sprung from grandmotherly love

When Elly de Jongh of Edmonton thinks about the scale and impact of development in Alberta’s tarsands, her attention turns to her great grandchildren.

Story Lafarge clears air by trashing proposal

Residents of Bath, Ontario were breathing easier this winter after a landmark victory stopped a cement company from burning millions of kilograms of waste in a nearby cement kiln.

Story Public rights victory rises from the dust

If a factory in your neighbourhood causes a serious inconvenience for residents by continually emitting odours, soot or noise, do you deserve compensation? This question was at the heart of a Supreme Court of Canada case last fall.

Story On the books

Brief updates about the cases we’re working on

Story Modern take on mining

Century-old mining laws in Ontario have left countless landowners and First Nations grasping for control of their own lands. In response, Ecojustice recently released a report with the Canadian Institute for Environmental Law and Policy offering long-needed legislative amendments to address flaws in the law.

Story Canada’s waterways no place for toxic waste

As a result of the tenacity of lawyer Lara Tessaro and her clients, Canada’s top court will be taking a closer look at a rather disturbing government stance on mining.

Story Barry Robinson

Staff lawyer Barry Robinson’s most ardent environmental crusade has been to escape city life and enjoy the wilderness he cherishes.

Story A law to protect the best place on earth

This fall, four leading environmental groups launched a campaign to change one of BC’s most unfortunate distinctions: it is one of only two provinces in Canada without a law to protect the amazing array of wildlife that call the province home.

Story Killer whale protection Order issued after lawsuit filed

Canada’s beloved resident orca populations, complete with two newborn calves, have finally been given a safer home.

Story When the going gets tough…

The signs of spring are beginning to show and each day we are given a little more reason to step out and enjoy the sun. But as the trees and trails around me come back to life, it’s hard to ignore what a tough winter we’ve endured. I don’t mean merely the deep freeze that chilled Ontario or the holiday blizzards that buried the West Coast. To me it seems the global financial crisis struck the hardest blow of the season.

Story Tarsands lawsuit lights fire under government

Thanks to the efforts of an Alberta citizen and his Ecojustice lawyers, the oil company responsible for the deaths of hundreds of ducks in a huge tailings pond last spring might have to pay close to a million dollars in fines.

Story Creative solutions to seeping sewage

Green solutions for managing outdated infrastructure [October 2008]

Story Proposed diamond mine triggers mercury concerns

Ontario government backtracks and opens public comment on controversial diamond mine [October 2008]

Story Logging giant retreats from aboriginal dispute

AbitibiBowater turns in logging licence, ending eight year battle [October 2008]

Story Celebration in Ontario’s Boreal Forest

Fears of piece-meal development in northern Ontario allayed by announcement [October 2008]

Story Environmental watchdog Ecojustice launches Alberta team

Polluters of Alberta will have a new force to reckon with this fall [October 2008]