National pollutant data finally released, sort of 8/13/2010 In 2009 MiningWatch Canada won a federal court case launched in 2007 regarding whether or not mining companies had to report the pollution they released into...
Environmental Rights: Bill C-469 moves forward 6/22/2010 Federal Bill C-469, the Private Members’ proposal for a Canadian Environmental Bill of Rights, has passed second reading in the House of Commons and will be considered by the...
Canadian government decides that your sewage doesn’t stink for up to 30 years from now 6/21/2010 Last week, the Canadian Press reported the results of a two-year long information request regarding a database held...
Bill C-311 the Climate Change Accountability Act: action or aspiration? 6/3/2010 On May 5, 2010 federal Parliament narrowly passed the opposition-driven Climate Change Accountability Act. The event garnered little press attention –...
Syncrude ducks the issue 4/30/2010 The prosecution has delivered its closing arguments in the ‘ducks in tailings pond’ case of R. v. Syncrude. Syncrude’s non-suit application was dismissed, meaning that the company will be...
Greenhouse Gas Roundup Part II (Slides and video) 4/16/2010 If you’re like many Albertans, you’re probably asking yourself some pretty important questions about climate change. The most overdue questions may be about...
Lake Ontario Waterkeeper podcast on environmental prosecutions 3/16/2010 Environmental prosecutions are making headlines again as Syncrude finds itself in court in Alberta. The company has contaminated ponds at its tar sands site...
Syncrude muddies the waters 3/4/2010 It’s “like” unconstitutional. On March 1, 2010, trial began for the death of 1,600 ducks in a tailing pond at the Syncrude Aurora mine north of Fort...
Syncrude in court for tailings pond incident 3/1/2010 By Jessica Earle ctvedmonton.ca On Monday afternoon, lawyers made opening statements in what’s expected to be a lengthy trial looking into the role Canada’s largest single-source...
View or download materials from Greenhouse Gas Roundup – Part I Webinar February 12, 2010 2/11/2010 If you’re like many Albertans, you’re probably asking yourself some pretty important questions about greenhouse gas...
Why “specified gas emitters” don’t report “specified gas emissions” 1/22/2010 How much greenhouse gas does your favorite industrial facility produce? We would all love to know. On January 18, 2009, ELC staff...
Bill C-311: Climate Change Accountability Act back in the House 11/15/2009 How to compete with the international stage? While all eyes were on Copenhagen, the federal Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development agreed...