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As Canada hosts the first global Powering Past Coal Summit, groups demand an end to ongoing coal mining and exports

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE CANADA, KEEPERS OF THE WATER SOCIETY, ECOJUSTICE, REAL HEARINGS, ALBERTA WILDERNESS ASSOCIATION National exports of 17-20 million tonnes of thermal coal per year…

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General Mills’ Annie’s mac ‘n cheese first-ever food company to eliminate toxic phthalates in food processing equipment

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE AND DEFEND OUR HEALTH Environmental and health groups and doctors urge the company to disclose a timeline for action and call on Kraft…

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Ontario opposition parties all vow swift restoration of Conservation Authority powers

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, CPAWS OTTAWA VALLEY, DAVID SUZUKI FOUNDATION, ONTARIO NATURE, RESCUE LAKE SIMCOE COALITION, WILDERNESS COMMITTEE Developers who get permits through a “political route” would…

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Environmental groups in court to defend federal environmental law from attack by the Government of Alberta

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE CANADA, MININGWATCH CANADA, NATURE CANADA Ottawa, Ont. – This week, the Government of Alberta is challenging the new federal Impact Assessment Act (IAA,…

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Statement by Executive Director Tim Gray on the Ontario government’s plan to grow the Greenbelt

Toronto, Ont. – Today, Steve Clark, the Honourable Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, announced a plan to grow Ontario’s Greenbelt. This is welcome news…

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