August 28, 2019 (Ottawa) - Friends of the Earth is pleased with the news that Canada’s Competition Bureau has st... Click Here to Read More
June 3, 2019, Ottawa - As leaders from the Canadian wastewater management sector gather in Ottawa to discuss issues like plastics in water and the impacts and costs associated with “flushable” wipes on municipal sewer systems operations an... Click Here to Read More
Photo: Garbage caught on a storm sewer outlet Environmental groups say “flushable” wipe based on false and mislea... Click Here to Read More
August 15, 2018 (Ottawa) - Friends of the Earth Canada welcomes the proposed decision by Health Canada’s ... Click Here to Read More
Groups ready to fight off federal government’s attempt to dismiss lawsuit TORONTO - Ecojustice lawyers are in court this week to tell the federal government to buzz off. “Our clients - and the bees and other wild pollinators -“ deserve t... Click Here to Read More
For Immediate Release May 7, 2015 Department of Fisheries and Oceans needs to err on the side of caution in regulating fish farms, Court rules VANCOUVER - The Federal Court has Click Here to Read More
For Immediate Release Vancouver, BC, January 6th, 2015 - On behalf of their client, biologist Alexandra Morton, lawyers with Ecojustice Canada are suing the College of Veterinarians of British Columbia for refusing to investigate a complain... Click Here to Read More
For immediate release: June 11, 2014 Transfer provisions are unlawful and must be struck down, Ecojustice lawyers to argue VANCOUVER -- Aquaculture licences issued by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans that allo... Click Here to Read More
Piscine reovirus previously reported only in the Atlantic Ocean (Sointula, BC, July 16, 2013) The first scientific publication on the occurrence of piscine reovirus outside of Norway was published on July 11 in Virology Journal. The ... Click Here to Read More
Toronto, 4 June 2013 - Public interest groups applauded a proposed new law that would allow Ontario citizens to speak out without fear of damaging lawsuits meant to intimidate them. Today Attorney General John Gerretsen tabled a government ... Click Here to Read More
Transfer of salmon infected with PRV virus into open-pen fish farm violates Fisheries Act, lawyers say For immediate release VANCOUVER - The transfer of diseased salmon into to an open-pen fish farm ... Click Here to Read More
Pour diffusion immédiate (Ottawa, le 7 décembre 2012) La Cour suprême du Canada a rendu aujourd’hui sa décision dans la cause Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador c. AbitibiBowater Inc. et al., qui porte sur les obligations légales ... Click Here to Read More
(Ottawa, December 7, 2012) The Supreme Court of Canada released its decision today in Newfoundland and Labrador v. AbitibiBowater Inc. et al., which addresses the legal obligations of insolvent companies with respect to contaminated sit... Click Here to Read More
Friends of the Earth Canada Supports U.S. States’ Case on Invasion of Asian Carp For immediate release (Ottawa, November 28, 2011) Friends of the Earth Canada joins U.S. States in th... Click Here to Read More
For immediate release Newfoundlanders shouldn't have to pay to clean up Abitibibowater's pollution (OTTAWA, November 16, 2011) Ecojustice, representing Friends of the Earth, appeared b... Click Here to Read More
For immediate release Should Newfoundlanders have to pay to cleanup Abitibibowater’s pollution? Why: This is the first time Canada’s insolvency procedure is challenged to deal ... Click Here to Read More
For immediate release Groups alarmed by new exemption under the Endangered Species Act Toronto, January 25, 2011 – Leading conservation organizations are concerned that the McGuinty government has placed woodland caribou ... Click Here to Read More
For Immediate Release (VANCOUVER, December 9, 2010) The Conservation Coalition, a participant group in the federal sockeye inquiry, applauds Justice Bruce Cohen’s order instructing the salmon farming industry and the federal and p... Click Here to Read More
Green Provincial Report Card finds majority of provinces lagging behind national green energy and biodiversity goals Northwest Territories and British Columbia at the top of a mediocre class (Toronto ON, April 22, 2010) The highes... Click Here to Read More
COMMUNIQUÉ Pour diffusion immédiate Le Canada traîné en Cour pour dérogation à la loi fédérale sur le réchauffement climatique OTTAWA (le 15 décembre 2009) - Le gouvernement canadien se voit confronté à un rec... Click Here to Read More
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release Canada facing legal challenge for breaking federal global warming law OTTAWA (December 15, 2009) - The Government of Canada is facing a landmark legal challenge in the country's top court f... Click Here to Read More
MEDIA ADVISORY Friends of the Earth Canada in Court challenging federal government failure to act on climate law Will argue governments cannot pick and choose which laws to follow What: Environmental groups are chal... Click Here to Read More
Attention: News/National/Business Reporters and Assignment Editors Canada's First Green Provincial Report Card BC claims title as Greenest Province; Ontario is #2; Nunavut is #3; PEI pulls up the rear; Alberta edges out Quebec Click Here to Read More
Nestlé accused of Greenwashing – Complaint Filed Today Advertising Standards Canada asked to probe Green Advertisement Ottawa – Friends of the Earth Canada, Ecojustice, the Polaris Institute, the Council of Canadians, a... Click Here to Read More
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE Diffusion immédiate Kyoto : Le Canada de nouveau devant les tribunaux L’arrêt concernant la Loi sur l’application du Protocole de Kyoto est porté en appel, une semaine avant la prochaine rencontre su... Click Here to Read More
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release Canada back in court over Kyoto lawsuit Appeal of KPIA decision launched a week before next climate change meetings OTTAWA (November 25, 2008) – Lawyers for Friends of the Earth Cana... Click Here to Read More
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE Diffusion immédiate Le plus haut tribunal au Canada appuie le droit d'intenter des recours collectifs en matière d'environnement OTTAWA (le 20 novembre 2008) - Les environnementalistes applaudissent u... Click Here to Read More
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release Canada's top court upholds right to launch environmental class action lawsuits OTTAWA (November 20, 2008) - Environmental advocates are hailing a precedent-setting ruling from the Supreme Co... Click Here to Read More
COMMUNIQUÉ DE PRESSE Pour diffusion immédiate Le Canada échappe à toute sanction pour le viol du protocole de Kyoto TORONTO, 21 octobre 2008 – Après des mois de délibérations, la Cour fédérale du Canada a publié en ... Click Here to Read More
MEDIA RELEASE For Immediate Release Canada wriggles off the hook for violating Kyoto law TORONTO, October 21, 2008 - After months of deliberation, Canada\'s Federal Court released a decision late yesterday regarding the Govern... Click Here to Read More
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