Day of Action for a Green and Just Recovery - September 9th 2020

Posted on September 1, 2020

As Parliament comes back this fall, we must make sure that a green and just recovery is their top priority. We don’t have a moment to lose - big polluters have been busy lobbying for bailouts and exemptions from environmental rules. 

-- Please take this opportunity to write to Minister Freeland using the outreach message options below. Your voice is needed and needs to be heard. --

No More Big Polluter Handouts - Canada Needs a Green and Just Recovery

In the post-Throne Speech time between now and the Fall fiscal update, the federal government can give the Canadian economy a multi-billion-dollar kick-start in an effort to recover from the COVID-19 health crisis. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to invest in a Green Recovery - a sustainable stimulus package focused on increasing employment and helping Canada transition to a cleaner and more equitable economy.

Letters Being Accepted on Inadequate Draft Right Whale Action Plan - Deadline August 9

The clock is ticking. We have until August 9th to comment on the draft Action Plan for the recovery of the North Atlantic Right whale, a document that outlines and prioritizes actions the federal government will take to protect this species.

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Without strong commitments, the North Atlantic right whale is on track to extinction.

Take Action - Stop Plastic Pollution In Its Tracks

Sierra Club Ontario is working with Chapters around the Great Lakes to tackle plastic pollution by encouraging members to take the Plastic-Free July Challenge.

Today, they need your help in ensuring our federal government steps up to the plate on plastics.

The federal government estimates that preventing plastic pollution can save $500 million a year, and create tens of thousands of jobs. 

As we rebuild after COVID, wouldn't it be great to create a truly circular economy with respect to plastics?

NL court hands down landmark victory for protection of Gulf of St. Lawrence

Posted on July 7, 2020
WE WON!
Court confirms that NL Offshore Petroleum Board was wrong to extend Corridor Resources’s exploration licence

St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, July 7 2020 – Ecojustice lawyers and their environmentalist clients are celebrating a landmark victory in the wake of a court decision rendered July 3, which protects the Gulf of St. Lawrence and other sensitive ocean ecosystems. 

A Newfoundland and Labrador court quashed a licence for oil exploration in the Gulf, agreeing with the environmentalists that the offshore petroleum board was wrong to extend it beyond its legal term limit.