Media Releases

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. 

Flawed Environmental Assessment of Offshore Drilling in NL to be Scrutinized in Court

Posted on June 4, 2020
Flawed Environmental Assessment of Offshore Drilling in NL to be Scrutinized in Court
Environmental groups disappointed exploratory drilling will proceed in the interim


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

St. John’s, NL, June 04, 2020 – Ecojustice and its clients welcome the Federal Court’s decision to reject the federal government’s attempt to shut down a judicial review application challenging a flawed Regional Assessment (RA) on the impacts of exploratory drilling off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. 

Flawed Enviro Assessment of Offshore Drilling Puts Marine Ecosystems At Risk

Posted on May 12, 2020
Flawed Environmental Assessment of Offshore Drilling in Newfoundland and Labrador Puts Marine Ecosystems At Risk

Environmental groups taking legal action against federal government over flawed environmental impact assessment

ST. JOHN’S, NL – Environmental groups are taking legal action against the federal government for failing to properly assess the impacts of exploratory drilling for oil and gas in Newfoundland and Labrador’s offshore waters. It is the first Regional Assessment (RA) to be conducted under the new Impact Assessment Act.

Wild Child Edmonton Supports the Community with Distance Learning

Posted on April 9, 2020
Wild Child Edmonton Supports the Community with Distance Learning
“Covid-19 & Wild Child Together Apart”

EDMONTON (April 8, 20200 — Edmonton Wild Child of Sierra Club Canada Foundation is supporting Edmontonians by providing an online platform to connect and support with distance learning designed to allow students to build a relationship with nature with their familiesfrom home (e.g. weekly videos, online resources such as a blog and printable materials), and at the same time reduce isolation by providing families an opportunity to feel part of a community.

Statement on COVID-19 Emergency Funding Response

Posted on March 20, 2020
Statement on COVID-19 Emergency Funding Response

Halifax, NS (March 20, 2020) - Sierra Club Canada Foundation applauds federal government actions and co-operation to stop the spread of COVID-19.

“We encourage our leaders to prioritize economic support to reduce the impact on workers, Indigenous communities, and enhance health and science sectors right now, not fossil fuel corporations," says Gretchen Fitzgerald, National Programs Director.

HASTY CUTS TO ALBERTA PARKS SYSTEM NEED TO BE REVERSED

Posted on March 9, 2020

For Immediate Release


Edmonton, AB - (March 9, 2020) Sierra Club Canada Foundation is deeply concerned about the degradation of Alberta’s parks and the impacts these changes will have for conservation, wildlife habitat, accessible recreation, and the status of protected areas in Alberta. Sierra Club Canada Foundation recognizes that habitat alteration and elimination poses the single greatest threat to the continued well-being of healthy and diverse wildlife populations. 

Sierra Club Canada Foundation Statement Of Solidarity With Wet'suwet'en

Posted on February 26, 2020
Sierra Club Canada Foundation Statement Of Solidarity With Wet'suwet'en

Sierra Club Canada Foundation stands in solidarity with peaceful actions taken to support of the legal jurisdiction that the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs’ hold in their traditional and unceded territories, where the Coastal GasLink pipeline is slated for construction without free, prior and informed consent on their lands.

Clock Runs Out On Old Harry Licence - Fight to Protect the Gulf Continues

Posted on January 22, 2020
Media Statement: licence to explore for oil and gas in the gulf

After more than ten long years, the licence to explore for oil and gas in the Gulf has been allowed to lapse by the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador offshore petroleum board (C-NLOPB).

“We are still awaiting justice for the Gulf of St Lawrence,” according to Gretchen Fitzgerald, National Program Director of Sierra Club Canada Foundation. “The need to protect the Gulf is even greater than ever and we and our allies continue to call for a complete moratorium on oil and gas in the Gulf.”