Endangered Species Regulations go to Court of Appeal
Environmental groups will get a second chance to try to strike down regulations that weakened Ontario’s protections for endangered species and their habitat. Ecojustice, the Ontario Federation of Naturalists and the Wildlands League have obtained leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal.…
View the post titled Endangered Species Regulations go to Court of AppealClimate litigation: US youth sue the government for climate inaction
There is lots of climate-related legal action occurring in the US these days. A few weeks ago, for example, we blogged about the Clean Power Plan, Obama’s plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the US. Several lawsuits have already been filed (and at least one has already been d…
View the post titled Climate litigation: US youth sue the government for climate inactionOil spills at sea: Better prevention and cleanup
Some rare good news. Oil tanker spills into world oceans: there aren’t as many as there used to be, and they do not do as much damage as they used to do. According to the excellent newsletter of the International Tanker Owners Pollution Federation, both the number of oil spills and the…
View the post titled Oil spills at sea: Better prevention and cleanupSupreme Court allows Ecuador pollution plaintiffs to sue Chevron Canada
Chevron has lost a skirmish, but the major battles are still ahead
View the post titled Supreme Court allows Ecuador pollution plaintiffs to sue Chevron CanadaInternational Chemicals Management meeting
In 2002, at the World Summit on Sustainable Development, the international community adopted an ambitious target for world wide sound management of chemicals and hazardous wastes by 2020: [T]hat chemicals are used and produced in ways that lead to the minimization of significant adverse effe…
View the post titled International Chemicals Management meetingHeavier cyclist-friendly fines now in effect
Starting today, September 1, 2015, drivers–and cyclists–will face stiffer fines for a variety of unsafe behaviours. The “Making Ontario Roads Safer Act”, which sailed through the legislature with unanimous support in June, seeks to reduce collisions on the roads. Many of the chan…
View the post titled Heavier cyclist-friendly fines now in effectPrecautionary principle stronger part of Canadian law
This may be the strongest, most nuanced judicial statement on the precautionary principle in Canada since the Supreme Court of Canada first recognized it in Spraytech
View the post titled Precautionary principle stronger part of Canadian lawShould non-human animals have rights?
Who is a “person”? If corporations can be “persons”, why not chimpanzees? Do sentient non-human animals deserve legal rights? The Nonhuman Rights Project is a US civil rights organization working to achieve actual LEGAL rights for members of species other than our own…
View the post titled Should non-human animals have rights?The Dutch Climate Case: Beginning of a New Era of Climate Litigation?
In an worldwide first, the Hague District Court has ordered the Dutch government to cut its greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) by at least 25% compared to 1990 levels by the end of 2020. The decision, an English translation of which can be found here, has been widely reported and discussed (inc…
View the post titled The Dutch Climate Case: Beginning of a New Era of Climate Litigation?Pivotal lawsuit over the Peel River watershed
Can the Yukon government simply reject what the First Nations have to say about the exploitation of their traditional territory?
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