Paraquat (Gramoxone®)
Canadians are litigating two class action lawsuits alleging a link between exposure to paraquat—an ingredient in some popular commercial herbicides—and Parkinson’s disease. The most common formulation of herbicides containing paraquat are sold under the trade name Gramoxone®. The class actions are before the Courts of Québec and British Columbia. These class actions follow similar lawsuits...
Continue reading the post titled Paraquat (Gramoxone®)Camp Lejeune / Contaminated Water in North Carolina
People who spent time at the Camp Lejeune military base in Jacksonville, North Carolina at any point between August 1953 and December 1987 were exposed to contaminated water. In 2022, the US congress passed a law which allowed people who were exposed to toxic water at Camp Lejeune the ability to file a claim against...
Continue reading the post titled Camp Lejeune / Contaminated Water in North Carolina$9.5 Billion Dollar Claim to Enforce Judgment Dismissed
On Thursday, April 4, 2019 the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the attempts of Ecuador’s Lago Agrio Region requiring Chevron to pay for water and soil contamination relating to Texaco’s activities in the area. The contamination was caused by Texaco’s activities between the years 1964 and 1992. Chevron acquired Texaco in 2001. In 2011 the...
Continue reading the post titled $9.5 Billion Dollar Claim to Enforce Judgment DismissedSpills are good for lawyers
Spills always seem to be good for lawyers, if not for the environment. More than 300 lawsuits have been filed against BP relating to the Gulf oil spill, in addition to the Gulf Coast Claims Facility that is handing out emergency money from the $20 billion set aside by BP. But lower profile spills also...
Continue reading the post titled Spills are good for lawyers$750,000 Fine for Killing Migratory Birds
On November 5, 2015 Canaport LNG Limited Partnership plead guilty to charges under the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994 and the Species at Risk Act and was ordered to pay a total penalty of $750,000 by the New Brunswick Provincial court. The investigation conducted by Environment Canada into the incident disclosed that in September 2013...
Continue reading the post titled $750,000 Fine for Killing Migratory BirdsA Year of Growth and Opportunity
As the new year enters with the promise of new beginnings, we wish to extend many thanks to our clients and readers for making 2015 and excellent year. What a fabulous and exciting year for us. We were presented with many opportunities in 2015 including the transition Saxe Law Office to Siskinds LLP with the appointment...
Continue reading the post titled A Year of Growth and OpportunityEnvironmental Rights Enshrined
Nature's right to exist an astonishing new legal right.
Continue reading the post titled Environmental Rights EnshrinedHow Canadian is our food?
Unless you buy direct from a farmer, how do you know which food is Canadian? Is it enough to see Canada or a maple leaf on the label?
Continue reading the post titled How Canadian is our food?Climate Change Alters Municipal Role and Responsibilities
“[By] covering a ground plot with buildings and pavements, which carry off most of the rain and prevent its soaking into the Earth and renewing and purifying the Springs … the water of wells must gradually grow worse, and in time be unfit for use as I find has happened in all old cities. Benjamin...
Continue reading the post titled Climate Change Alters Municipal Role and ResponsibilitiesWhat's organic?
Is it more important to buy food that is “organic” or local?
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