A new report released by Ecojustice and POLIS Water Sustainability Project outlines how the B.C. government can become leaders in responsible freshwater management by embracing the Public Trust Doctrine [...]
Posted on 30 June 2010
A new report released by Ecojustice and POLIS Water Sustainability Project outlines how the B.C. government can become leaders in responsible freshwater management by embracing the Public Trust Doctrine [...]
Posted on 18 May 2010
It’s been 10 years since Walkerton. Yesterday, Ecojustice and FLOW released a report called Seeking Water Justice: Strengthening Legal Protection for Canada’s Drinking Water, a national brief on the [...]
Posted on 17 May 2010
Ten years after Walkerton, Canadians remain at risk of waterborne disease outbreaks as a growing divide emerges between those who have access to safe drinking water and those that do not, says a new report [...]
Posted on 09 March 2010
With the announcement of the proposed Water Opportunities Act in yesterday's Speech from the Throne, the Ontario government is setting the province on a path to become a global leader in water technology [...]
Posted on 27 April 2009
The Federal Court of Canada has ordered the federal government to provide data on one of Canada's largest sources of pollution—mine tailings and waste rock from mining operations throughout the country. The [...]
Posted on 23 April 2009
Our friends over at Corporate Knights have released their first comprehensive environmental report card for all of Canada's provinces and territories. The Green Provincial Report Card considered environmental [...]
Posted on 02 December 2008
As Toronto City Council gathered yesterday to consider passing a city-wide ban on bottled water, a new coalition challenged advertising claims made by Nestlé Waters that "bottled water is the most environmentally [...]
Posted on 23 April 2008
Proposals to move massive volumes of water between river basins in Alberta and to allow its Irrigation Districts to sell water for non-agricultural uses indicate the province may soon be critically short [...]