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04 Dec 2024

Flufenacet Pesticide Banned: Health Win for Canada

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Statement: Environmental, worker, and health groups welcome cancelling of dangerous pesticide   Ottawa/Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People, 4 December 2024 —Environment, worker, and health groups welcome the decision by Health Canada to cancel the registration of the pesticide flufenacet and all associated products containing the substance. Flufenacet, a herbicide used in Canadian corn and

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Volunteers cleaning up a beach littered with plastic debris. End plastic pollution. Every action counts.
17 Nov 2024

Ending Plastic Pollution – A Call to Action to Address the Full Lifecycle of Plastic

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Canada has committed to ending plastic waste by 2030i. Reaching this goal will require ambitious actions that address the full life cycle of plastic. Canada is a major—and growing—producer of plastics and the world’s second highest user of plastic on a per person basisii. Production, use and disposal of plastics is an increasing contributor to climate changeiii and

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12 Nov 2024

Dutch Court of Appeal: ‘Shell has a duty to citizens to limit its CO2 emissions’

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In the appeal in the Climate Case between Milieudefensie and Shell, the Court of Appeal has ruled that the oil and gas giant does have a responsibility to reduce its emissions, but has not imposed a concrete reduction obligation. “One thing is clear: the fight against the big polluters is a marathon, not a sprint.

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17 Oct 2024

The Mathur v Ontario Decision Is Worth Celebrating!

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Court of Appeal Confirms Ontario’s Inadequate Climate Target is Harming Ontarians and Must Comply with Charter Standards.   The Ontario government lost its bid to ignore the climate crisis as the Ontario Court of Appeal overruled a lower court decision to dismiss the case of seven Ontario youths who claim the province has a duty

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20 Sep 2024

Global Plastics Treaty to Protect Indigenous Peoples’ Rights

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Environmental groups urged Minister Guilbeault to secure a global plastics treaty to protect Indigenous rights and reduce plastic production impacts.   Friends of the Earth Canada signed on to the below letter initiated by Ecojustice.   September 20, 2024 Sent via e-mail The Honourable Steven Guilbeault MP Minister of Environment and Climate Change 200 Sacré-Coeur

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Heavy red truck image torn in half with the words "Groups request the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) to investigate heavy truck pollution in densely populated urban areas. Stop Hazardous Emissions!" on a black background
23 May 2024

A Call for OHRC to Investigate Ottawa’s Heavy Truck Pollution

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This article is adapted from a press release originally issued by Ecojustice titled: “Groups request human rights investigation into heavy truck routing in downtown Ottawa“ Groups call on Ontario Human Rights Commission to investigate health impacts posed by route OTTAWA/TRADITIONAL, UNCEDED TERRITORY OF THE ALGONQUIN ANISHNAABEG PEOPLE — Health, community, and environmental groups are calling

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Agricultural sprayer with a dark blue overlay, water source, and testing tube, illustrating Canada's scaled-back Pesticide Water Monitoring Program.
15 May 2024

In a big win for the chemical industry and big agriculture, the federal government waters down a program to monitor for pesticides in the Canadian environment

Posted By: Petra Al Aridi Comments Off on In a big win for the chemical industry and big agriculture, the federal government waters down a program to monitor for pesticides in the Canadian environment

(Ottawa) — Environmental groups are expressing their frustration with the federal government’s plan to scale-back a proposed ambitious pesticide water monitoring program. Earlier this year, the federal government released a proposed water monitoring framework. Environmental groups say the originally proposed program was to be robust, including citizen monitoring and participation to help Canadians understand how

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Friends of the Earth International leads the charge for a comprehensive global plastics treaty. Join the movement for real change today.
23 Apr 2024

Friends of the Earth International: Global Plastics Treaty CTA

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Media Release from FOE International: Kicking out polluters key to progress at negotiations for a first-ever global Plastics Treaty  Tuesday 23 April 2024, Ottawa (Canada) – As delegates gather this week to make headway on what many hope will be an ambitious legally-binding plastics treaty, civil society groups including Friends of the Earth International are pushing

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A black and white image of two women in a protest, one speaking through a sound magnifier. Text overlay in green reads: "Civil Society Urges Action on Conflict of Interest. Advocating for transparency in Global Plastic Treaty Negotiations
19 Apr 2024

Global Plastic Treaty Negotiations: Action on Conflict of Interest

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Civil Society Calls for Action on Conflict of Interest at the Global Plastic Pollution Treaty negotiations “Public participation is a human right, and meaningful and active participation is integral to the success of the negotiations of the plastics treaty.” Dear Executive Director Andersen and Secretary Mathur-Filipp, At least 143 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists registered for

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Image depicting a sea turtle with a plastic bag wrapped around its head, illustrating concerns over conflicts of interest in the High Ambition Coalition for a Global Plastics Treaty. Text overlays include "High Ambition Coalition (HAC)" and "Conflicts of interest in global plastics treaty negotiation."
19 Apr 2024

Concerns over UAE’s role in the HAC for a Global Plastics Treaty

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UAE in the HAC letter To: High Ambition Coalition co-chairs Tuesday, 16 April 2024 Subject: No Ambition with UAE in the HAC Dear HAC co-chairs, Ahead of the upcoming fourth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to advance a plastic treaty (INC-4) in Ottawa, Canada, and following the publication of your Member States Ministerial Statement the undersigned

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