FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Ottawa, June 5, 2025 – Yesterday, while Bill 5 was being voted on in the Ontario Legislature, the Ford government posted amendments to the Blue Box Regulation, https://ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0009 that undermine waste diversion efforts and accelerate landfill expansion, including the controversial Dresden landfill. These changes prioritize cost-cutting and data collection over stronger recycling goals, The post Calling on Ontarians to Oppose Proposed Blue Box Chan...| Friends of the Earth Canada
For immediate release May 1, 2025 (Ottawa) The ground-breaking youth-led Mathur case challenging the Ontario government’s weak climate target is heading back to court. The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) has declined to hear Ontario’s appeal of the Ontario Court of Appeal’s ruling in October 2024, putting an end to yet another delay in the The post Seven Ontario Youths Speak for All of Canada: Governments have a duty to protect us from climate change appeared first on Friends of the Earth...| Friends of the Earth Canada
Renewal of glyphosate-based pesticide product was granted in 2022 without considering new science on potential risks Toronto, Ont./ Traditional territories of several First Nations including the Williams Treaties First Nations, Huron-Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Chippewas, and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation — Environmental and health groups are celebrating a recent ruling from the Federal The post Federal Court rules Canada’s approval of glyphosate product un...| Friends of the Earth Canada
Thank you! We gratefully appreciate your generosity and support – Friends of the Earth Canada couldn’t do this important work to protect people and the planet without the generous contributions of people like you who support our work with donations and/or with important actions on petitions and other advocacy measures. We are also very grateful The post 2024 Review – Looking Back and Looking Forward appeared first on Friends of the Earth Canada.| Friends of the Earth Canada
Environmental and health groups challenge Health Canada’s renewal of toxic glyphosate product in court Voir la version française ci-dessous Toronto, Ont./ Traditional territories of several First Nations including the Williams Treaties First Nations, Huron-Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Chippewas, and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation — Environmental and health groups are in Federal The post Glyphosate Renewal JR hearing appeared first on Friends of the Earth Canada.| Friends of the Earth Canada
Donate to save the bees from toxic greenwashing! Do you have a right to know what’s sprayed on the garden plants you buy every spring? Apparently, you don’t! All across Canada, more and more naturalized and pollinator gardens are springing up. Cities are amending bylaws and getting rid of outdated rules that restrict what The post “Pollinator Friendly” Deception: Are Garden Centers Lying? appeared first on Friends of the Earth Canada.| Friends of the Earth Canada
100+ Organizations Voice Deep Concern Over Violence to Advance Canada’s Atico Mining Project in Ecuador Quito/Ottawa. Today 108 human rights and environmental organizations sent a letter to Atico Mining Corporation and the president of Ecuador urging a stop to the militarization, criminalization, and intimidation of the campesino, Montubio, and Indigenous communities of Palo Quemado (Sigchos, Cotopaxi) The post Atico Mining: Environmental Impact and Social Injustice Issues appeared fir...| Friends of the Earth Canada
(Ottawa/unceded territories of the Algonquin Nation, 10 December 2024) – One week before talks towards a business and human rights treaty, the Canadian Network on Corporate Accountability (CNCA) is calling on the federal government to support their progress and commit to urgent domestic measures that protect communities and workers around the world from harm. In a The post Human Rights Due Diligence: Canada Must Act Now appeared first on Friends of the Earth Canada.| Friends of the Earth Canada
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 soybean agriculture, is of particular concern because it breaks down into Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA), The post Flufenacet Pesticide Banned: Health Win for Canada a...| Friends of the Earth Canada
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 The post Ending Plastic Pollution – A Call to Action to Address the Full Lifecycle of Plastic appeared first on Friend...| Friends of the Earth Canada
By Beatrice Olivastri, CEO, Friends of the Earth It is wonderful to hear about widespread citizens’ efforts to plant pollinator gardens and corridors. In equal measure, it is disturbing to hear about municipal enforcement of antiquated by-laws that allow enforcement officials to cut down naturalized gardens based on complaints. A case in point is the| Friends of the Earth Canada
