Environmental Groups concerned about plans to eliminate the office of Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (ECO)

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Nov 292018
 
Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) & Twenty-four other Environmental Groups express concern about Ontario Government plans to eliminate the office of Environmental Commissioner of Ontario (ECO).
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Dr. Dianne Saxe, Environmental Commissioner, to speak on Ontario’s Protected Land Shortfall – Nov. 15th, 2018

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Nov 052018
 

Kawartha Land Trust & Trent University are pleased to invite you to their fourth Speaker Series event on:

Ontario’s Protected Land Shortfall

 

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NPLA endorses CELA, OEN, OHI “Protecting Water for Future Generations” submission to Ontario Government

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Mar 082018
 

NPLA Director Marie Windover attended the recent WaterScape: Community Discussions on Protecting Water for Future Generations session in Peterborough, co-hosted by the Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA), Ontario Environment Network (OEN), and Ontario Headwaters Institute (OHI) in partnership with Peterborough GreenUP. It was one of six in-person sessions held across southern Ontario between February 6-22.

The in-person sessions had the following goals:

  • To educate and engage interested individuals and organizations about Ontario’s water protection policies, particularly in response to the Protecting Water for Future Generations proposal; and,
  • To listen to the community, whose observations informed the submission (see below).

At the session, feedback was sought on the following questions:

  1. Are the increased measures in the Greenbelt adequate to the need to protect water there?
  2. Are there other areas of the province where increased protection for water should be applied?
  3. Is the Province doing enough to protect water?

Your NPLA Board, along with over 50 other environmental and community groups, endorsed the joint CELA, OEN, and OHI submission to the Ontario Government regarding its proposal: Protecting Water for Future Generations: Growing the Greenbelt in the Outer Ring (EBR Registry Number: 013-1661).

The submission includes Seventeen (17) Recommendations:

Protecting Water for Future Generations submission

 

WaterScape: Community Discussions on Protecting Water for Future Generations

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Jan 312018
 

WaterScape: Community Discussions on Protecting Water for Future Generations

Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA), Ontario Environment Network (OEN), and Ontario Headwaters Institute (OHI) announce dates, locations, and local partners for community discussions on protecting Ontario’s water.

See Poster for details on a meeting near you:

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