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Rick Lindgren
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Husband, father, environmental lawyer, citizen of the Great Lakes basin, hooked on fishing.
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Hundreds of thousands of tires pile up at illegal site near Sudbury following recycling target reduction
The tires started accumulating in Azilda, near Sudbury, after tire producers met the lowered provincial target for 2025 and stopped processing used tires, which are required to be recycled, reused or ...
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January 9, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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Ontario’s new blue bin system starts tomorrow. Why some fear it will be a ‘disaster’
Beginning New Year’s Day, Ontario municipalities will no longer be responsible for curbside recycling, sparking fears of more waste going to landfill.
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December 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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CELA Submission on Draft Co-operation Agreement between Ontario and Canada on Environmental and Impact Assessment - Canadian Environmental Law Association
CELA Submission on Draft Co-operation Agreement between Ontario and Canada on Environmental and Impact Assessment
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December 16, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Ottawa to announce plan to slash methane pollution from fossil fuel production, landfills | CBC News
The Carney government is making good on a promise to help tackle one of the most potent forms of climate pollution, as it announces new measures to tackle the methane emissions released by landfills a...
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December 16, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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Local environmental groups oppose conservation authority amalgamation
Three local environmental groups are expressing their disapproval of Ontario's plan to amalgamate conservation authorities in larger regions.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Canada has legal duty to provide safe water, housing to remote First Nations, federal judge rules | CBC News
A federal judge has sided with two First Nations in Manitoba and one in Ontario that sued the Canadian government over its duty to provide them with safe housing and clean drinking water, in separate ...
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December 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Ontario's Ring of Fire ads include footage of Australia, Sweden and Russia | CBC News
While watching the World Series this fall, you may have noticed a series of ads from the Ontario government about the Ring of Fire, a mineral deposit in the James Bay lowlands that's long been eyed as...
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December 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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🎶It’s beginning to look a lot like #Fishmas🎶

There’s no better fish to kick off this year’s #25DaysofFishmas than the aptly-named Christmas darter (Etheostoma hopkinsi)! We get our road trip started down in the southeastern US with this small species of fish who has big holiday spirit all year long
The #25DaysofFishmas calendar with the Christmas darter on Day 1
December 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Lheidli T'enneh First Nation bans herbicide use across north-central B.C. | CBC News
The ban takes particular aim at use of glyphosate in forestry, though it's not clear if it will impact private land.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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Ontario’s Lake Simcoe under ‘significant ecological stress,’ report says
In the face of pollutants, invasive species, climate change, urbanization and farming the report found a “mixed picture” for Lake Simcoe.
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November 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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City takes landfill to court after Ontario refuses to act
Dozens of Upper Stoney Creek community residents packed Hamilton’s council chamber last week, cheering as councillors voted to take GFL Environmental to court over the foul odours coming from its land...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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CELA Comments on the Proposed Regulations and Guidance under the Species Conservation Act, 2025 – ERO 025-0909 & ERO 025-0908 - Canadian Environmental Law Association
CELA submitted comments on regulatory and guidance proposals under Ontario's Species Conservation Act, 2025.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Some Canadian communities make it mandatory for homeowners to replace lead pipes. Do such bylaws work? | CBC News
The Canadian Environmental Law Association is recommending that all cities pass bylaws to make it mandatory for property owners to replace lead pipes on their side of the property line. Hamilton has a...
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October 27, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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October 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Joint submission on Impact Assessment Agency of Canada Consultation Paper, “’One Project, One Review” - Canadian Environmental Law Association
CELA and other environmental groups filed a joint submission to the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada regarding the proposed "One Project, One Review" approach under the federal Impact Assessment Act...
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October 21, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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Nuclear operator found not criminally responsible for leaking power plant vulnerabilities on YouTube | CBC News
A 38-year-old Ontario man who faced a rare charge under Canada's state secrets law of leaking sensitive information to a foreign entity or terrorist group has been found not criminally responsible aft...
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October 11, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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Superior Court authorizes class action lawsuit against Horne smelter and Quebec
MONTRÉAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has authorized a class-action lawsuit on behalf of citizens who claim to have been affected by emissions from Glencore's Horne smelter in Rouyn-Noranda,
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October 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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A large drilling rig near the shore of Georgian Bay has some Meaford, Ont., residents concerned about what’s to come. @fatimabsyed.bsky.social went looking for answers. thenarwhal.ca/tc-energy-dr...
Why is there a drilling rig on Georgian Bay? | The Narwhal
TC Energy is drilling into the Georgian Bay lakebed near Meaford, Ontario, as it plans for a $4.5-billion pumped storage energy project
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October 2, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Indigenous leaders worry PM prioritizes big economic projects over their communities’ needs
Mark Carney's relationship with First Nations, Inuit and Métis got off to a rocky start this year with his major projects law, which would let Ottawa skirt certain environmental regulations
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September 30, 2025 at 11:33 AM
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Star Editorial Board: Ontario’s botched Blue Box reform is a showcase for everything wrong with Doug Ford’s Ontario
Ontario's revamped curbside recycling regime has been so watered down it can no longer reasonably be expected to achieve the policy goals for which it was originally designed.
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September 29, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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The surprising truth about the Recycling slot on the city’s 10,000 street litter bins
Cities all over the world are experiencing the same thing as Toronto with their waste disposal programs.
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September 15, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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‘You can’t just walk away’: What could Toronto do with its dump if it closes it?
The experience of turning other landfills into parks suggests it would be neither easy nor quick to do the same to Green Lane.
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September 14, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Sea lampreys beware — this new trap aims to protect the Great Lakes from the invasive vampire fish | CBC News
A new sea lamprey trap has been installed at the Neebing River Weir in Thunder Bay, Ont., in an effort to capture the invasive species and better calculate its effects on the Great Lakes. Here's what ...
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September 14, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Quebec environmental lawyers group sues Ottawa over major projects bill
Lawsuit claims new federal powers may override provincial rules and limit public oversight of projects
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September 12, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Province backs off some proposals to ease recycling rules, but not enough to inspire innovation, critics say
New regulations to the 2016 Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act show the environment ministry walking back its proposed five-year delay for some recycling targets.
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September 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM