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Ecojustice (formerly Sierra Legal Defence Fund) goes to court to defend the right of Canadians to a healthy environment.
Ecojustice, formerly Sierra Legal Defence Fund, is Canada’s leading non-profit organization of lawyers and scientists devoted to protecting the environment. Since 1990, we have helped hundreds of conservation groups, coalitions and communities expose law-breakers, hold governments accountable and establish powerful legal precedents in defence of our air, water, wildlife and natural spaces.
Ecojustice goes to court to defend the right of Canadians to a healthy environment.
Ecojustice, formerly Sierra Legal Defence Fund, is Canada’s leading non-profit organization of lawyers and scientists devoted to protecting the environment. Since 1990, we have helped hundreds of groups, coalitions and communities expose law-breakers, hold governments accountable and establish powerful legal precedents in defence of our air, water, wildlife and natural spaces. 
What's New
Read Ecojustice's new report, Green Cities, Great Lakes, providing practical examples of how to keep rain (and sewage) out of the drain with Green Infrastructure
Read Ecojustice's Summer 2008 Newsletter, highlighting our big victories in the tar sands and other recent cases
Recent Media Releases
- Media Release Feds sued over refusal to protect resident killer whales
- Environmental groups demand better killer whale protection in BC
- Media Release Canadian party leaders provide video answers to environmental questions
- Groups get answers from party leaders [October 5 2008]
- Media Release Leaders urged to sign pledge for a toxics-free Great Lakes
- Groups call for Great Lakes pledge [October 2, 2008]
- Media Release Confidential document reveals weak BC government plan for species at risk
- Proposed regulation would only cover six percent of imperiled BC species [September 22, 2008]
- Media Release Documents reveal governments acting to undermine species law
- New evidence of collusion between BC and feds over endangered species [September 8, 2008]
- Media Release Less logging of BC’s old-growth forests makes more economic sense
- Landmark study documents economic benefits of conserving forests [September 4 2008]
- Media Release Report highlights Ontario sewage woes; green solutions
- Report highlights how green infrastructure can prevent contamination from billions of litres of raw sewage [Sept 2, 2008]
- Media Release Ontario’s water hazard: Golf courses guzzling groundwater
- Report highlights toll golf courses are taking on water resources [July 30, 2008]
- Media Release Canada under fire over toxic PBDEs
- Groups call for ban on all forms of toxic fire retardant [July 11, 2008]
