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Death by a Thousand Cuts: Ontario’s Dismantling of the Endangered Species Act

Enviromental Defense

These species are the most vulnerable and require species-specific conservation efforts to survive. Unfortunately, changes to regulations in recent years clearly highlight Ontario’s lack of effort to protect these species. Many populations in Ontario are small and disconnected.

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Ontario Government Proposes to Further Gut Endangered Species Rules for Developers

Enviromental Defense

MECP claims that these changes will improve implementation of the legislation, however, this is only true if you think better implementation of species protection legislation involves making it weaker. For example, the Redside Dace and Butternut are just two of many species at risk that would be impacted by the proposed giant Highway 413.

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Proposed Quarry Puts Ontario’s Turtle Protections to the Test

Enviromental Defense

Ontario’s Endangered Species Act (ESA) is meant to protect and recover species-at-risk and their habitats, but does it work? Let’s hold our government accountable. Today is world turtle day, an annual observance to help people celebrate and protect turtles and their disappearing habitats.

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No Space for the Redside Dace

Enviromental Defense

On December 20, 2023, Ontario’s Ministry of Environment Conservation and Parks (MECP) proposed more changes that will weaken the Endangered Species Act, 2007 (ESA). The Redside Dace – a small, colourful and endangered minnow. The Redside Dace – a small, colourful and endangered minnow.

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Endangered Northern Long Eared Bat is a Victim of Biodiversity Degradation

Greenbuilding Law

Less than a week before the effective date of the uplisting of the northern long-eared bat from threatened to endangered under the Endangered Species Act, the U.S. The is no question that existing government regulation in the U.S. has been completely ineffectual in impacting biodiversity degradation.

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Service Proposes to Overhaul ESA Permitting Regulations

Endangered Species Law

Fish and Wildlife Service (Service) published proposed revisions to its regulations governing incidental take and enhancement of survival permitting under Endangered Species Act (ESA) section 10.

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Appeals court upholds Ontario town’s convictions for damaging piping plover habitat

Enviromental Defense

Ontario Court of Appeals decision upholds vital habitat protection provision under province’s Endangered Species Act. Ecojustice, acting on behalf of Environmental Defence and Ontario Nature, intervened in the case. Plant and animal species are the foundation of a healthy ecosystem. Toronto, Ont./ Ecojustice?uses