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Supreme Court Dismisses Taseko Mines Ltd’s Application

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In May 2020, the Supreme Court of Canada released Taseko Mines Ltd’s application from their duties. This was supposed to pave way for 2019’s Federal Court of Appeal (FCA) ruling that tackled full federal assessment of Taseko’s New Prosperity copper-gold mine.
The federal results showed that the mine project could result in environmental pollution including water localities. When the findings were brought to court, Taseko mines were inevitably dismissed to protect Canada’s fish lakes.
This was because Taseko mines activities posed greater threats to the environment, particularly Teztan Biny, a fish lake. Teztan Biny is…

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Lawsuits to End Unlawful and Prolonged Phase-Outs of Neonicotinoids

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In December 2019, Canadian Parks & Trees Protection filed a complaint against the PMRA that questioned their decision of allowing the use of harmful pesticide for another two years. The pesticide Thiamethoxam, is a type of neonicotinoid pesticide, which intensively affected pollinators. Hence, it was important to come in and stop the PMRA from making such decisions.
The PMRA publicized the effects of Thiamethoxam on pollinators in April 2019. In their results, they concluded that there was a need to enforce important measures that would help protect all pollinators. The measures included stopping various uses of Thiamethoxam, …

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Safeguarding Pollinators from Neonicotinoids

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Canadian Parks & Trees Protection took steps to help protect pollination agents from unlawfully registered pesticides, commonly referred to as neonicotinoids. These neonicotinoids or neonics are simply a class of systematic insecticides that are found in all tissues of treated plants. Scientific studies have shown the extensive harm that these insecticides cause on ecological beneficiaries.
In modern agriculture, neonics are used to prevent certain insects from destroying crops. However, further findings show that these pesticides can result in a honey-bee colony collapse disorder (CCD).
The disorder is found in bees and …

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Fighting for Federal Jurisdiction Decision Over Climate Change Action

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Climate change occurs mostly due to human operations like deforestation, emission of harmful gases into the atmosphere among other environmental pollution. Therefore, climate changes can be classified as national disasters.
Canadian law states that protecting the environment should be a shared responsibility between the federal and provincial areas. This is why Canadian Parks & Trees Protection has been at the forefront to ensure that the government takes adequate action on climate changes. Our main objective is to influence the government to stop atmospheric polluters as well as reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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