CEA in the News

2025

• February 19, 2026: Windsor Star Zug Island coke refinery fined $100M, ordered to comply with pollution standards

• December 23, 2025: Windsor Star Pride and frustration — Windsor's Citizens Environment Alliance celebrates 40 years of green battles

• November 19, 2025: Windsor Star 'Too good to pass up' — Windsor leaders push for $17M land purchase to expand national park

• November 18, 2025: CBC News Got $17M to spare? These lands next to Windsor's national urban park are for sale

• June 26, 2025: iHeart CEA of Southwestern Ontario reacts to Naturalized Parks in Windsor

• June 18, 2025: CBC News Windsor orders review of city's 'overstretched' environment and climate change department

• June 6, 2025: Windsor Star 'Not an A grade from us' — environmentalists slam Windsor on climate action

• June 5, 2025: CTV News ‘It’s not an audit’: Environmental advocate critical of “A-List” rating for climate action in Windsor

• May 23, 2025: WindsorNewsToday.ca Is Windsor honouring its environmental obligations?

• May 22, 2025: CKLW AM800 Local environment group concerned with lack of movement from the city on climate action

• May 21, 2025: CTV News Town of Essex bans intentional non-biodegradable balloon releases

• April 11, 2025: Globe & Mail Federal government snubs Vianode’s plans for graphite plant at Windsor airport

• April 2, 2025: iHeart.com City Building: Protecting Green Space

• March 27, 2025: CBC News Windsor's key strategy to reduce emissions 'too costly' without financial help

• March 8, 2025: Windsor Star Green light! Windsor's Ojibway to open as national urban park this year

2024

• November 13, 2024: Windsor Star ‘Respect nature’ — New coalition warns of Windsor's dwindling green spaces

• October 21, 2024: Canada' National Observer Ford wants to rip out bike lanes. Municipalities and mobility groups hope to pump the brakes

• April 22, 2024: CBC News Windsor green pioneer shares a look back on Earth Day

• March 21, 2024: CTV News City of Windsor falling short on climate objectives, emissions targets: report

2023

• December 28, 2023: CBC News City of Windsor investigating slick substance on Little River

• December 15, 2023: CBC News ERCA program, position cut as Windsor pulls back some funding

• December 14, 2023: CBC News Contaminated sediment headed to Sarnia

• September 14, 2023: CBC News Windsor-Essex needs faster progress on green space and tree cover, advocates say

• June 14, 2023: Windsor Star Windsor to dismantle, reassess citizen advisory committees

• March 27, 2023: AM 800 CKLW U.S. Air Pollution Laws Mandate Cross-State Restrictions, what about Cross-Border?

• March 20, 2023: CBC News Land deal among 'first concrete steps' toward opening Ojibway national urban park

• February 21, 2023: Francopresse Great Lakes Series: Lake Erie, breathless

2022

• December 1, 2022: AM 800 CKLW Environmental Priorities for Greener Windsor 2022-2026 Guest: Derek Coronado - Executive Director of the Citizens Environment Alliance

• November 21, 2022: Windsor Star Environmental wish list calls for action by city

• November 21, 2022: AM 800 CKLW Citizens Environment Alliance asks Windsor Council to focus on climate action

• November 2, 2022: CBC News Windsor's mayor says he's not sure where the city would fit 13,000 more homes

• June 20, 2022: CBC News City of Windsor says it's spending millions to improve the local tree canopy

• May 24, 2022: CTV News Windsor Demolition of Detroit Incinerator set to begin next month

• May 12, 2022: The Windsor Star Ojibway Shores transfer from Port Authority 'huge step' towards national urban park

• April 11, 2022: The Windsor Star As Great Lakes agreement reaches milestone anniversary, protections as vital as ever

• April 5, 2022: CBC News Windsor going grey after large drop in green spaces seen from space

• March 25, 2022: CBC News Battery plant environmental impact

• March 24, 2022: CBC News Windsor, Ont., electric vehicle battery plant signals Canadians are a 'player' in future auto industry

2021

• April 29, 2021: The Windsor Star 'Preferred' wildlife crossing over Ojibway Parkway would cost $13M, stop at railway tracks

• March 8, 2021: CBC News Food waste piles up during the pandemic. Here's how Windsorities can change that

2020

• September 30, 2020: The Windsor Star Climate 'crisis' fuelling new environmental threats, local report warns

• September 4, 2020: The Windsor Star Pandemic opens up great green opportunities for Great Lakes

• July 18, 2020: The Windsor Star Local environmentalists sounding alarm over provincial plan to fire up gas plants

• April 22, 2020: The Windsor Star As Earth Day turns 50, COVID-19 offers valuable warning

• February 12, 2020: The Windsor Star Jarvis: Bizarre twist in Ojibway Shores saga, but I'll take it

• February 12, 2020: The Windsor Star 'Aggressive' game plan touted to tackle climate change emergency

• January 24, 2020: The Windsor Star McKenzie elected new chair of ERCA board

2019

• December 4, 2019: The Windsor Star Site contaminated with uranium partially collapses into Detroit River

• November 21, 2019: The Windsor Star Essex County joins in declaration of climate change emergency

• November 19, 2019: The Windsor Star 'This is the time for Windsor to act.' Climate change emergency declared

• November 18, 2019: CBC News 'Symbolic' motion commits Windsor to climate change emergency

• September 27, 2019: The Windsor Star Greenhouse gas emissions rise locally, despite residents' efforts

• August 27, 2019: CBC News Decision to close Malden, Matchette Roads deferred to September

• August 22, 2019: The Windsor Star Jarvis: Dead on the road, unless we do something about it

• July 31, 2019: The Windsor Star 'A real warrior' — Windsor environmental crusader Ric Coronado dies

• July 31, 2019: CBC News Citizens Environment Alliance founder Ric Coronado dead at 78

• June 7, 2019: The Windsor Star Zug Island steel operations chug along, despite ongoing air and noise pollution

• March 28, 2019: The Windsor Star 'Long overdue' — Detroit's controversial trash-burning incinerator shuts down

• March 13, 2019: Blackburn News Windsor environmentalist expresses doubts about single-use plastics ban

• March 4, 2019: CBC News South Cameron woodlot 'always planned for development,' says Windsor mayor

2018

• December 3, 2018: The Windsor Star Death of neglected young trees at airport triggers anger

• November 29, 2018: AM800 News Environmental Alliance Co-ordinator Criticizes Climate Change Plan

• August 7, 2018: The Windsor Star For environmentalists, Ojibway Shores 'needed to be saved'

• July 11, 2018: CBC News Windsor city projects may be affected by cancelled cap-and-trade program

• February 27, 2018: The Windsor Star Local group among Fermi 3 opponents appealing to U.S. Supreme Court

• January 29, 2018: The Windsor Star Council unanimously seeks federal protection for Ojibway Shores

• January 29, 2018: The Windsor Star Dearborn energy plant cancels pollution-causing expansion plans

• January 18, 2018: The Windsor Star Windsor to be affected as Dearborn energy plant asks to release more pollutants

2017

• November 29, 2017: The Windsor Star Water quality in Lake Erie 'unacceptable,' says IJC Great Lakes report

• September 15, 2017: The Windsor Star Jarvis: 'We do not have the luxury of time'

• July 19, 2017: CTV Windsor News City to reduce energy consumption by 40% by 2041

• June 12, 2017: CBC News Province not prepared for nuclear disaster in southern Ontario, say safety advocates

• June 12, 2017: CTV News Groups raise alarm about lack of protection in event of nuclear disaster

2016

• December 2, 2016: AM800 News Review of Air Pollution in Border Region

• February 1, 2016: The Windsor Star Marathon refinery in Detroit wants to increase emissions

• January 29, 2016: AM 800 News Concern raised in Windsor over a refinery in Detroit

2015

• December 1, 2015: Blackburnnews.com Advocates Want Aggressive Environment Goals

• October 15, 2015: The Windsor Star Coal byproduct piles on Detroit riverfront raise concerns

• June 22, 2015: The Windsor Star Lack of action on toxins threatening Great Lakes, report says

• March 29, 2015: The Windsor Star Windsor parks director wants to prepare the city’s trees for climate change

• March 27, 2015: The Windsor Star Province identifies urban wetland, bans development in South Windsor

2014

• July 14, 2014: The Windsor Star Cautious optimism in annual Detroit River boat tour, organizers say

• April 15, 2014: The Windsor Star Petcoke fight spreads throughout Great Lakes region

• February 1, 2014: The Windsor Star Guest Column: Think about the beaches

2013

• October 18, 2013: CBC Windsor - The Bridge We'll hear about pollutants that are putting Lake Erie at risk in our final Great Lakes series

• August 7, 2013: Voice of Russia radio Major US polluter operates 'essentially illegal site' in Detroit - interview

• July 11, 2013: CBC News Ojibway Shores may be preserved, not developed

• May 2, 2013: The Windsor Star Petcoke site in Detroit lacks proper zoning, permits

• March 21, 2013: The Windsor Star Is Earth Hour worth your time?

• March 11, 2013: The Windsor Star Citizens Environment Alliance dismayed by petcoke storage

2012

• December 21, 2012: The Windsor Star Opinion - Guest column: We need to lead in environmental technologies and services

• August 31, 2012: The Windsor Star Endangered species

• June 8, 2012: The Windsor Star Great Lakes protection bill lauded

• January 26, 2012: The Windsor Star Detroit River cleanup sees progress, hurdles

2011

• December 22, 2011: The Windsor Star Detroit River land registry urged - Canadian wildlife refuge efforts lag

• August 2, 2011: The Windsor Star Change in the air for region - Fewer smog alerts herald progress

• February 7, 2011: The Windsor Star Enviromentalists vow to stop shipment of radioactive waste

2010

• November 25, 2010: The Windsor Star Nuke shipment draws protest: generators would travel through lakes

• November 4, 2010: The Windsor Star It is time to recognize our wealth of water

• July 12, 2010: The Windsor Star Radioactive Cargo to Pass by Windsor

• January 12, 2010: The Michigan Messenger Group urges suspension of license process for new Fermi nuclear plant

• January 11, 2010: The Windsor Star Report Links Air Pollution, Drinking Water

2009

• November 30, 2009: The Windsor Star Protesters label Canada 'laggard'

• May 15, 2009: The Windsor Star A Shore Worth Saving

• April 29, 2009: The Windsor Star Former Dump Site an Island of Green in Detroit River

• Thursday, March 12, 2009: The Windsor Star Fermi 3 Plans Face Legal Fight

• Wednesday, March 11, 2009: The Monroe News Groups File Opposition to Fermi 3

• Saturday, February 14, 2009: WDET FM Detroit Public Radio Report on Fermi 3 (MP3 file)

2008

• Tuesday, December 16, 2008: The Globe and Mail Groups Urge BPA Ban in All Food Packaging

• Thursday, November 27, 2008: The Toronto Star Green is the New Colour of Growth

• Thursday, October 23, 2008: The Windsor Star Air Quality Readings Slammed

• June 25, 2008: The Windsor Star Ontario Power Generation Wins Top Weenie Award

• May 13, 2008: The Windsor Star "Let’s protect a real green link," Environmentalists Urge

• April 2, 2008: The Windsor Star More Locals Carpooling, Census Shows

2007

• April 11, 2007: The Windsor Star Windsor Could be an Environmental Leader

1998

• November 17, 1998: The Windsor Star Activists Fight to Save Shoreline