An environmental group and three concerned citizens have submitted a request for an injunction that would see a judge order Northvolt to temporarily stop work.
Lawyers are talking about suing the Quebec government if it does not set up the public registry of environmental information required by law. The Quebec Environmental Law Centre (CQDE) warns that it will use all legal means to ensure that the public registry of environmental information is implemented.
The new government threshold of 15 nanograms per cubic metre for daily arsenic emissions at the Horne Foundry would not be reached for another five years, and would still be 5 times the provincial standard.