Mar 23, 2023 / Clean Economy / Climate Change Ontario / Protecting Ontario’s environment / Yours To Protect
Environmental Defence experts react to the 2023 Ontario budget
Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Huron-Wendat – Keith Brooks, Programs Director: Ontario continues…Read More
Nov 20, 2020 / Clean Economy / Climate Change / Transition
Three ways the oil industry has been gaslighting you this week
The oil industry has been working hard lately to appear as though they really care about climate change. It’s a sham. These statements just…Read More
Oct 27, 2020 / Clean Economy
How to talk to your friends and family about the oil industry - part 1
For many of us the oil industry is one of those big divisive subjects that you just avoid like the plague for the sake…Read More
Dec 27, 2019 / Clean Economy / Climate Change / Livable Communities / Plastic Pollution / Safeguarding Freshwater / Toxics
2019 was a big year for environmental news. Here’s a quick recap: UN scientists took off the gloves on their warnings to us about…Read More
Mar 04, 2019 / Clean Economy / Climate Change
Why Ontario needs to get serious about climate change
Did you know that Ontario is Canada’s second-biggest carbon polluter? This means that Ontario has the power to either accelerate Canada’s efforts to…Read More
Feb 27, 2019 / Clean Economy / Climate Change / Movement Building
My trip to Florida in an electric vehicle
My partner and I took our first road trip to Florida this winter. We usually spend the cold, snowy months at home taking in…Read More
Feb 05, 2019 / Clean Economy / Climate Change
Why we’re going to court over carbon pricing
Ontario and Saskatchewan are investing millions of public dollars into a legal battle to block the federal government from implementing a Nobel-prize-winning policy…Read More
Jan 09, 2019 / Clean Economy / Climate Change
Four ways cars are getting more climate-friendly
Driving creates a lot more carbon pollution than you think. On top of releasing harmful emissions like nitrogen oxides that increase respiratory ailments…Read More
Dec 06, 2018 / Clean Economy / Climate Change / Op Ed
Ontario's climate change plan is too little, too late
Environmental Defence’s Programs Director and Clean Economy Program Manager explain why Ontarians should be outraged about the provincial government’s insufficient and ineffective climate change…Read More
Dec 03, 2018 / Clean Economy / Climate Change
Ontario's new climate change plan gets a failing grade
After axing most of the province’s programs that reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution, the Ontario government’s promised plan to address climate change has finally…Read More