Canada’s voice on water stifled by lack of representation
Jun 03 2013
TORONTO—The Canadian seats at the bilateral International Joint Commission (IJC) have been looking pretty empty lately.  Last month, Lyall Knott completed his term as a commissioner to the...

Ont. municipalities to get more say on wind farms
May 30 2013
TORONTO -- Major changes to Ontario's rules on green energy projects will give municipalities a greater say over the location of new wind and solar farms, and a chance to get a slice of the revenue,...

Happy birthday to the Green Energy and Green Economy Act
May 28 2013
By: Gillian McEachern Kris Stevens Published on Tue May 28 2013 Ontario’s Green Energy and Green Economy Act turns four this month. And there’s a lot to celebrate. Just 10 years ago, the...

Two East York teens win title of Canada’s Next Green Journalist
May 25 2013
East York Mirror ByTara Hatherly Two East York teenagers took top spots in a national media contest, earning them each the title of Canada’s Next Green Journalist. Seventeen-year-old Lovely...

To Defeat Keystone, Environmental Movement Goes From Beltway to Grassroots

May 24 2013
Green groups turn away from the political tactics that failed them in the 2009 climate policy fight and join activists voicing opposition in the streets. As decision day nears on the Keystone XL oil...

Critics take to web as Stephen Harper visits New York to sell merits of Keystone XL
May 16 2013
NEW YORK — Prime Minister Stephen Harper is in New York today to persuade influential Americans that the Keystone XL pipeline will give them the North American energy independence they have...

Website urges Stephen Harper to get his facts straight on oilsands
May 16 2013
OTTAWA — Environmental groups say that Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s government needs to get its facts straight about the oil industry. A coalition of groups from Canada, the United...

The Great Green Web
May 16 2013
Be A Careful Consumer Think before you buy. The Better World Shopper evaluates social justice and environmental performance and assigns a letter grade to companies that make everything from ice cream...

Few complete application to reverse Ontario, Quebec pipeline
May 03 2013
Fewer than 200 interested parties have completed a 10-page application form asking the National Energy Board to accept their written comments about the reversal of a pipeline that would carry diluted...

NEC argues quarry doesn't meet terms of escarpment plan
Apr 26 2013
TORONTO — A one-day hearing held Thursday could determine the fate of the proposed quarry expansion west of Duntroon. The Niagara Escarpment Commission voted last August to challenge the...