Feb 25, 2025 / Climate Change
If Ontario is serious about positioning the province as an energy powerhouse in the face of Trump’s tariffs – it has no choice but…Read More
Feb 25, 2025 / Climate Change / Livable Communities
Beaver Lake Cree Nation No. 131 Calls for Federal Review of Massive Carbon Capture Project
This is a guest blog by Crystal Lameman, Government Relations Advisor/Treaty Coordinator, Beaver Lake Cree Nation No. 131, Treaty No. 6 (Lac La Biche, Alberta)…Read More
Feb 20, 2025 / Protecting Ontario’s environment
Ontario’s Fixation on Highway Sprawl Caused our Housing Shortage
Three years after Ontario’s government committed to building more homes faster, the number of homes built in Ontario is dramatically down and government sources…Read More
Feb 13, 2025 / Plastic Pollution
Five Things You Should Know About Reusable Grocery Bags
We’ve gotten tons of questions about “reusable” shopping bags since the ban on single-use plastic checkout bags was implemented two years ago. The ban…Read More
Feb 11, 2025
We Need a New Plan to Build More Affordable Homes in Ontario
As you’ve no doubt heard by now, Ontario is headed to the polls on February 27. This blog is part of our series outlining…Read More
Feb 11, 2025
A Clean Transportation Plan that Ontario Needs: 7 Key Elements
Ontario’s provincial election is on February 27. As part of Environmental Defence’s mission to inform voters about crucial environmental issues, we’ve put together a…Read More
Feb 06, 2025 / Climate Change
Stop Alberta Coal Mines: A Personal Connection to a Threatened Place
My youngest son, Silas, grew up fishing the blue-ribbon trout streams of Alberta’s Eastern Slopes. The first time he set a fly on the…Read More
Jan 29, 2025
Ontario Needs a Government that Takes Climate Change Seriously
As you’ve heard by now, Ontario will head to the polls on February 27. This blog is part of our series outlining what we…Read More
Jan 29, 2025 / Plastic Pollution
Stop the Waste and Expand Deposit Return to All Beverage Containers in Ontario
This blog is part of our series outlining what we see as some of the key environmental issues voters should keep in mind as…Read More
Jan 29, 2025 / Highway 413 / Protecting Ontario’s environment / Yours To Protect
Highway 413 – The Destructive, Expensive and Unnecessary Highway
This blog is part of our series outlining what we see as some of the key environmental issues voters should keep in mind as…Read More