Sep 29, 2026 / Protecting Ontario’s Environment

Opinion: Wasaga’s new 'beach bylaw' is no substitute for federal protection

This piece was originally published by Canada’s National Observer. The re-establishment of Canada’s most important and successful breeding ground for the endangered Great Lakes…Read More


Sep 29, 2026 / Climate Change

Five years of climate finance

This fall marks five-years since Environmental Defence founded our climate finance policy program. In 2021, when we launched the program, sustainable investing was a…Read More


Sep 17, 2026 / Climate Change

Canada's green finance taxonomy should exclude oil and gas 'abatement'

This is a guest blog by Jessica Carradine, lead author of The Taxonomy Fossil Fuel Conflict: Why Oil and Gas Inclusion Would be Counterproductive …Read More


Sep 17, 2026 / Climate Change

Pathways carbon capture project is a bad bet for Canadians

Written by Amil Shapka an affected landowner, concerned community advocate and co-founder of No CO2 Pipelines Alberta and Aly Hyder Ali is Senior Program…Read More


Sep 17, 2026 / Plastic Pollution

Let’s ditch plastic for local in Canada’s trade pivot

The great Canadian trade pivot is underway. People, businesses and governments across Canada are finding ways to prioritize goods grown and produced here instead…Read More


Sep 09, 2026 / Highway 413

A 400-Series Hwy Through a Conservation Reserve? Another Reason Ontarians Reject Hwy 413

If you’ve ever hiked through the Nashville Conservation Reserve just north of Kleinburg, you know exactly why it must be protected. This 900-hectare ecological…Read More


Aug 27, 2026

Democracy Undermined: Alberta's Coal Mining Referendum Denied to Voters

I’ve spent more than three decades hiking the Eastern Slopes of Alberta’s Rocky Mountains. I’ve crossed high passes where the Oldman River begins as…Read More


Aug 20, 2026 / Climate Change / Guest

Guest Blog: Why New Brunswick's Gas Plant Fight Matters for all Canadians

Lisa Griffin is a writer and advocate working on energy justice and environmental policy in Atlantic Canada. She believes that the best decisions are…Read More


Aug 17, 2026 / Climate Change

PM Carney’s Plan to Ram Big Projects Through Is Not Progress. It’s Recklessness

Prime Minister Carney sold Canadians on his track record of making smart decisions and caring about Canada. But since coming to power, he has…Read More


Aug 11, 2026 / Climate Change

Canada’s sustainable taxonomy does not need a category focused on oil and gas

This is a guest blog by Jessica Carradine, lead author of The Taxonomy Fossil Fuel Conflict: Why Oil and Gas Inclusion Would be Counterproductive. …Read More