Jun 20, 2025 / Toxics
Let’s Get Physical: Safer Sun Protection Tips for a Healthy Summer
As the weather warms up, many of us are looking forward to another fun summer soaking up the sun in parks, on the water,…Read More
Jun 20, 2025 / Climate Change
Public backs push to shift financial institutions from fossil fuel investments
In April 2025, Environmental Defence conducted organizational wide polling with Abacus Data. Recent data show Canadians want finance to move towards clean energy instead…Read More
Jun 19, 2025 / Protecting Ontario’s environment
What’s next now that Bill 5 has become law?
A number of people are asking: what can be done now that the Ontario government’s extreme and anti-democratic Bill 5 has been passed? We…Read More
Jun 17, 2025 / Plastic Pollution
The Ontario government has taken the brakes off of waste reduction in the province to paint growing piles of garbage as inevitable. It is…Read More
Jun 16, 2025 / Climate Change
Last summer, Albertans and people from around the globe watched in horror as a massive blaze started just kilometres from the mountain town of…Read More
Jun 06, 2025 / Climate Change
We Can’t Build Canada Up While Our Communities Are Burning Down
Canada is on fire, once again. This should not be normal. As I write this, 33,000 people have been evacuated in Western Canada and…Read More
Jun 06, 2025 / Climate Change
Canada Must Keep its Promise: Finalize the Oil and Gas Emissions Cap Now
In 2021, The Government of Canada made a bold and necessary commitment to limit and reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) from the oil and…Read More
Jun 02, 2025 / Plastic Pollution
Ontario’s Deposit System For Alcoholic Beverages is Under Threat
People who live in Ontario really appreciate a good deposit-return program. Poll after poll confirms that we’d like to see the program we have…Read More
May 27, 2025 / Toxics
Is Your Community on the PFAS Hotspot Map?
PFAS contamination in Canada should prompt this new federal government to turn off the tap This new map of PFAS contamination in Canada…Read More
May 27, 2025 / Climate Change
Oil Markets & Zombie Pipelines: What You Should Know About Canadian Energy
We need clean, renewable energy to tackle climate change, strengthen energy security, and provide power for a resilient Canadian economy. Building pipelines and relying…Read More