A win for Endangered Species! Town charged for destruction of piping plover habitat at Sauble Beach
Apr 16, 2018 by Tim Gray (Executive Director)
Categories: Great Lakes
Edit: This blog has been updated with the date of the Town’s court hearing. After a thirty year absence, and decades of important…Read More
What's in store for the New Year? Our predictions for the biggest environmental news stories in 2018
Dec 28, 2017 by Tim Gray (Executive Director)
Categories: Environmental Defence
2017 was a big year for environmental news. The Energy East pipeline was cancelled, record low prices were set for solar and wind power,…Read More
Guilty but not charged: Why is Canada letting Volkswagen get away with its diesel car pollution scam?
Aug 03, 2017 by Tim Gray (Executive Director)
Categories: Toxics
Two years ago, Volkswagen (VW) was caught red-handed selling cars with software that surreptitiously turned off the pollution control equipment of over 11 million…Read More
Forests, Climate Change and Carbon Markets: Windfall or Risky Business?
Mar 24, 2017 by Tim Gray (Executive Director)
Categories: Climate Change
Global warming is already impacting ecosystems, economies and communities around the world. Here in Canada, we’ve seen extreme weather lead to flooding and drought,…Read More
Fear and Loathing on the Carbon Trail
Jan 10, 2017 by Tim Gray (Executive Director)
Categories: Clean Economy, Climate Change
People generally don’t like change, even when they know that there’s a problem that must be solved (think of how you put off the…Read More
Year in review: 2016 was a great year thanks to you!
Dec 16, 2016 by Tim Gray (Executive Director)
Categories: Environmental Defence
As 2016 draws to a close, I am awed by how much we’ve accomplished together this past year. When we started the year, we…Read More
Protecting free speech by modernizing charity laws
Dec 08, 2016 by Tim Gray (Executive Director)
Categories: Environmental Defence
It’s not every day that the editorial boards of the Toronto Star and the Globe and Mail agree. But that’s exactly what happened this…Read More
Environmental Victories: Building a clean economy and defending a safe climate
Dec 04, 2016 by Tim Gray (Executive Director)
Categories: Clean Economy, Climate Change
With winter approaching, it’s a good time to look back at what we’ve achieved together over the past year. And what a busy year…Read More
There is too much momentum behind environmental protection for one man to stop it
Nov 09, 2016 by Tim Gray (Executive Director)
Categories: Clean Economy, Climate Change, Energy East, Environmental Defence, Great Lakes, Greenbelt, Smart Growth, Toxics
“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” -Martin Luther King Jr. Canadians may be feeling a bit down…Read More