Dec 27, 2019 / Clean Economy / Climate Change / Livable Communities / Plastic Pollution / Safeguarding Freshwater / Toxics
2019 was a big year for environmental news. Here’s a quick recap: UN scientists took off the gloves on their warnings to us about…Read More
Mar 04, 2019 / Clean Economy / Climate Change
Why Ontario needs to get serious about climate change
Did you know that Ontario is Canada’s second-biggest carbon polluter? This means that Ontario has the power to either accelerate Canada’s efforts to…Read More
Feb 27, 2019 / Clean Economy / Climate Change / Movement Building
My trip to Florida in an electric vehicle
My partner and I took our first road trip to Florida this winter. We usually spend the cold, snowy months at home taking in…Read More
Feb 05, 2019 / Clean Economy / Climate Change
Why we’re going to court over carbon pricing
Ontario and Saskatchewan are investing millions of public dollars into a legal battle to block the federal government from implementing a Nobel-prize-winning policy…Read More
Jan 09, 2019 / Clean Economy / Climate Change
Four ways cars are getting more climate-friendly
Driving creates a lot more carbon pollution than you think. On top of releasing harmful emissions like nitrogen oxides that increase respiratory ailments…Read More
Dec 03, 2018 / Clean Economy / Climate Change
Ontario's new climate change plan gets a failing grade
After axing most of the province’s programs that reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution, the Ontario government’s promised plan to address climate change has finally…Read More
Nov 20, 2018 / Clean Economy / Climate Change
Ontario has strong tools available to act on climate change. It's time to use them.
If you could write an entirely new climate change plan from scratch, what would you include? Since Ontario’s government is cooking up a…Read More
Nov 12, 2018 / Clean Economy / Climate Change
Federal funds could help shore up Ontario’s flagging climate change action
Good news arrived last week for climate change action in Ontario. Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna just announced a plan to give $420…Read More
Aug 30, 2018 / Clean Economy / Climate Change
Is there a better way to cut natural gas bills in Ontario?
Ontario’s move to cut cap-and-trade costs from natural gas bills arrived with great fanfare yesterday. On closer inspection, it’s mostly hot air. This action…Read More
Jun 20, 2018 / Clean Economy / Climate Change
What you need to know about Ontario’s carbon pricing drama
The following blog was written in response to events in Ontario in summer 2018. For an update on current climate change action in Ontario,…Read More