Why we’re going to court over carbon pricing
Feb 05, 2019 by Sarah Buchanan (Program Manager, Clean Economy)
Categories: Clean Economy, Climate Change
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
Four ways cars are getting more climate-friendly
Jan 09, 2019 by Sarah Buchanan (Program Manager, Clean Economy)
Categories: Clean Economy, Climate Change
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
Ontario's new climate change plan gets a failing grade
Dec 03, 2018 by Sarah Buchanan (Program Manager, Clean Economy)
Categories: Clean Economy, Climate Change
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
Ontario has strong tools available to act on climate change. It's time to use them.
Nov 20, 2018 by Sarah Buchanan (Program Manager, Clean Economy)
Categories: Clean Economy, Climate Change
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
Federal funds could help shore up Ontario’s flagging climate change action
Nov 12, 2018 by Sarah Buchanan (Program Manager, Clean Economy)
Categories: Clean Economy, Climate Change
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
Is there a better way to cut natural gas bills in Ontario?
Aug 30, 2018 by Sarah Buchanan (Program Manager, Clean Economy)
Categories: Clean Economy, Climate Change
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
What you need to know about Ontario’s carbon pricing drama
Jun 20, 2018 by Sarah Buchanan (Program Manager, Clean Economy)
Categories: Clean Economy, Climate Change
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
It’s fast, healthy and fun: Why we love to bike to work
May 24, 2018 by Allen Braude (Communications Manager)
Categories: Clean Economy, Climate Change
It comes as no surprise that many staff at Environmental Defence ride a bike to work. Some do it when the weather is warmer….Read More
Everything you wanted to know about carbon pricing but were afraid to ask
May 16, 2018 by Sarah Buchanan (Program Manager, Clean Economy)
Categories: Clean Economy, Climate Change
As part of the efforts to combat climate change, governments around the world are putting a price on carbon, making polluters pay for…Read More
10 Key Considerations for Low-Carbon Communities
Apr 19, 2018 by Rachel Kitchin (Communications Manager)
Categories: Clean Economy, Climate Change
Rodney Wilts is a partner at Windmill Development Group, an Ontario-based urban development group with a very special business ethos. Windmill builds homes, offices,…Read More