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
Ontario’s new government has promised to “scrap the carbon tax.” This promise has raised important concerns about how this will be achieved, and what…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
We can have a strong economy and protect the environment...but not the way the Canadian government is doing it
Apr 17, 2018 by Dale Marshall (National Program Manager)
Categories: Clean Economy, Climate Change
Last week we published a report laying out important research from two leading economists showing that Canada can meet or exceed our commitments…Read More
Carbon pricing has no downside, so why are we still arguing about it?
Apr 09, 2018 by Sarah Buchanan (Program Manager, Clean Economy)
Categories: Clean Economy, Climate Change
Two new reports from the Clean Economy Alliance lend even more support to the growing evidence from economists and scientists that carbon pricing…Read More