Climate Change / Aug 15, 2019
We can't "take the carbon out of the barrel"
For years in Canada, oil executives and some government officials have put forward a grand vision of Canadian oil that could magically be produced…Read More
Climate Change / Aug 13, 2019
Everything you wanted to know about carbon pricing but were afraid to ask
As part of the efforts to combat climate change, governments around the world are putting a price on carbon pollution, making polluters pay for…Read More
Climate Change / Jul 31, 2019
Ontario is paying $700M a year to help burn fossil fuels and accelerate climate change
Despite the escalating impacts of climate change, the practice of handing out public money for fossil fuels is still alive and well in Ontario….Read More
Climate Change / Toxics / Jul 25, 2019
You’ve probably heard of the “Dieselgate” scandal by now. In short, more than four years ago, news about Volkswagen’s scandal shook the world after…Read More
Climate Change / Jul 09, 2019
Ontario’s and Saskatchewan’s top courts have delivered a strong climate change reality check: a price on carbon pollution is essential, constitutional, and not a…Read More
Climate Change / Jun 27, 2019
We stopped the oil and gas industry from gutting Canada’s environmental laws!
With the passage of Bill C-69 last week, the federal government has fulfilled its commitment to update the broken environmental assessment regime that has…Read More
Climate Change / Jun 26, 2019
Why is Premier Ford wasting money on stickers?
Premier Ford is forcing gas station owners in Ontario to put up misleading anti-carbon tax stickers by August 30th. These stickers deliberately hide the…Read More
Climate Change / Jun 13, 2019
Nine questions you may ask after watching Ontario’s ridiculous carbon tax ads
The government of Ontario’s first anti carbon tax ad depicts panicky Ontarians watching nickels pour out of their vents and gas pumps, while a…Read More
Climate Change / Jun 06, 2019
Cleaner, cheaper and growing: renewables are ready. Canadian policy isn’t.
I have a bad habit, like many climate activists, of talking a lot about the bright future for clean, renewable energy. The energy of…Read More
Climate Change / May 28, 2019
Here’s why politicians secretly meeting with oil lobbyists should make us worry
Opposition leader Andrew Scheer and his inner circle are having full-day secret meetings with Canada’s main oil and gas lobby group, the Canadian Association…Read More