New report: Massive fossil fuel subsidies continue, but true costs are hidden from Canadians
Sep 17, 2018 by Patrick DeRochie (Program Manager, Climate & Energy)
Categories: Fossil Fuel Subsidies
What’s the dumbest policy in the world? Public cash for oil and gas! Canada’s federal government handed out hundreds of millions of dollars per…Read More
What’s in your lunch? New testing finds glyphosate, a harmful pesticide, in common foods that children eat
Sep 09, 2018 by Sarah Jamal (Program Coordinator, Toxics)
Categories: Toxics
Every day, Canadians are exposed to many chemicals that are linked to health conditions such as cancer, asthma, diabetes and behavioural problems like ADHD….Read More
If you care about climate change you should care about methane
Sep 06, 2018 by Dale Marshall (National Program Manager)
Categories: Climate Change, Environmental Defence
If you care about climate change, you should care about oil and gas methane. If you care about human health, you should care…Read More
Good(ish) news! Our case against Alberta’s leaking tailings ponds will be investigated
Aug 30, 2018 by Dale Marshall (National Program Manager)
Categories: Environmental Defence, Toxics
First the good news. The three NAFTA countries voted unanimously to allow an investigation to go forward on tar sands tailings ponds leaking…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
Save Belfountain! One of the last remaining Greenbelt hamlets under threat
Aug 28, 2018 by Guest Blog ()
Categories: Greenbelt
This is a guest blog by Judy Mabee, President of The Belfountain Community Organization, a residents’ group committed to preserving the rural heritage and…Read More
#WeAreLakeErie - are you? Share your story on August 28th and you could win a cool Lake Erie T!
Aug 22, 2018 by Kelsey Scarfone (Program Manager Blue Flag)
Categories: Blue Flag, Great Lakes
Science writer Loren Eiseley once said “If there is magic on this planet, it is contained in water”. In a purely scientific light, water…Read More
Congratulations you now own an oil well!
Aug 17, 2018 by Joshua Buck (Alberta Program Manager)
Categories: Climate Change
Okay, you don’t really own an oil well. But very soon, you may be on the hook for paying the cleanup costs of oil…Read More
Ontario’s Greenbelt benefits us all
Aug 14, 2018 by Susan Lloyd Swail (Senior Manager, Livable Communities)
Categories: Greenbelt
We love the Greenbelt and it’s no wonder. Ontario’s Greenbelt is vital to the prosperity of our region and the well-being of citizens. Did…Read More
A trip home to Hamilton for my favourite Greenbelt hike
Aug 13, 2018 by Sarah Jamal (Program Coordinator, Toxics)
Categories: Greenbelt
Growing up in Hamilton, the Ontario Greenbelt has always been close to home. It was a place where my family and I would berry pick…Read More