Mar 09, 2021 / Yours To Protect
How to respond to Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy's letter about the Lower Duffins Creek Wetland
The letter below has been received by people writing to Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy with regard to Ontario government’s push to destroy 50 per…Read More
Mar 09, 2021 / Safeguarding Freshwater
Lake Erie’s health continues to deteriorate and needs our help. To help revive the lake, the federal and Ontario governments released a joint action…Read More
Mar 03, 2021 / Yours To Protect
The Big Sprawl: Ontario is set to unleash sprawl on huge swathes of countryside unless we fight back
Unless we push back hard and fast, large swathes of Ontario’s best farmland, most vital natural heritage, and most beautiful rural landscapes, will be…Read More
Mar 02, 2021 / Climate Change
As Canada hosts the first global Powering Past Coal Summit, why are we still shipping coal overseas?
Is this another case of hazardous hypocrisy? A decade ago, Canada was justifiably called out on the world stage for our hypocrisy on asbestos….Read More
Feb 25, 2021 / Climate Change
What was good and what was missing from the first meeting between the President and Prime Minister
President Joe Biden had his first meeting with another head of government yesterday when he met with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Climate change was…Read More
Feb 25, 2021 / Safeguarding Freshwater
Protect the plan, protect Lake Simcoe: Why we need to stand up for the Lake Simcoe Protection Plan
This is a guest blog by Claire Malcolmson, Executive Director of the Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition. Ontario’s Lake Simcoe Protection Act and Plan is…Read More
Feb 23, 2021 / Climate Change
Once again, important environmental safeguards are under attack from the Government of Alberta. Maybe you’ll remember that we also went to court to defend…Read More
Feb 23, 2021 / Yours To Protect
Ontario landowners and developers who want to build on floodplains, wetlands and other hazardous or environmentally sensitive lands should think twice before using newly-created…Read More
Feb 18, 2021 / Climate Change / Transition
Canada Should “Buy Clean” to Cut Emissions and Boost the Economy
This post is by Jamie Kirkpatrick, Program Manager, Blue Green Canada. Blue Green Canada released its new report– BUY CLEAN: How Public Construction Dollars…Read More
Feb 18, 2021 / Plastic Pollution
Why the federal government needs to stop wasting time and implement its plastics ban now
More than two dozen environmental groups are urging federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson to get moving on implementing the promised ban on single-use plastics….Read More