Pride, Sustainability, and a Sea of Plastic Bottles
Jul 04, 2018 by Daniella Niddery (Engagement Coordinator)
Categories: Great Lakes, Plastic Pollution
Another incredible Pride weekend in Toronto has come and gone. All the colours of the rainbow filled Church St. as people everywhere flocked to…Read More
Bill C-69, overhaul of energy project review process, one step closer to becoming law
Jun 21, 2018 by Patrick DeRochie (Program Manager, Climate & Energy)
Categories: Climate Change
Wednesday, the House of Commons passed legislation that could improve Canada’s environmental laws and the energy project review process. In 2012, the previous government…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
Premier-designate Doug Ford has promised to “scrap the carbon tax.” This promise has raised important concerns about how this will be achieved, and…Read More
Canada forges strong G7 climate outcomes, but leaves out fossil fuel subsidies
Jun 12, 2018 by Patrick DeRochie (Program Manager, Climate & Energy)
Categories: Fossil Fuel Subsidies
As the 2018 Chair of the G7 group of developed economies, last weekend’s summit in Quebec was a big opportunity for Canada to demonstrate…Read More
Turning the tide - a landmark agreement on plastic pollution
Jun 12, 2018 by Ashley Wallis (Program Manager, Water)
Categories: Plastic Pollution
If you saw media coverage of the G7 meeting in Charlevoix, Quebec, last weekend, it was probably something to do with Trump and Twitter….Read More
Just like microbeads, Canada needs to regulate single-use plastics: Here’s how
Jun 08, 2018 by Muhannad Malas (Program Manager, Toxics)
Categories: Plastic Pollution, Toxics
Plastic waste can now be found in the farthest corners and deepest trenches on the planet. Yet, every day millions of disposable plastic containers,…Read More
Canada gets a D-minus on fossil fuel subsidies (and that's before the Kinder Morgan bailout!)
Jun 08, 2018 by Patrick DeRochie (Program Manager, Climate & Energy)
Categories: Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Canada continues to provide substantial public support for the oil and gas industry and isn’t moving fast enough on its promise to phase out…Read More
The Plastics Declaration and the G7; time for Canada to step up
Jun 06, 2018 by Ashley Wallis (Program Manager, Water)
Categories: Plastic Pollution
Did you know that only 11 per cent of all plastics are recycled in Canada? If you’re surprised, you’re not the only one. Most…Read More
Seven ways the Kinder Morgan bailout is an obscene use of public money
Jun 06, 2018 by Patrick DeRochie (Program Manager, Climate & Energy)
Categories: Fossil Fuel Subsidies
The federal government’s decision to purchase Kinder Morgan’s leaky tar sands pipeline is a totally reckless use of public money. But the $4.5 billion…Read More
NEW POLL: Canadians are ready to end government handouts to fossil fuel companies
Jun 01, 2018 by Patrick DeRochie (Program Manager, Climate & Energy)
Categories: Fossil Fuel Subsidies
It turns out that bailing out tar sands pipelines and subsidizing oil and gas companies is deeply unpopular among Canadians. A new poll shows…Read More