Cleaning the Pipes: Ten key takeaways from the cancellation of Energy East
Energy East is dead. This month’s decision by TransCanada to cancel its proposed pipeline to send 1.1 million barrels per day of tar sands…Read More
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5 Reasons Why the Federal Government Should Fund Public Transit Service
Did you know that Canada’s federal government doesn’t fund public transit service? The federal government only contributes funding to construct new infrastructure like light…Read More
2021 Lake Erie algae bloom forecasted to be moderate this summer, but this is still cause for concern
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Agency (NOAA) has now released its early season algae bloom forecast for Lake Erie and predicts a bloom that…Read More
The Big Sprawl
In 2022 Ontario imposed THE BIG SPRAWL, a set of policies designed to enrich land speculators by pushing 81 per cent of new households and jobs over the next 30 years into car-dependent suburbs, often on farmland, and to exclude them from the walkable & transit-friendly existing neighbourhoods where people want to live and work.
How Canada can build an environmentally sustainable future after the COVID-19 Crisis
As federal and provincial governments are grappling with this crisis, part of their packages of support have already included billions of dollars to support…Read More
Hands Off the Humber River
Forests, Greenbelt, Farmland and Waterways are under threat! The redundant highway would not only cost taxpayers billions of dollars, but encouraged more greenhouse gas pollution, pushing our climate goals further out of reach.
Susannah Pierce: A Climate Villain Painting Big Oil Green
Last week world leaders gathered in New York for the UN Climate Ambition Summit where countries shared concrete action they’ve taken to phase out…Read More
Will 2021 be a good year for the environment? Here are our top 10 predictions
2020 was a big year for environmental news. Here’s a quick recap: In a word:” COVID”. The pandemic and its lockdowns caused rapid change….Read More
PAST DUE: Tallying the Costs of Oil and Gas Cleanup in Canada
The cost to clean up the environmental mess caused by Canada’s oil and gas industry is $123 billion and could grow to over $220 billion by 2040. Unless governments force oil and gas companies to set aside part of their massive profits to cover cleanup costs, the Canadian public will on the hook for the bill.
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