Cost-competitive renewable energy has arrived in Ontario
Last month, Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) announced it awarded contracts for 16 large wind, solar and hydroelectric power projects. This announcement had…Read More
Last month, Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) announced it awarded contracts for 16 large wind, solar and hydroelectric power projects. This announcement had…Read More
Last month, Ontario’s Minister of the Environment announced that changes will be made to the Blue Box starting in 2023 . We applauded this…Read More
The Problem In February 2023, 5.3 million litres of toxic wastewater spilled from Imperial Oil’s Kearl mine into the environment. This incident revealed that…Read More
You can’t manage what you don’t measure. This old management adage speaks to the value of new a provincial regulation that requires commercial…Read More
Thank you for your interest in working with Environmental Defence as part of your course curriculum. Unfortunately we are currently not offering any internship…Read More
About The Submission: Environment and Climate Change Canada has undertaken the development of a Strategic Assessment of Climate Change (SACC), which is intended to…Read More
About The Report: Under the 2012 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, Canada and the United States have committed to releasing action plans that outline…Read More
Ontario has announced it is bringing in a cap-and-trade system as part of its climate strategy. Cap-and-trade is one of the main ways governments…Read More
Pure + Simple is a Toronto-based skincare chain that has committed to going 100 per cent plastic-free! We asked their President and Co-owner Jean…Read More
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.