Our new report, Passing the Buck: the toxic cost of dollar store products in Canada, found heavy metals such as lead, cadmium and other…Read More
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, BREAST CANCER ACTION QUEBEC, CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, DAVID SUZUKI FOUNDATION, ECOJUSTICE, ÉQUITERRE Hearings begin today on Bill S-5,…Read More
Here at Environmental Defence, we’re sick of excessive salt piling up on our roads, sidewalks and parking lots this winter. Salt is a necessary…Read More
This week, a statement from over 100 epidemiologists, virologists, and other medical experts confirmed it: disposable plastics aren‘t safer than reusables. Just make sure…Read More
If the government of Ontario hoped that abolishing the Environment Commissioner, and transferring the position’s responsibilities to the Auditor General would free it from…Read More
Sorry in advance for giving the noble weasel a bad name by comparing it to the oil and gas industry… The federal government is…Read More
Sonya Cestra Emily Carr Secondary School (Vaughan, On) Eliminating Plastic Waste “Think about it. Why would you make something that you’re going to use…Read More
In 2022, environmental progress ran hot and very cold in Canada. At the international and federal levels, significant progress was made on climate action,…Read More
We’ve written a lot lately about actions that would help Ontario meet its 2020 carbon reduction targets, from following a sector-by-sector roadmap to reducing…Read More
Headphones and children’s toys tested contain toxic levels of heavy metals such as lead, cadmium and antimony Toronto | Traditional territories of the Huron-Wendat,…Read More