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Statement from Karen Wirsig, Plastics Program Manager, on the first phase of Canada’s single-use plastic bans coming into effect

A necessary step towards reducing the 4.4 million tonnes of plastic Canadians discard every year  Toronto | Traditional territories of the Huron-Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee,…

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Media Advisory: Greenbelt Singalong at Old City Hall steps on Wednesday at 5pm

Ontarians join the rising chorus of support for the Greenbelt with new holiday song “12 Acts of Destruction” Toronto | Traditional territories of the Huron-Wendat,…

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Statement from Keith Brooks, Environmental Defence, Programs Director, on the IESO’s Pathways to Decarbonization Report

Ontario is on a costly collision course with Ottawa With the release of Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator’s Pathways to Decarbonization Report, the province of…

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Statement from Phil Pothen, Ontario Environment Program Manager, regarding the Ontario Government’s harmful decision to proceed with removing 15 protected areas from the Greenbelt

Toronto | Traditional territories of the Huron-Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Chippewas and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation –  Today, the provincial government affirmed its…

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Media Advisory: Line 5 Pipeline’s Threat to the Great Lakes – Press Briefing with an international coalition of Indigenous Nations and environmental experts at COP15 UN Biodiversity Conference

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, SIERRA CLUB, BAD RIVER BAND OF LAKE SUPERIOR CHIPPEWAS, THE ANISHINABEK NATION Montréal/Tiohtià:ke | Traditional, unceded lands of the Kanien’kehá:ka/Mohawk Nation, a gathering…

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