Reports & Guides - Environmental Defence

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Review of Existing Housing Unit Capacity Identified in Municipal Land Needs Assessments

About the Report: This new report shows that more than enough land is available to build over 2 million homes in the Greater Golden Horseshoe by 2031, without touching the…

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Reports & Guides By Issue

Our work is based on research, science, and a strong understanding of the facts. Below you will find our archive of reports, guides and media backgrounders that are available for download. You can find our government submissions here.

ENDING CLIMATE CHANGE

backgrounder: Budget 2023: Will this be the budget to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies? (2023)
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backgrounder: Tar sands tailings “ponds”: Five decades of toxic legacy (2023)
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backgrounder: Canada’s Oil and Gas Industry Undermines Democracy (2023)
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backgrounder: STOPPING THE PUBLIC TRANSIT DEATH SPIRAL (2023)
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backgrounder: Proposals for the Canadian Just Transition Act (2023)
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backgrounder: BACKGROUNDER – A Just Transition for Canada (2023)
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backgrounder: BACKGROUNDER – CLIMATE ACTION OR GREENWASHING: How to look past the fluff in “Net-zero strategies” (2022)
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backgrounder: Backgrounder: Canada’s Clean Car Standard (2022)
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backgrounder: Bringing biodiversity home: COP15 expectations for Canada (2022)
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PROTECTING ONTARIO'S ENVIRONMENT

report: Review of Existing Housing Unit Capacity Identified in Municipal Land Needs Assessments (2023)
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guide: Bringing biodiversity home: COP15 expectations for Canada (2022)
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report: HIGHWAY 413: The Road to our Ruin (2022)
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report: HOT HOT AIR (and other gases): A REVIEW OF THE PAST FOUR YEARS OF ONTARIO’S CLIMATE CHANGE (IN)ACTION (2022)
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backgrounder: Backgrounder: Housing Affordability and Provincial-Municipal Housing Summit
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report: Paving Paradise: The Impact of Highway 413 on Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Air Pollution and Suburban Sprawl (2021)
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report: Is Building Highway 413 the Best Option for Moving People & Goods in the GTA West Region? (2020)
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SAFEGUARDING FRESHWATER

report: CLOSING ENBRIDGE’S LINE 5 PIPELINE (2022)
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backgrounder: Bringing biodiversity home: COP15 expectations for Canada (2022)
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backgrounder: Enbridge’s Line 5 – The pipeline’s ongoing environmental risks to the Great Lakes and the climate (2021)
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report: Protecting and Restoring the Ecological Health of Our Waters (2017)
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report: Expectations for Domestic Action Plans under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement (2016)
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guide: The Problem With Bottled Water (2016)
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report: Energy East – A Threat to Our Drinking Water (2016)
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report: Report: CLEAN, NOT GREEN: Tackling Algal Blooms in the Great Lakes (2014)
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report: Report: Tipping the Scales: A report about how Canada and Ontario can prevent an Asian carp invasion of the Great Lakes (2013)
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ENDING PLASTIC POLLUTION

backgrounder: Bringing biodiversity home: COP15 expectations for Canada (2022)
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report: Recycling Failure (2022)
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report: Plastic Pollution in Canada (2020)
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report: Talking Trash (2018)
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backgrounder: Incineration is not recycling (2018)
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report: Turning the Plastic Tide (2016)
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KICKING OUT TOXIC CHEMICALS

backgrounder: Canada, Come Clean: products labelling and our weak toxics law (2023)
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backgrounder: Bringing biodiversity home: COP15 expectations for Canada (2022)
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report: PASSING THE BUCK (2022)
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report: The hidden cost of receipts: How BPA and BPS find their way into our bodies (2019)
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report: What’s in your lunch? How glyphosate finds its way into food (2018)
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report: Full disclosure: The case for stronger product labelling (2017)
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report: Buyers Beware (2016)
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