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REPORT HIGHLIGHTS More than 70 per cent of products in Canada’s produce and baby food aisles are packaged in plastic, which can expose people to microplastics and harmful chemical additives….
Read MoreOur 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.
Plastic Pollution
REPORT HIGHLIGHTS More than 70 per cent of products in Canada’s produce and baby food aisles are packaged in plastic, which can expose people to microplastics and harmful chemical additives. Audits of grocery shelves in 2022 and 2024 found a trend toward even more plastic-wrapped foods marketed for babies and toddlers and a further shift...
Climate change
What Environmental Defence is looking for in the 2023 Federal Budget: • An end to fossil fuel subsidies. • No subsidies for false solutions including Carbon Capture Utilization and Storage (CCUS) and fossil-derived hydrogen. • Aggressive spending on renewable energy, electricity transmission and energy efficiency. Read the backgrounder
Protecting Ontario’s Environment
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 Greenbelt or expanding urban boundaries.
Climate change
About: The leak from Imperial Oil’s tailings pond in Alberta spilled over 5.3 million litres of toxic wastewater into the environment. Oil production in Canada’s tar sands is unsafe and harms biodiversity and downstream Indigenous communities. Tailings ponds are industry-made reservoirs the size of lakes in which the toxic byproduct of oil extraction from tar...
Climate change
The oil and gas industry in Canada subverts and undermines democratic processes and hinders climate action through its lobbying and other influence-wielding activities. The production and consumption of fossil fuels is the source of over 75 per cent of greenhouse emissions globally. The industry in Canada has a vested interest in persuading...
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