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About the Backgrounder: Co-written by Julie Segal at Environmental Defence, Alan Andrews and Tanya Jemec at EcoJustice and, Adam Scott at Shift:Action, this backgrounder serves as a high level executive…
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Climate change
About The Report: The Impact Assessment Act (IAA) came into force in August 2019, replacing the widely criticized Canadian Environmental Assessment Act, 2012 . Is the IAA meeting the government’s commitment to new legislation that would “restore robust oversight and thorough environmental assessments of areas under federal jurisdiction”? Released in mid-2021, this report focuses on...
Climate change
About The Backgrounder: Line 5 is a 68-year-old pipeline operated by Enbridge Energy. It carries up to 540,000 barrels-per-day or 23 million gallons of oil and natural gas liquids per day, from Superior, Wisconsin, to Sarnia, Ontario, taking a shortcut through Michigan and along the lake bottom of the Straits of Mackinac. Line 5 has...
Climate change
About The Report: Car companies like to make big promises of an electric vehicle (EV) future. Meanwhile, they are working hard to sell millions of highly polluting – and highly profitable – SUVs and pickup trucks. They spend big bucks to promote these gas guzzlers – in Canada 4 out 5 car ads are for...
Climate change
About The Report: On April 23, 2021, the United States, Canada, Qatar, Norway, and Saudi Arabia, which jointly account for 40 percent of global oil and gas production, announced the creation of a Net Zero Producers Forum (NZPF) to “develop pragmatic net-zero emission strategies.” Unless the NZPF members align around the need for a managed...
Climate change
About The Report: We wanted to get a sense of the impact Highway 413 could have on climate change and air pollution, so we hired a transportation modelling team to add up how much pollution, and how much sprawl Ontarians could be facing if Highway 413 is built. The evidence shows that by adding hundreds...
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