Report: Media Backgrounder: Grow The Greenbelt
About The Report: Backgrounder on why the province needs to expand protection of vulnerable water supplies in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Region. Download the report
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A Plan For Green Buildings, Jobs and Prosperity for Ontario: Reducing Carbon Emissions from Fossil Gas
Written by Kent Elson, this plan provides a pathway to reduce carbon emissions from fossil gas (aka “natural gas”) in a way that will create good green…
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Report: Alberta’s Tailings Ponds
Oil sands mining operations produce a toxic brew of water, sand, silt and petrochemical waste products. For over fifty years, the tar sands industry in Alberta has stored these tailings in enormous lakes that the industry refers to as “tailings ponds.” New research shows that these tailings have now surpassed 1.18 trillion litres and their...
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Report: Application Incomplete
About The Report: An analysis of TransCanada’s application to the National Energy Board (NEB) panel reviewing Energy East reveals that the application is missing critical details on how the proposed pipeline would cross major Canadian rivers, including the Ottawa, Saint Lawrence and Assiniboine Rivers, among numerous other information gaps. Even a short duration spill from...
Safeguarding Freshwater
Protecting and Restoring the Ecological Health of Our Waters
About The Report: In 2015, Ontario passed the Great Lakes Protection Act, but to fully realize the purposes of the Act, much more needs to be accomplished. In this briefing document, the Great Lakes Protection Act Alliance outlines expectations for implementation of the Act for 2017-18. Our expectations focus on the key elements that are...
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Canada’s Methane Gas Problem
About The Report: Canada has a serious methane problem. Newly published research shows that methane emissions from Canada’s oil and gas sector – due to both venting of methane as part of normal operation, and leaks from equipment – are higher than previously thought. Fortunately, this problem can be fixed. Evidence shows that methane can...
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