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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…
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.
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From Dumb Growth to Smart Growth In the 1950s, when the car was king, far-flung auto-dependent communities sprang up across the Greater Golden Horseshoe region. We’ve learned a lot since then. We know now that old style sprawl left us with huge municipal, infrastructure and personal debts, degraded our health, and paved over some of...
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About The Report: Canadian provinces are developing an energy strategy together that will be finalized and unveiled this year. Carbon pollution, because it is so intimately linked to energy development, must be an integral part of any energy strategy. A new study, released by Environmental Defence and Greenpeace Canada, shows that if the energy strategy...
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About The Report: Ontario recently re-committed to addressing climate change, and to meeting the province’s commitments to reduce carbon pollution in the years ahead. Ontario’s Climate Challenge: Getting back on track provides a summary of the critical targets that Ontario has set, shows these targets are achievable, and sets forth a potential roadmap for meeting...
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About The Report: Alberta’s tar sands region holds the third largest known oil reserve in the world. Over the last 20 years, oil production in the region has grown immensely. Industry wants to triple production by 2030. Until recently, this expansion was widely seen as inevitable. But over the past year, there has been a...
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About The Report: Powering up efficiency to get the conservation framework right highlights how natural gas conservation can help cut carbon pollution while creating jobs and growing Ontario’s economy. Ontario has committed to putting Conservation First, but the plan under development at the Ontario Energy Board contains a number of shortcomings which, if not fixed,...
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