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Drawing from Despots

About The Report: This report shows how the tactics employed by the Alberta Government to harass, silence and intimidate critics of the oil industry are similar to those used in…

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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.

Report: The High Costs of Sprawl

Report: The High Costs of Sprawl

About The Report: In the Greater Golden Horseshoe, urban sprawl is hurting our wallets, our environment, our economy and our health. Sprawl developments rely on government policies that create hidden subsidies for sprawl developers (and home purchases). All too often the municipal fees charged to sprawl developers do not cover the full cost to provide...

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Report: Tipping the Scales: A report about how Canada and Ontario can prevent an Asian carp invasion of the Great Lakes

Report: Tipping the Scales: A report about how Canada and Ontario can prevent an Asian carp invasion of the Great Lakes

About The Report: The Great Lakes is on the verge of being invaded by the most destructive exotic species it has faced yet: the ravenous and aggressive Asian carp. An invasion would be devastating to ecosystem of the Great Lakes, and their tourism, fishing, and boating economies. Because Asian carp breed like crazy, have no...

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Report: Pre-Polluted: A report on toxic substances in the umbilical cord blood of Canadian newborns

Report: Pre-Polluted: A report on toxic substances in the umbilical cord blood of Canadian newborns

About The Report: Canadian children are being born pre-polluted. Environmental Defence tested the umbilical cord blood of three anonymous newborns in the Greater Toronto Area and Hamilton for PBDEs (flame retardants), PCBs (a banned chemicals), PFCs (found in non-stick coatings), Organochlorine pesticides, dioxins and furans, mercury and lead which are chemicals that are known to...

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Report: Good Things Are Growing in Ontario

Report: Good Things Are Growing in Ontario

About The Report: In honour of the Greenbelt’s eighth birthday, the Ontario Greenbelt Alliance released a report entitled, Good Things Are Growing in Ontario: Expanding Ontario’s Greenbelt Through Urban River Valleys. The report shows that over five million more Ontarians would be directly connected to the Greenbelt if the Greenbelt grew along some of the...

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Report: Canada’s Climate Credibility Gap

Report: Canada’s Climate Credibility Gap

About The Report: Canada has a failed to act meaningfully on climate change at home and abroad. There are no federal regulations on the greenhouse gas pollution from Canada’s fastest growing source of emissions – the tar sands, and provincial regulations for air, water and climate pollution are widely criticized as being dangerously inadequate. Download...

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