DEVELOPING DISASTER
Our new report overwhelmingly shows that large scale residential and commercial development in the DRAP poses numerous threats to ecological values under federal jurisdiction.
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Still Left Holding the Bag
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….
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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.
Protecting Ontario’s Environment
Plastic Pollution
Still Left Holding the Bag
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
Budget 2023: Will this be the budget to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies?
About The Backgrounder: 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
Review of Existing Housing Unit Capacity Identified in Municipal Land Needs Assessments
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
Tar sands tailings “ponds”: Five decades of toxic legacy
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...
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