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Nate Wallace

Program Manager, Clean Transportation

Nate is passionate about shifting to clean mobility and building more sustainable cities. His background is in public transit advocacy, spending over three years in a policy role at the Canadian Urban Transit Association, where he helped shape policy and government relations efforts to achieve billions in emergency transit funding during the pandemic. His academic background includes a Masters degree in political management from Carleton University and a Bachelor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Leadership Studies from UNB’s Renaissance College. In his free time, Nate enjoys listening to heavy metal music, seeing movies with friends and exploring nature.

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Mar 21, 2023

ATU Canada and Environmental Defence Call on Premiers, Minister Freeland to Save Public Transit in Upcoming Budgets

ATU Canada is the latest in a series of groups sounding the alarm bell on…

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Mar 15, 2023

Climate Groups Sound the Alarm on Public Transit Death Spiral

15 environmental groups signed an open letter calling on Minister Freeland for federal funding to…

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Mar 06, 2023

Statement from Nate Wallace, Clean Transportation Program Manager at Environmental Defence, on Toronto Deputy Mayor Jennifer McKelvie’s request for emergency transit funding

Statement by Nate Wallace, Clean Transportation Program Manager, Environmental Defence Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory…

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Feb 02, 2023

On the Road to Clean Transportation and Livable Communities

Canada has a problem: a history of car-dependent city planning and a fleet of the…

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Dec 21, 2022

Statement in Response to Federal Government Announcement on the Regulated Zero-Emission Vehicle Sales Target

Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – Today, Parliamentary Secretary to…

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Nov 17, 2022

Car companies HATE this idea to reduce carbon emissions

The federal government can reduce carbon emissions by 135 million tonnes with one neat trick…

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Nov 17, 2022

Report: Enforcing electric vehicle sales targets would cut prices by 20 per cent and emissions by 135 million tonnes

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, ÉQUITERRE Study reveals automakers use ‘greedflation’ to capture value of electric vehicle purchase…

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