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Nov 4th, 2021
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Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney, Associate Transportation Minister Stan Cho.  TANIA_PEREIRA / RICK MADONIK, ANDREW FRANCIS WAL From the Toronto Star, November 3, 2021 By Sheila Wang Ontario’s integrity commissioner is being asked to investigate the potential roles...
Nov 4th, 2021
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B.C. Plan Risks GHG Emissions from ‘Blue’ Hydrogen By Angela Bischoff, Director of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance With climate change alarms screaming and world leaders meeting in Glasgow in what may be our final chance to take real action to avoid the worst impacts of climate heating, Ontario Energy...
Nov 4th, 2021
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From Simcoe.com, November 2, 2021 By Ian Adams A hearing into Clearview Township’s appeal to be able to redevelop a sideroad on the brow of the Niagara Escarpment to year-round use is now on hold indefinitely. The municipality’s lawyers have asked for — and received — the adjournment of its appeal of...
Nov 3rd, 2021
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From 2016 to 2019, Canada’s emissions leapt 3.3 per cent, according to a new report. Trudeau photo / Twitter At the opening of the the United Nations climate negotiations (COP 26) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau talked about the deadly heatwave that Canada experienced this summer, and about Lytton burn...
Nov 1st, 2021
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PHOTO CREDIT:  PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SUSAN KAO WITH PHOTOS BY STEVE RUSSELL, AMANDA PERSICO, VINCE TALOTTA, ANDREW From the Toronto Star, October 31, 2021 By Sheila Wang, Reporter, Emma McIntosh, Special to the Star In their rush to resurrect the Bradford Bypass, Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conse...
Nov 1st, 2021
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By Margaret Prophet, Executive Director, Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition Statement from Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition and Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition on Toronto Star’s Investigation into the Bradford Bypass. Barrie, ON – Yesterday, the Toronto Star and the National Observer published an ...
Nov 1st, 2021
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By Angela Bischoff, Director of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance Ontario Energy Minister Todd Smith will give the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) its marching orders for phasing out gas-fired power during a public online speech to the agency on November 3rd. We are counting on Minister S...
Nov 1st, 2021
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Greta Thunberg and other inspiring youth leaders like Vanessa, Mitzi, and Dominika just signed this powerful open letter on the climate crisis — can you sign, too? Please sign here: https://secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/climate_action_now_loc/?kQAjMab To world leaders: “Betrayal.”Tha...
Oct 30th, 2021
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Part two of the virtual Local Planning Appeal Tribunal (LPAT) hearing regarding the Environmental Resource Recovery Centre (ERRC) is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, November 2, 2021, at 10:00 a.m. The majority of part one of the hearing was comprised of the County’s expert witnesses followed by cross-...
Oct 26th, 2021
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Doug Ford is trying to play us for fools. Last week, he released ads doubling down on his plan to pave through our Greenbelt to build mega-Highway 413. [1] But Highway 413 would cause significant environmental damage, degrade the water source of millions of animals and people and cost Ontarians billi...