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Jul 5th, 2023
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One of Claire’s favourite views from her family cottage in Cooks’ Bay, Innisfil, facing east. Release from Claire Malcolmson, Executive Director of the Rescue Lake Simcoe Coalition With summer break around the corner get ready for a summer of fun at Lake Simcoe! While you’re at it p...
Jul 5th, 2023
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By Angela Bischoff, Director of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance Come out and find out what you can do to help stop the expansion of the generating capacity of the polluting Portlands Gas Plant on the Toronto Waterfront. We are holding a public meeting at the Ralph Thornton Community Centre (and livest...
Jul 2nd, 2023
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News release from the Innisfil District Association ************* Hot Topics The Town is no closer to knowing when the Orbit will be started. There is no timeline for beginning of construction of the Go Station. Waiting for the right “Market Conditions” has been cited as one of the reasons for the de...
Jun 24th, 2023
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By Angela Bischoff, Director of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance Yesterday Toronto City Council passed a motion requesting “the Government of Canada to issue Clean Electricity Regulations that prohibit increasing the gas-fired generating capacity at the Portlands Energy Centre, effective immediately.” ...
Jun 14th, 2023
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By Angela Bischoff, Director, Ontario Clean Air Alliance On Dec. 23, 2022, Minister Smith directed the IESO to ensure municipal approval for new gas projects. On May 12, Toronto City Council passed a motion opposing any new or expanded fossil gas power generation in the city. On May 16th, the IESO an...
Jun 14th, 2023
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Ashley Morrison holds up a visual of the most commonly collected litter in the region. | Contributed Photo From CollingwoodToday, June 9, 2023 By Maddie Johnson Georgian Bay Forever, a local environmental charity dedicated to the preservation and restoration of Georgian Bay, is once again spearheadin...
Jun 8th, 2023
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Register Now for our ‘Ditch the Plastic in Your Life’ Webinar In this next installment of our Waste Reduction Series, Greys for Green will discuss the following: How plastic is harmful to our health How to avoid its harmful chemicals, and reduce plastic waste.   When: June 13, 2023 | 07:00 PM to...
Jun 8th, 2023
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We already know the truth about RBC: the largest funder of fossil fuels in the world, a major investor in the Coastal Gas Link pipeline, all being hidden behind a slick greenwashing campaign that’s so egregious, even the Canadian government is investigating the bank over it. [1,2] RBC’s PR team...
Jun 8th, 2023
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By Dylan Penner Climate and Social Justice Campaigner The Council of Canadians You and I know that oil and gas CEOs have profited immensely for decades from activities that are fueling the climate crisis and polluting the land and water. Big Oil CEOs are using their influence to extract tax breaks an...
Jun 8th, 2023
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Wasaga Beach Climate Action Team June 2023 Newsletter As summer is coming, we are starting to see the effects of climate change for this season across the country: warmer and dryer temperatures, forest fires from east to west (2214 wildfires and 3.3 Million hectares already burned so far this year in...