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...
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...
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-...
Friends, Trudeau just announced his new Cabinet and there are big implications for Canada’s climate emergency response. Former climate activist Steven Guilbeault will lead the Environment Ministry and outgoing Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is heading to Natural Resources [1]. Both politicia...
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...
Photo by Luigi Alvarez via Pexels From BarrieToday, October 26, 2021 The provincial conservative government has decided to prioritize highway proposals like the 413 and the ‘Holland Marsh Highway’ in their re-election campaign as a means of addressing the pressing issue of gridlock around...
Midhurst, ON: Through a petition released by Simcoe County Greenbelt Coalition (SCGC) and sent formally to the County of Simcoe, hundreds of residents have expressed their desire to stop sprawl and build healthy, sustainable communities across the region. Currently, the County of Simcoe is completin...
By Angela Bischoff, Director of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance Yesterday the Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) acknowledged, in a follow-up to its recent report on the feasibility of a gas-fired electricity phase-out, that it has significant work to do. We couldn’t agree more and we than...
Photos by Cole Burtson Le Devoir Bonnie Pauzé examines the water from a well near her home. The water in Tiny Township, Ontario is exceptionally pure. From Le Devoir, October 16, 2021 By Étienne Lajoie “We live on Earth, it provides us with what we need. But then we started removing parts from the sp...
By Angela Bischoff, Director of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance There is great opportunity to have your say on the Independent Electricity System Operator’s (IESO) deeply flawed and highly superficial report on phasing out gas-fired electricity. The IESO is held a public consultation meeting to discus...
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