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Aug 17th, 2023
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The federal government has taken an important step toward reducing climate damaging emissions from electricity production with newly released rules that could help set the stage for meeting our energy needs with zero carbon electricity. As proposed, the federal Clean Electricity Regulations will lead...
Aug 17th, 2023
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BREAKING: a damning report from Ontario’s Auditor General confirms what we’ve long suspected. A few chosen developers received “preferential treatment” to hand-pick 92% of the land that Doug Ford’s government removed from the Greenbelt. [1] Now, those developers stand to make $8 billion from that lan...
Aug 15th, 2023
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We hope you are enjoying your summer, the hottest summer on Earth, as  this July is the hottest month ever recorded on Earth—and likely the hottest in about 120,000 years. We are continually grateful to be living in a country with an abundance of natural resources: forests, freshwater, clean air. But...
Aug 15th, 2023
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Come stand in solidarity with the Land Alliance to protect their lands and waters! Date: Wednesday September 27th, 2023 Time: 12pm Location: Downtown Toronto Sign up: https://freegrassy.net/land-alliance-march/ RSVP For September 27th On September 27th, 12 pm 2023 five First Nations from Northern Ont...
Aug 15th, 2023
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Ontario Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk (left) and Premier Doug Ford will address the long-awaited report into the controversial Greenbelt land swap on Wednesday. Star wire services Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives “favoured certain developers” in a controversial $8.28-billion Greenbelt land swap r...
Aug 9th, 2023
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Doug Ford’s plan to build new nuclear reactors at the Darlington and Bruce Nuclear Stations is a costly mistake since Ontario has many lower cost options to keep its lights on. According to a new report released by the Ontario Clean Air Alliance, the cost of electricity from a new nuclear reactor wou...
Aug 9th, 2023
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Visit your Conservative MP about a National Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform! SIGN UP In the next few months, MPs will be voting in Parliament on Motion M-86, for a National Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform. A Citizens’ Assembly is an independent, non-partisan body. Citizens are selected ...
In Bill 23
Aug 5th, 2023
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Contrary to publicity trumpeting the Made-in-Ontario Environment Plan, Ontario does not have an Environment Plan. Without a clear vision, we are failing on the climate crisis, land use planning, and water security. Please read and support our petition at https://chng.it/62CZWMc9zk. Thanks for your co...
Aug 5th, 2023
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Hello everyone. Things are heating up on the gas front. Good job! Please see long list of events, news articles and more below. – How Ontario Cities Can Quit Gas – Thur. July 27, noon ET – Join local environmental organizations from across Ontario as we explore how municipalities can quit...
Aug 5th, 2023
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Yesterday, we learned that over the course of just five days in June, Ontario developers bought up 524 acres of former Greenbelt land in the Duffins Rouge Agricultural Preserve. One single developer – with longstanding ties to the Ford government – spent $155 million to cash in on 400 acres of land t...