'The first and foremost mitigation measure is not to build the road in the first place.' What could Highway 413 do to the environment? We asked a road ecologist tvo.org/article/what-c… #stopthe413 #onpoli

Low-carbon exports from 🇨🇦 are rising fast, growing at nearly 2x the rate of all other exports. Over the past 10 years, these exports have more than doubled in value, as the global energy transition has kicked into gear. 🧵👇 #cdnpoli 440megatonnes.ca/insight/canada…

📢 NEW: 196 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists have registered to participate for the critical #INC4 #PlasticsTreaty talks in Ottawa.

That’s more participants than the entire EU delegation, scientists, and Indigenous Peoples.

Momentum is building for investing in a livable future. #climateaction #energytransition #cdnpoli

This is why Enbridge Gas is playing Doug Ford to make you pay more to lock new homeowners into decades of expensive, polluting fossil gas. #bill165

What do you think the rumble of 700 trucks of someone else's trash rolling through your community every day would feel like? 🚚

It's a reality that residents from Dresden fear after York1 proposed a 24/7 landfill in their community.
environmentaldefence.ca/2024/04/18/don…

Shell unsatisfied with nearly $20 billion in fossil fuel subsidies -- asks for more government handouts

Yes -- the same companies whose profits are causing the affordability crisis also feel entitled to taxpayer money

Members of the Arab Canadian Lawyers Association had a meeting scheduled with NDP leader Marit Stiles.

They were barred from entering QP due to the keffiyeh ban. They’re now having an outdoor meeting on the legislative grounds.

#onpoli

Canadian banks are not fighting climate change on their own. They must be legislated /via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/business/comme… #energytransition #cdnpoli

'The request submitted by Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation Keepers of the Water and EnvironmentalDefence , represented by Ecojustice lawyers- asks the federal government to use CEPA to conduct a formal assessment of the risks posed by oilsands to the environment and human health.'
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And now Bill 185 allows any landowner to apply to have the urban boundary expanded. Buy a farm next to town and make an application. If the Towns says no, no problem. Go to the OLT. Ontario no longer does planning.

EV median range: a fourfold increase in 12 years.

According to the US Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, 'in model year (MY) 2023, the highest top range for an EV was 516 miles on a single charge, while the median range for all EV models rose to 270 miles.'

Happy #EarthDay ! 🌍

In the Greenbelt every day is earth day, and we are so grateful for all that the #ONGreenbelt provides year-round.

How microplastics can travel from food to vital organs — including the brain, new study finds thestar.com/news/canada/ho… via @torontostar

This is the week to create the momentum for a global #PlasticsTreaty

Some good news: now we just have to take back Albertans' freedom to install them. #ableg #freedom

Flashback to September 2021, when Umar Zameer was granted bail, and Premier Doug Ford weighed in on Twitter.

It was Mike Harris and the Conservatives who sold it Frank and now they have an opportunity to make amends and at least remove tolls for trucks and get them off the other 400 series highways

Jenn is right.
Does the Ford government understand that Class 1 farmland is priceless?
An industrial park in the middle of nowhere? Why? Because farmland is zoned to be cheap for farmers, not to have that zoning be exploited by speculators or industry.

The world is watching as Canada hosts the UN negotiations on addressing the plastic pollution crisis. #PlasticsTreaty #plasticpollution