Energy conservation is common sense for Ontario. This report shows that cutting electricity and natural gas use by 25 per cent by 2025 would create 25,000 new jobs, reduce federal and provincial deficits, boost GDP by $3.7 billion and reduce […]
Big Oil is spending millions of dollars on ads, desperately trying to convince Canadians that the tar sands are not harming our air. But don’t believe the slick PR spin. A new report, Reality Check: Air Pollution and the Tar […]
In the Greater Golden Horseshoe, urban sprawl is hurting our wallets, our environment, our economy and our health. Sprawl developments rely on government policies that create hidden subsidies for sprawl developers (and home purchases). All too often the municipal fees […]
Ontario is a North American green economy leader, yet there is still much more to be done if we are to truly pursue a resource efficient, socially inclusive, low carbon economy. In this report, Blue Green Canada lays out a […]
By Joe Romm Secretary of State John Kerry gave perhaps his strongest climate speechin Indonesia Sunday. He called climate change the “world’s most fearsome” weapon of mass destruction and said “the science of climate change is leaping out at us […]
The war against the fight to save the planet We are alarmed about the recent CBC report that the Canada Revenue Agency is targeting a number of environmental groups – all members of Climate Action Network Canada – for costly […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [Ottawa, February 13, 2014]: Joining with leading experts in climate change, Climate Action Network Canada is drawing attention to the implications of climate change for severe weather events such as the major winter storm currently battering the […]
By Matthew Millar, A flicker of hesitation crossed Finance Minister Jim Flaherty‘s face as he paused to formulate a response to a question that many have been asking since last year: why is the federal government focusing its financial audits […]
By Tzeporah Berman, The U.S. State Department handed President Barack Obama a poisoned chalice when it delivered its review of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline linking the U.S. Gulf Coast to the Alberta tar sands. Then, the industry and the […]
By Ryan Koronowski It’s easy to forget about other places in the world, or even in your own country, when you’re out shoveling snow, or people who are homeless suffer the worst of urban cold snaps, or harbor seals on […]
By Greg Hanscom What happens at the Winter Olympics without winter? Imagine Sage Kotsenburg trying to pull off the Holy Crail over a course made of concrete, or cross-country skiers running to a dusty finish line. Triple axels on rollerblades? […]
The Toronto Star The optics are awful. Whatever the reason for the Canada Revenue Agency’s sudden interest in some of the country’s best-known environmental groups, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s energy-friendly Conservative government can’t escape the suspicion that it is harassing […]
By Cameron Fenton National Director, Canadian Youth Climate Coalition On Feb. 11, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty will deliver the 2014 federal budget. An early budget with little expected in the manner of new commitments or funding, this budget is being […]
By Gillian McEachern, Environmental Defence Today, CBC’s Power and Politics released a list of environmental charities being audited by the Canada Revenue Agency. We were on it, along with several other prominent Canadian environmental groups. We keep good company it […]
By Raveena Aulakh Don’t talk about Alberta’s oilsands and how their development may aggravate climate change. That’s the clear message from Ottawa to environmental charities being extensively audited by the Canada Revenue Agency to determine if they have crossed the […]
