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Aamjiwnaang First Nation dealing with carcinogenic benzene emergency in the air from local petrochemical industry Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the...Read More

The climate crisis is here. 2023 was the hottest year on record The degree of devastation across Canada in 2023 was difficult to comprehend....Read More

Small, but mighty – the Redside Dace has the potential to stop Premier Ford’s bulldozers in their tracks. The colourful minnow is endangered both...Read More

Statement from Nate Wallace, Clean Transportation Program Manager Ottawa| Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – In recent comments covered by LaPresse,...Read More

Federal action needed to get PFAS out of children’s clothes and other consumer products Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit,...Read More

There’s a line in a song by Midnight Oil that was very popular in the environmental movement when I was younger: “How can we...Read More

Statement from Keith Brooks, Programs Director Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat –...Read More

Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat – Today Environmental Defence published a new...Read More

The post As Wildfires Burn, Ottawa Needs to Cap Oil and Gas Emissions appeared first on Environmental Defence.

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, KEEPERS OF THE WATER Treaty 6 Territory | Edmonton – Thursday, May 16, is the official launch of The True Cost Of...Read More

Groups request environmental impact assessment of the Pathways Alliance carbon capture project Canmore | Traditional territories of the Treaty 7 Nations – Yesterday Ecojustice,...Read More

Statement from Keith Brooks, Programs Director Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat –...Read More

Statement by Aliénor Rougeot, Program Manager, Climate and Energy Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and...Read More

For Canada’s major oil and gas producers, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) is a get-out-of-jail-free card, which allows them to keep on polluting while...Read More

If people in Ontario don’t speak up, the government might push through two new laws that could see a lot of the province’s farmland,...Read More

Ontario’s current recycling system only collects 43 per cent of beverage containers, but a deposit system could capture 90 per cent, keeping billions of...Read More

Statement from Keith Brooks, Programs Director Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Huron-Wendat –...Read More

We’ve been closely following all the controversy surrounding Enbridge’s greenwashing and price gouging in Ontario, so we knew we had to make some additions...Read More

Statement from Julia Levin, Associate Director, National Climate Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg People – Today Capital Power announced that...Read More

Statement from Phil Pothen, Land Use and Land Development program manager Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the...Read More

This Earth Month, Environmental Defence celebrated its 40th Anniversary. Our Executive Director, Tim Gray, marked the occasion with a speech underscored with a message...Read More

This blog was written by Melina Laboucan-Massimo, Founder and Executive Director of Sacred Earth Solar My name is Melina Laboucan-Massimo. I am from the...Read More

Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat – Environmental Defence Executive Director, Tim Gray,...Read More

Canada promised to cut its greenhouse gas emissions after the 2016 Paris Agreement. It was part of the global agreement where 195 countries all...Read More

This is a guest blog by George Minakakis, Chair of ACTION Milton and Campbellville resident. In the heart of Milton, a looming threat...Read More

On April 15th, Members of Parliament did something we have been urging them to do for months: they passed the Sustainable Jobs Act, or...Read More

The post Canadian banks are not fighting climate change on their own. They must be legislated appeared first on Environmental Defence.

Statement from Stephen Legault, Senior Manager, Alberta Energy Transition Canmore | Traditional territories of the Treaty 7 Nations – We are glad to see...Read More

The post The federal government must tackle water pollution from the oilsands appeared first on Environmental Defence.

Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat – Starting on Friday April 19th and...Read More