Heat and drought are curbing nuclear output across Europe, with Romania starting the process of disconnecting its sole working reactor from the power grid.

Unanticipated shutdowns at nuclear power plants will increase in frequency as extreme weather events driven by climate change become more common.

Statement by Emily Hunter, Senior Program Manager, Ontario Climate, Environmental Defence Toronto | Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the

In 2025’s budget, Ontario allotted $135 million for its Emergency Forest Firefighting fund, but the province ended up spending double that: $271 million, according to this year’s budget. The same docu...

Danielle Smith wants to double Alberta's oil production in a decade. The math still says that's impossible — and all the MOUs in the world can't change that.

The proposed deep geological repository in northwestern Ontario is getting mixed reactions. Some see it as a potential environmental catastrophe, others see potential economic and infrastructure…

Mississauga joins global Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation movement as Ford pushes legislation gutting green development

The backsliding is most obvious on climate. Oil companies can now receive a climate tax credit for pumping more oil using captured carbon.

New legislation — Bill 98, or the Building Homes and Improving Transportation Infrastructure Act — is snaking its way through the Legislature, and aims to kill green building standards for good, and i...

You can’t make this up 🙄 Doug Ford is trying to destroy… local green building policies. Ford has spent years decimating climate initiatives and curtailing local authority. In the midst of his anti-cl...

TORONTO (Unceded territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples) – Today, the Ontario government announced the Building Homes and ...

Energy security is important, yes. Here’s what Canada really needs to do to secure its future

Iran attacked oil and gas facilities in Saudi Arabia and Qatar, oil and gas prices rose sharply, Donald Trump said the “hardest hits” were yet to come, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith made her fore...

The City of Toronto has pulled back planned rules for cutting building emissions, citing new federal and provincial barriers.

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How to describe the laundry list of climate-killing gifts to Alberta that the MOU spells out? The depth of the betrayal goes beyond words. I felt ill as I read it. It’s not just the hard-won ground lo...

Last week, the Ontario government introduced Bill 60, Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act. It includes many troubling legislative changes, but popular outcry so far has focused on the direct attack

Enbridge executives know Ontario ratepayers are a cash cow for its gas business, and in recent calls with investors they said they plan to milk it for all its worth.

A not-for-profit organization that is keeping track of how governments across the country are responding to report by the TRC.

Bill C-5 is a major setback to reconciliation and the path to ending violence against Indigenous women and girls.

‘Affordability and sustainability don’t need to compete’: green housing advocates urge Carney to see big picture.

The perception that a bureaucratic maze is preventing Canada from building major projects, as Prime Minister Mark Carney has argued to support his deregulatory nation-building agenda, doesn’t hold up ...

The new PM's defiant tone doesn't always appear to match his actions.

For people, for peace, for the planet. An invitation to join the Sept. 20 mass day of action.

The Build Canada Homes initiative, which aims to double national housing output to 500,000 new homes per year, is expected to launch this fall.

An open letter sent to the Housing Ministry offers input into the design of a new agency, which plans to build millions of new homes.

Federal and provincial governments are ‘flooding the zone’ with damaging corporate giveaways under the guise of resistance

The Senate is abdicating their vital role as the chamber of sober second thought by shortening the review process. Hearings of Bill C-5 start this week.

Even as the hell-fires rage, forcing tens of thousands to flee their homes, the media barely mentions climate change, presumably due to fear of being accused of destroying the new-found

The Ford government is rushing to pass legislation that would strip cities of one of their most effective tools to confront climate threats: green building standards.

TORONTO - A major piece of Toronto's climate plan appears to be in the Ontario government's crosshairs, critics warn, as the province advances a bill that could strip municipalities of

The Ontario Government introduced legislation, Bill 17, risking jeopardizing municipal green building rules commonly referred to as Green Development Standards.

Premier Doug Ford's government unveiled major changes Monday aimed at jumpstarting housing construction, including a provision some worry could threaten Toronto's ability to impose environmental build...

Climate has fallen off the electorate’s radar, now ranking sixth in a list of priority issues in a recent poll.

An energy transition could transform and modernize Canada's economy, according to new analysis from Corporate Knights' Climate Dollars project.