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Environmental Defence works with government, industry and individuals to defend clean water, a safe climate and healthy communities.
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#MEDIA: A broad coalition is urging Toronto City Council to reject the province’s fossil-fuel-heavy energy plan. It locks residents into decades of pollution, ignores local climate goals, and sidelines clean, affordable solutions.

Read the full release: environmentaldefence.ca/2025/11/04/g...
26 Groups Call on Toronto to Ditch the Province’s Dirty Energy Plan - Environmental Defence
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, ONTARIO CLEAN AIR ALLIANCE, TORONTO EAST RESIDENTS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY (TERRE), CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE
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November 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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🎓 From classrooms to social feeds, Big Oil is writing the script.
🕵️‍♀️ New blog: Exposing Big Oil’s Playbook — Tactic 3 & 4
💰 Find out how fossil fuel companies infiltrate education and fund fake “grassroots” movements.
🔗 Read and take action: bit.ly/4qDlIKI
#ClimateCrisis #Media #cdnpoli
November 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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#MEDIA: “Pipeline politics” won’t build a clean energy future for Ontario.

It will build stranded assets.

Read the full statement: environmentaldefence.ca/2025/10/30/o...
Ontario Government’s Pipeline Fantasy is Dangerous and Out of Touch With Reality - Environmental Defence
Statement by Keith Brooks, Programs Director Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and
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October 30, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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#MEDIA Big Oil doesn’t work alone.
A new report from Environmental Defence Canada, F Minus, and Re•generation spotlights lobby firms representing both fossil fuel and climate clients.
Canada needs stronger disclosure laws. Read the press release here bit.ly/49n1LSa
Climate-Conflicted Lobbyists Exposed by New Report and Database - Environmental Defence
For immediate release: October 27, 2025 ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, F MINUS, RE•GENERATION Climate-Conflicted Lobbyists Exposed by New Report and Database
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October 27, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Hey Toronto - what do you want to see for Toronto - more nuclear and gas OR more renewables and conservation? Tell Council and the ON Gov't on Tues. Join us with your signs, your voices, and your love for the future.
#topoli #onpoli
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October 23, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Great news, Ottawa!

4 new solar projects have been approved, bringing 117.5 MW of #cleanenergy to the region!

This is a huge win for climate action in #Ottawa! We’ll keep engaging as the City develops its upcoming policy framework for community energy projects. Let’s celebrate this solar success!
October 15, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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🚨 New: Big Oil’s Playbook 🚨
Tactic 2 – The “Good Neighbour” 🤝
Fossil fuel giants fund local events & projects — not out of kindness, but to buy consent and protect profits.

This isn’t generosity. It’s PR to keep polluting.
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#BigOil #ClimateJustice #ExposingThePlaybook
October 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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🚨 Big Oil’s Playbook
They don’t just sell fossil fuels — they sell the illusion we need them.

🧠 Tactic 1:
❌ Climate-friendly image. 💸 Same old damage.
⚡ Time to call them out.

🔗 bit.ly/46tKpzY

#BigOil #Greenwashing #ClimateAction
October 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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#Media: "Recommendations that would enable [Alberta] to release partially-treated tailings into the Athabasca River using unproven technology are unacceptable and would put downstream communities and the local environment at great risk." Our full release 👇

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Indigenous, environment, health groups reject tailings treat-and-release guidance - Environmental Defence
ATHABASCA CHIPEWYAN FIRST NATION, MIKISEW CREE FIRST NATION, ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, INDIGENOUS CLIMATE ACTION, KEEPERS OF THE WATER, CANADIAN PARKS AND
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October 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Step into the heart of fall and reconnect with nature. Join us for a guided walk to slow down, take in the colours, and celebrate the Humber. Limited transportation spots available.

👉Details & tickets: act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/178963/...
October 6, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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#Media: Premier Smith announces a new pipeline. Read our detailed statement on why it’s a risky and empty gesture.
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STATEMENT: Alberta’s Pipeline Fantasy: An Unserious and Problematic Proposal - Environmental Defence
Statement by Aly Hyder Ali, Program Manager, Oil and Gas, in response to Premier Smith’s pipeline announcement. Ottawa | Traditional, unceded territory of
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October 1, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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10 years ago, PM Mark Carney delivered his famous Tragedy of the Horizon speech, warning that our financial systems were underprepared for what was to come.

10 years later, very little has changed. 

If only someone who understood the financial risks of feeding the climate crisis were in power 👀
September 29, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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#MEDIA: Today marks 10 years since PM Carney’s Tragedy of the Horizons speech, yet our financial system remains underprepared for climate risks and continues to favour investments in fossil fuels over clean energy.

Action is urgently needed: environmentaldefence.ca/2025/09/29/p...
PM Carney's "Tragedy of the Horizon" at 10: groups call for stronger action - Environmental Defence
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, CHANGE COURSE, ECOJUSTICE, INVESTORS FOR PARIS COMPLIANCE, SHIFT: ACTION FOR PENSION WEALTH AND PLANET HEALTH Ottawa | Traditional,
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September 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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#MEDIA: Premier Ford’s plan to remove speed cameras is yet another way that he is prioritizing private cars over people and the planet. We need leadership that prioritizes safe streets and climate action ahead of reckless, car-centric laws and policies.

Read our full statement:

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Statement: Removal of Speed Cameras Another Example of Reckless, Car-Centric Policies - Environmental Defence
Statement from Tim Gray, Executive Director Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg, the Haudenosaunee, and
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September 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
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#Media: "Environmental groups are calling on the province to get back to work with all beverage producers to implement an expanded deposit-return system that can address beverage container #waste and #pollution." Read more 👇
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Ontario’s watered-down Blue Box rules won't stop drink container litter, pollution - Environmental Defence
ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, WASTE WATCH OTTAWA, ZERO WASTE 4 ZERO BURNING, ONTARIO ZERO WASTE COALITION, CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE
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September 25, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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🌞🌬️ Big win for clean energy!
Sault Ste. Marie Council just approved 4 new solar + 1 new wind project — 500+ MW of renewables coming online.

Ontario needs more of this, not more polluting gas. Tell Premier Ford & Minister Lecce to choose renewables: act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/169263/...
Ontario's Energy Future is at a Crossroads!
Did you know? 70% of Ontario’s gas comes from the U.S.—and that’s a problem. We’re relying on expensive, polluting fossil gas from another country to heat our homes and power our grid. And Ontario pol...
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September 23, 2025 at 7:15 PM
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#Ontario: Think that a #HeatPump will cost you more than a #Gas furnace? Don't always believe what a gas company will tell you. They depend on your gas hookup!

Check out #TOStar article for pushback against #Enbridge. Time to take back our #Power! Literally! @environmentaldefence.ca
Are heat pumps more expensive now that Carney killed the carbon tax? Ontario homeowners question truth of Enbridge notice
Emily Hunter got an email from Enbridge warning about the cost of her planned heat pump. She says the natural gas company has a conflict of interest.
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September 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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#MEDIA By prioritizing LNG, mining and nuclear, Canada’s ‘Projects of National Interest’ risk our climate and health. Nation building should mean clean growth — read our statement here bit.ly/460MPqY
Statement: Polluting Fossil Fuel Project Tops List of First Five Projects - Environmental Defence
For immediate release: September 11, 2025 Polluting Fossil Fuel Project Tops the List of the First Five Projects of National Interest Statement by Tim
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September 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
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#MEDIA: We’re disappointed the gov’t is delaying Canada’s EV Standard. Canada must cut pollution, support good jobs & ensure affordable EVs. Full statement: bit.ly/47wClAQ#cdnp... #ClimateAction
Statement On PM Carney’s Zero Emissions Vehicle Standard And Climate Plan - Environmental Defence
For immediate release: September 5, 2025 Statement from Environmental Defence's Programs Director, Keith Brooks, on Prime Minister Carney's Announcements
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September 5, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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It is #WeAreLakeErie Day – A day to show key decision-makers the important role Lake Erie plays in our lives. Help protect the lake by sharing your personal stories, photos, and videos of the lake and sharing what Lake Erie means to you! Use #WeAreLakeErie day and we will amplify your voice!
August 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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Quick #PRGT update for you.  

We just learned that the BC Supreme Court dismissed our clients’ challenge to the BCER’s decision to greenlight construction on the #pipeline w/o fulfilling a key permit condition: a cumulative effects assessment.🚨

It's disappointing news.

Learn more 👉 bit.ly/41Vrv3s
August 21, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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#Media - Response to the suspension of INC 5.2 global plastic treat negotiations.

See here: environmentaldefence.ca/2025/08/15/s...
Response to the suspension of negotiations of the global plastics treaty (INC 5.2) - Environmental Defence
Statement by Karen Wirsig, Senior Program Manager for Plastics at Environmental Defence Canada GENEVA, SWITZERLAND - While we are disappointed that
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August 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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A win for the planet: The International Court affirms that states and fossil fuel companies should be held accountable for their climate pollution.
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World Court says countries are legally obligated to curb emissions, protect climate
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, Netherlands, issued its advisory opinion on the obligations of States in respect of climate change, read out by the President of the Court, Judge...
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August 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Toronto’s Mayor Olivia Chow declared today Single-Use Plastic Free Day. As #PlasticFreeJuly ends, this is a good reminder to the government we want Canada to be Single-Use Plastic Free every day! Tell the government to break up with single-use plastics: act.environmentaldefence.ca/page/171711/...
July 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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Once again, the Ontario government is prioritizing industry over people and the environment. This time, the attack is on water.

We need to tell the government that water is not for sale! To take action, submit a comment through the ERO portal by August 1st 👉 bit.ly/4laDeSF
July 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM