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Greenwashing: the Ford government climate plan
December 5, 2019
Here is our op ed from the Toronto Star, published November 29, 2019, the anniversary of this "plan". Again, today, youth-led protests around the world are calling for action on the climate crisis. Today also marks the one-year anniversary of...
Read MoreSupporting communities against sprawl
November 29, 2019
Congratulations and thank you to communities organizing to slow down Ontario‘s rampant urban sprawl, which is being turbocharged by the Ford government. For example, Ottawa citizens recently met to protest expanding the urban boundary, A code phrase for turning more...
Read MoreCarbon offsets?
November 24, 2019
Many people who are trying to reduce their carbon footprints ask me about buying offsets. I do buy offsets to offset flights and the other parts of my travel that use fossil fuels (e.g. long drives where the battery on...
Read MoreClimate emergency declarations now cover 290 million citizens
November 12, 2019
Climate emergency declarations have been adopted in 1,180 jurisdictions and local governments, covering 290 million citizens. Full list and how-to at https://climateemergencydeclaration.org/climate-emergency-declarations-cover-15-million-citizens/
Read MoreSome updates
November 6, 2019
Dear friends, As you may have noticed, I'm giving even more climate talks now than I did as the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario, with no staff to help me. The public response is amazing, thank you - see some comments...
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