🔥 Ontario has 171 active wildfires—burning across 188,000 hectares. 🚨 First Nations are evacuating and Toronto’s air ranked worst among major cities worldwide. 😷 Yet today, Premier Ford promotes Tim Hortons ☕ and Minister Lecce promotes oil pipelines. 🛢️ This is your government. lnkd.in/gbVNbF3y

830 wildfires burning across Canada right now. And you know what’s going to make it worse in the future? More oil pipelines. This is why our voice and our vote matters.

🔥 The dark irony of the day is hard to miss: as #wildfire smoke turns Ontario’s skies orange and Toronto’s air quality ranks among the world’s worst, the #Ontario government on the same day is promoting its #NorthernShield oil pipeline and expanded refining in #Sarnia. Say NO to pipelines!

Ontario Pushes for Northern Shield Pipeline Despite Air Quality Crisis - Environmental Defence

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

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India just generated 50% of its electricity from clean sources. For 15 minutes. Sounds trivial? That's how every record starts: first minutes, then a day, then a month, then a whole year. Some states are already there: Karnataka crossed 60% clean power last year.

🧟 A mini–Energy East #Pipeline is knocking on Ontario’s door. Northern Shield #Pipeline could carry nearly twice as much oil as #Ontario refineries can process—without a proven need, price tag or private backer. Ontarians would carry the cost, pollution & risks. 🛢️💸🌊 Read more...

Northern Shield is an Unnecessary Oil-Export Pipeline Scheme - Environmental Defence

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

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🚨 Breaking: Ontario's nuclear-heavy energy plan could cost ratepayers $117 billion to nearly $300 billion more than renewable alternatives. The PM wants to follow suit! ⚡ Cheaper, safer and faster options exist: renewables, storage and efficiency. 👉 Read it:

The Real Costs of Ontario's Nuclear Gamble - Environmental Defence

This analysis compares Ontario’s planned nuclear-heavy electricity pathway with a renewable energy alternative built around wind, solar, battery storage, and energy efficiency. It finds that the nucle...

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#GoodNewsFriday --🔋 Battery storage just beat gas generation in Ontario’s latest energy auction!!! Ontario awarded 640 MW to battery storage projects — proving batteries are reliable, cost-effective and ready to help keep the lights on. Read on for more: environmentaldefence.ca/2026/06/12/b...

Battery Storage Beats Gas in Ontario's Energy Auction - Environmental Defence

Statement by Keith Brooks, Programs Director, Environmental Defence Toronto | Treaty Lands and Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, At its AGM on June 11, the Toronto Port Authori...

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As Earth Month 🌍 wraps up, we celebrate a major renewable power WIN in Ontario's grid⚡ But make no mistake, gas is creeping back — and unless we change course, the decisions this summer could lock us into fossil fuels for decades! I break it down here ⬇️ 🔗 environmentaldefence.ca/2026/04/29/a...

#Ontario just announced 1,300+ MW⚡️of new #renewable electricity—enough to power a city like Ottawa. But we’re still heading the wrong way. ⚠️ #Gas is rising—from 4% in 2017 to 19% in 2025. We need #battery storage 🔋—not more fossil gas—as backup to keep the grid clean. Read here for more:

#Ontario changed its electricity rules — and it could cost us. Under #Bill40, an “economic growth" focus makes it easier to justify: • New fossil #gas infrastructure • Costly, risky #nuclear build-outs • Shifting long-term costs onto ratepayers • Deprioritizing #climate accountability Read blog 👇

Ontario's Electricity Fork in the Road - Environmental Defence

The Ontario government wants Canada’s most populous province to become an "energy superpower." That's the promise behind Bill 40 — the Protect Ontario by

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Canada has a natural advantage in #renewableenergy 🌬️🌊 Offshore wind + tidal power could add $500M+ annually to the economy — creating jobs & cutting pollution. The energy transition isn’t theoretical — it’s already at our shores. Read more: shorturl.at/yJfh7 #cdnpoli

#Toronto has a chance to lead on clean energy — but provincial energy planning still prioritizes fossil gas and nuclear over local #renewables and storage. My new blog breaks down the decisions on the table and why they matter for our #climate and community👇 environmentaldefence.ca/2026/02/10/t...

Toronto’s Energy Future: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back - Environmental Defence

In late December, Toronto City Council admitted a hard truth: the city is not on track to meet its climate goals. The city that was once a leading climate

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Stephen Lecce says Darlington was “on budget & ahead of schedule.” OPG’s own filings say it’s at least 25% over budget and needs 6 more years. The truth matters. #onpoli #ontarionews www.cleanairalliance.org/lecces-nucle...

Lecce's nuclear spin

Stephen Lecce says Darlington was “on budget & ahead of schedule.” OPG’s own filings say it’s at least 25% over budget and need 6 more years. The truth matters. #onpoli #ontarionews

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Darlington isn't “on budget.” It’s at least 25% over, years behind schedule, and needs another $3.3B to run to 2055. Yet #Ontario plans ~$400B more nuclear. 🤔 Ontarians deserve FACTS — NOT spin: cleanairalliance.org/lecces-nuclear-spin/ #ontarionews #onpoli

Net-zero scenario is ‘cheapest option’ for UK, says energy system operator #netzero #climatechange Story by @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org/net-zero-sce...

Net-zero scenario is ‘cheapest option’ for UK, says energy system operator - Carbon Brief

A scenario that meets the “net-zero by 2050” goal would be the “cheapest” option for the UK, according to the National Energy System Operator

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GRAPHIC OF THE WEEK | This week, we are showcasing the colossal transformation of Britain’s offshore wind power over the last 25 years 🌊💨 Starting with two small turbines in 2000, offshore wind has grown to generate nearly a FIFTH of British electricity 🎉 https://loom.ly/AWSeFdE

There are still people cutting Carney all kinds of slack on the climate front. But I now think I was naïve to believe Carney would support Trudeau-style, regulatory climate policy. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/10/o...

Mark Carney is making a cynic out of me

What to do in a political ecosystem where, for anyone concerned about climate change or whose politics run even slightly left of centre, there is precious little choice?

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Fossil Fuels Fall Below 1% of Canadian Employment While Global Clean Energy Jobs Surge www.theenergymix.com/fossil-fuels...

Fossil Fuels Fall Below 1% of Canadian Employment While Global Clean Energy Jobs Surge

Fossil fuel employment has fallen to less than 1% of the Canadian work force, while growth in global energy jobs outpaced the wider economy for the third year in a row, according to two reports releas...

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Check out my comment in the #Toronto Star today: #Ontario needs batteries AND renewables — NOT battery greenwashing. www.thestar.com/politics/pro... #onpoli #CleanEnergy

Doug Ford touts Canada’s largest battery storage facility as a way to counter Trump’s tariffs

Ford's comments came at the ground-breaking for the Skyview 2 battery energy storage system, which is expected to open in 2027.

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"Our territories are not carbon sinks or green investments. They are living systems of culture, economy, and spirit. Ending subsidies and investments that drive deforestation... would do more for climate and biodiversity than any new fund could." #cop30 #climate icmagazine.org/indigenous-w...

Indigenous women leaders at COP30: Listen to us as equals – Intercontinental Cry

Nemonte Nenquimo, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, and Rukka Sombolinggi are Indigenous women leaders from the Amazon, the Chad–Congo Basins and Borneo-Mekong basin, res

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$6.5 B electricity subsidies last year, $8.5 B this year! All to artificially lower rates so that the public doesn't freak out about Ford's high cost nuclear + gas energy plan. It's time to transition to low-cost, smart renewable energy. #onpoli #climate #fordnation www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Critics call on Ford government to address rising hydro rates | CBC News

Critics are calling on the Ford government to stop spending billions subsidizing hydro rates, and to instead find ways to reduce the cost of electricity across the province’s grid after a 29 per cent ...

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Ontario’s “Big Battery” plan is greenwashing. Batteries should store renewable power, not gas-fired electricity. Without a renewables-first strategy, we’re just powering homes and EVs with gas generators. Read our statement 👇 environmentaldefence.ca/2025/11/12/s... #Ontario #Batteries #Climate

Statement: Ontario Big Battery Plan Falls Short of Clean Power - Environmental Defence

Statement by Emily Hunter, Senior Program Manager, Ontario Climate Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg,

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The US has abdicated any role in fighting the most urgent threat to human welfare in history, so other countries need to step up and figure out how to do it without us.

How to fight climate change without the US: a guide to global action

With the US government absent from the COP30 global climate summit, it will be up to others to avert catastrophe.

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This person took this when they called the race

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

#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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Ontario’s Critical Minerals push is being sold as clean energy — but without a real renewables plan, it’s mining to nowhere. Read our statement: environmentaldefence.ca/2025/10/29/s... #ONpoli #CleanEnergy #Lithium #Climate

Ontario’s Lithium Project is “Mining to Nowhere” Without Renewable Energy Strategy - Environmental Defence

Statement by Emily Hunter, Senior Program Manager, Ontario Climate Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg,

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Tell PM Carney to build a modern east-west electricity grid powered by low-cost renewable energy – wind, water, solar and storage – not nuclear. #cdnpoli #onpoli www.cleanairalliance.org/carney-wrong/

Carney gets it wrong on climate

Tell PM Carney to build a modern east-west electricity grid powered by low-cost renewable energy – wind, water, solar and storage – not nuclear. #cdnpoli #onpoli

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NEW 🚨Since the Paris Agreement, 4 Global North countries - the US, Canada, Australia & Norway - blocked global progress on oil and gas phaseout. While the rest of the world reduced oil & gas production by 2%, these 4 countries increased production by nearly 40%. oilchange.org/publications...

Check out my new blog - From Green to Gas, how Ontario's Clean Energy Futrure is Being Hijacked!

From Green to Gas: How Ontario’s Clean Energy Future Is Being Hijacked - Environmental Defence

This was supposed to be renewable energy’s big moment. Ontario was set to launch the largest clean-energy build-out ever in our history. Yet, instead of

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