Ontario Environment
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Ontario auditor general finds Niagara Escarpment protections lacking"It is obvious that the commission does not have sufficient resources for environmental monitoring to assess the state of the Escarpment," auditor general Bonnie Lysyk wrote.EnvironmentDec 16, 2022
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Cleanup efforts underway after oil spill into Humber River in TorontoCleanup efforts are underway after oil spilled into the Humber River earlier this week. The City of Toronto was alerted to the spill on Monday.EnvironmentDec 1, 2022
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Sudbury’s young climate activists heading to courtOn Sept. 12, the Mathur et. al. case against the Ontario government will go to trial, two years after a judge denied a motion to dismiss their complaint.EnvironmentAug 27, 2022
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Ontario losing farmland at fast rate amid urban sprawl: provincial agriculture groupData from the 2021 Census of Agriculture suggests Ontario is losing 319 acres of farmland daily, equal to the loss of one average family farm per day.EnvironmentJun 18, 2022
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Ontario’s party leaders offer differing approaches to reducing emissionsThe NDP, Liberals and Greens all pledge to cut emissions in half by 2030 below 2005 levels, but only the NDP are promising a new cap-and-trade system to achieve those reductions.PoliticsMay 30, 2022
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City plans for controlled burn in Toronto’s High Park to preserve rare ecosystemAccording to a statement issued by the City of Toronto, the controlled burn is part of a long-term management plan to protect native plants at risk of extinction.EnvironmentMar 24, 2022
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Wildlife corridor in Lake Ontario watershed now protected land, conservation group saysThe national land conservation non-profit says the land is also home to eastern wolf, black bear, moose, pine marten, elk and rare birds.EnvironmentMar 17, 2022
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Ontario ignoring public’s rights to environmental consultation, public info: auditor generalThe auditor general's annual report on the environment found the Ministry of the Environment and several others deliberately avoided consulting the public on such decisions.EnvironmentNov 22, 2021
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Peterborough-area conservation projects receive funding through new Great Lakes Local Action FundThe new Great Lakes Local Action Fund supports projects that protect and restore the Great Lakes.EnvironmentJul 20, 2021
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Calls grow for action on Ontario’s thousands of abandoned oil and gas wellsThousands of abandoned oil and natural gas wells are scattered across southwestern Ontario – about 6,000 in Haldimand and Norfolk counties alone.EnvironmentJun 13, 2021
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