Ontario Environment

• 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.

  Environment

  Dec 16, 2022
  
• Cleanup efforts underway after oil spill into Humber River in Toronto

  Cleanup efforts are underway after oil spilled into the Humber River earlier this week. The City of Toronto was alerted to the spill on Monday.

  Environment

  Dec 1, 2022
  
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• Sudbury’s young climate activists heading to court

  On 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.

  Environment

  Aug 27, 2022
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• Ontario losing farmland at fast rate amid urban sprawl: provincial agriculture group

  Data 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.

  Environment

  Jun 18, 2022
• Ontario’s party leaders offer differing approaches to reducing emissions

  The 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.

  Politics

  May 30, 2022
• City plans for controlled burn in Toronto’s High Park to preserve rare ecosystem

  According 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. 

  Environment

  Mar 24, 2022
• Wildlife corridor in Lake Ontario watershed now protected land, conservation group says

  The national land conservation non-profit says the land is also home to eastern wolf, black bear, moose, pine marten, elk and rare birds.

  Environment

  Mar 17, 2022
• Ontario ignoring public’s rights to environmental consultation, public info: auditor general

  The 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.

  Environment

  Nov 22, 2021
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• Peterborough-area conservation projects receive funding through new Great Lakes Local Action Fund

  The new Great Lakes Local Action Fund supports projects that protect and restore the Great Lakes.

  Environment

  Jul 20, 2021
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• Calls grow for action on Ontario’s thousands of abandoned oil and gas wells

  Thousands of abandoned oil and natural gas wells are scattered across southwestern Ontario – about 6,000 in Haldimand and Norfolk counties alone.

  Environment

  Jun 13, 2021