Media Releases

Environmentalists and Urbanists Applaud Provincial Plan to add Toronto Ravines to the Greenbelt

For Immediate Release

May 10, 2016

Media Advisory: City Councillors help refugees and the environment on Earth Day at Nathan Phillips Square

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

April 19th, 2016

New Report Reveals Torontonians, not Technology, Will Solve City Waste Woes

For Immediate Release

February 23, 2016

Toronto: Days before a City Council Committee will review a new city plan to deal with Toronto’s waste woes, a new report shows the solutions are literally all around us.

New report finds widely used toxic dry cleaning chemical impacts air quality and human health

TORONTO ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE

ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE

For Immediate Release

November 12, 2015

Wet, not dry, the fashionable – and responsible – way to clean clothes

For Immediate Release
May 28, 2015

A cleaning process known as “wet cleaning” is far preferable to other dry cleaning methods for our health and our environment, according to a scorecard released by the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) today.

Environmental Groups to Minister Murray: Help Cities Get Ready for Climate Change

For Immediate Release
February 12, 2015

Today, urban-focused environmental groups responded to a proposal for climate change consultations by Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Glen Murray, with a simple message: make sure municipalities have the resources they need to get Ontario’s cities ready to fight climate change.

Good Intentions Don’t Justify Bad Environmental Laws

For Immediate Release
December 6, 2014

On December 4th, the Provincial Government released draft regulation that, if enacted, would make it easier for cement and steel companies to burn garbage instead of coal to make their products, claiming this is good for the environment.

TEA Snapshot of Mayoral 2014 Candidates on the Environment

For Immediate Release
October 9, 2014

Toronto: A new report card released today by the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) shows where mayoral and council candidates stand on five environmental priorities.

Council Takes Historic Step Towards Growing the Greenbelt into Toronto

For Immediate Release
July 11, 2014

Toronto: Earlier today, Toronto City Council took the almost final step towards growing the Greenbelt into public lands along the Don and Humber River Valleys and Etobicoke Creek.