Date: 11/16/09
To: Members of the Toronto Transit Commission
From: Toronto Environmental Alliance
RE: TTC Operating Budget 2010: Fare Increase
For Immediate Release
October 28, 2011
Toronto: Rob Ford may be charging ahead to sell part of Toronto Hydro, in the face of existing Council policy, leading public opinion and established Council processes.
For Immediate Release
October 25, 2011
Toronto: The proposed partial sale of Toronto Hydro has been called “reckless’ and “short-sighted” by a leading environmental group, citing the future loss of conservation programs, lost revenue for the City of Toronto and rising rates for ratepayers.
For Immediate Release
October 11, 2011
Toronto: A Toronto-based environmental group today called on political parties to work together to adopt a new waste management strategy that costs the provincial treasury nothing and saves municipal taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars by forcing companies to take full responsibility for handling their packaging and product waste.
For Immediate Release
September 13, 2011
Toronto: Cuts to key environmental services announced yesterday, including Community Environment Days, the Toronto Atmospheric Fund and the Toronto Environment Office, will do nothing to reduce the so-called “spending problem” Mayor Ford uses to justify the cuts, says a local environment group.
For Immediate Release
July 14, 2011
Toronto: Today, consultants hired by the city identified a host of environmental programs that clean the air, cut energy use and protect the urban forest as programs to be cut to save the City money.
For Immediate Release
Toronto: Yesterday evening over 70 TTC Riders came to North York Civic Centre to make history by launching the city’s first-ever member-based transit advocacy group.