July 5, 2007

Toronto Public Health has just identified 23 toxic chemicals released into Toronto’s air that exceed health-based benchmarks and subsequently, pose a great risk to our health and environment. These chemicals include carcinogens such as cadmium, trichloroethylene and formaldehyde. Shockingly, the exposure ratios ranged anywhere from ten times to 1000 times above benchmarks.

April 27, 2007
For Immediate Release

Toronto: Today, the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) urged Mayor Miller and City Council to act quickly to curb global warming and cut smog in the City.

April 25, 2007

Yesterday’s release of the Environmental Commissioner’s Report “Doing Less for Less” reveals shocking details of the failure of the Ministry of the Environment to control companies from releasing pollutants into Toronto’s air, land and water. The report found that 90% of authorized polluters are not following the rules and that 40% of polluters don’t even have a permit to pollute.

February 15, 2007

Today, Dr. David Suzuki and the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) met with Mayor Miller and key City Councillors to reinforce the need to clean up Toronto’s air. Dr. Suzuki praised the Mayor and Councillors for their plans to develop a smog and global warming plan. However, he strongly recommended that the plan must include a Community Right to Know (CRTK) bylaw which requires industrial and commercial facilities to report their use and release of chemicals that pollute Toronto’s air and cause global warming.

January 11, 2007

(Toronto) The Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) strongly supports the provincial government’s announcement today to ban the burning of used oil in space heaters. The move is a victory for TEA and other environmental groups who for years have identified the practice as a source of highly toxic local air pollution. The ban will not only improve air quality but will also remove a potential health threat to workers and local residents.

Report Card Grades Candidates on Environment

new council could be greenest in history

Nov.6, 2006

Media Release

October 10, 2006

For Immediate Release

(Toronto) Today, the City of Toronto scored a "C-" on the Toronto Environmental Alliance's ninth annual Smog Report Card. The Report Card measures the City of Toronto's progress in implementing the 1998 smog plan and subsequent promises on air quality issues.

May 25, 2006

(Toronto) Yesterday, Toronto City Council took action to tell the Province that it wants provincially permitted waste oil burning in Toronto to stop.

April 12, 2006

(Toronto) Today the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) launched its “Secrecy is Toxic Campaign” by disclosing a map of facilities approved to burn waste motor oil, a highly toxic substance, in Toronto.