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Media Releases

Toronto Council’s ‘End-of-Term’ Enviro Report Card: Scholars vs. Slackers

For Immediate Release
June 26, 2014

Toronto: On the same day students receive their end-of-term report card, the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) issued the City Council Enviro Report Card that grades City Councillors and the Mayor on their environmental performance over the past 4 years.

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Community Leaders to Municipal Candidates: “Time to Build a Toronto that Moves”

For Immediate Release
June 3, 2014

Toronto: For the first time, active transportation and public transit community leaders have come together and identified 12 actions they want candidates for City Council to take to build a Toronto that moves.

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Tired of Trashing Toronto? Enviro Group Launches Fun Waste Free Challenge

May 07, 2014

Toronto: Today, the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA) launched Waste Free Toronto, a new challenge aimed at reducing the trash Torontonians throw away.

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Provincial Transit Funding Plans: April 2014 TEA Statement

On Monday, April 14, Premier Kathleen Wynne made a well-publicized announcement outlining how her government would fund public transit in Ontario. On the plus side, Premier Wynne promised to create a dedicated fund and find $15 billion over the next 10 years to build public transit and transportation infrastructure in the Toronto and Hamilton area.

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Toronto Council sends Ontario’s Greenbelt a Big Birthday Present

For Immediate Release
February 20, 2014

Toronto: Yesterday, a week before Ontario's Greenbelt turns 9, Toronto City Council sent it a birthday present by taking a big step towards growing the Greenbelt into publicly owned lands along the Don, Humber and Etobicoke Creek river valleys.

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Severe Storm Shows Toronto Not Ready for Climate Change

For Immediate Release
July 10, 2013 

Toronto: The record-breaking storm from Monday showed our city is not ready to handle climate change, says a local environmental group.

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NEW Toxic Reduction Tool Kit Helps Prevent Cancer

For Immediate Release
June 14, 2013

TORONTO: Today, the Toronto Cancer Prevention Coalition (TCPC) released the first-ever Toronto Toxics Reduction Tool Kit just in time to help Torontonians exercise their ‘right to know’ about cancer-causing chemicals found in their neighbourhoods.

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New Toronto Toxic Reduction Tool Kit To Be Released

See Media Advisory here.

Toronto Cancer Prevention Coalition’s Environmental and Occupational Carcinogens Working Group released a Tool Kit to help reduce cancer-causing pollutants. 

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New Provincial Waste Bill “An important move in the right direction,” says environmental group

For Immediate Release
June 06, 2013

Toronto: A proposed Provincial Waste Reduction Strategy is an important move in the right direction to overhaul Ontario’s broken waste diversion regulations and programs, says a Toronto environmental group that has been calling for better waste diversion for over 15 years.

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