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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

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.

For Immediate Release
May 27, 2013

Toronto: The release of Metrolinx's Investment Strategy was greeted with cautious optimism by the Toronto Environmental Alliance (TEA), which has been calling for action on transit expansion for over a decade.

For Immediate Release
March 12, 2013

Toronto: A new city report on what to do with Toronto’s garbage is proposing to hire consultants to review incineration and disposal options instead of helping Torontonians divert more from landfill, says city hall environmental watchdog group, TEA.

For Immediate Release
November 7, 2012

Toronto: The 2007 Council-approved plan to get to 70% waste diversion is effectively dead in the latest waste budget just released at City Hall.