The Toronto Environmental Alliance has released a new report, Kicking off with reusables: The opportunity of the FIFA World Cup 26™ for Canadian events, funded by Environment and Climate Change Canada.
UPDATE: On the afternoon of June 3, 2025, Doug Ford's government pushed through Bill 17.
Unfortunately, even though there have been significant concerns about the effect that this Bill would have on municipal environmental programs like the Toronto Green Standard for new buildings, the Ford government chose to fast track its approval. This meant that, unlike most Bills, the provincial government did not hold any committee meetings — which is where experts and stakeholders like the City of Toronto would usually make statements and deputations for staff to review.
The City of Toronto is seeking public input on Toronto's Long Term Waste Strategy. The survey asks about how best to reduce and divert waste (more on that below), which is great. Unfortunately, the City is also looking at false solutions, like ‘energy from waste’ incineration that will send Toronto backwards in terms of climate action, zero waste goals, and put human health at risk.
Investments in sustainability and green energy will not only protect Canadians from American tariffs, but they’ll put us on course for a more resilient future.
Why we must seize this moment to drive transformative change through local action.
Toronto is one of 15 host cities for the FIFA men’s World Cup in 2026, and our city is grappling with the costs and the opportunities such a mega event can bring.
On Feb 11, Toronto City Council will meet to vote on the 2025 Budget. Overall, this is a positive budget for Toronto’s environment. It includes promising steps to help protect Torontonians, cut emissions, improve transit, improve affordability, and make Toronto a greener, healthier place for all.
Thank you for speaking up to fix flooding and bring in a fair stormwater charge! Here's what happened at the Executive Committee on January 28th.
Updated February 12, 2025
Toronto City Council has passed the City’s 2025 Budget. Thousands of pages long, this budget sets out billions of dollars in City spending for everything from transit and libraries, to watering plants and trees on City land.
This December, the City of Toronto released two important climate reports. The first showed that weather in Toronto is projected to get hotter, wetter, and weirder over the coming decades as the climate continues to shift. The second showed that the City is behind on its climate change goals and will likely miss meeting its 2025 short-term targets on the way to Net Zero by 2040.
On behalf of the TEAm at TEA, thank you to everyone who made this years Greener City Celebration a success!
Each year, TEA presents the Greener City for All Award to an individual or organization that is making an outstanding contribution to building a greener, healthier and more equitable Toronto. The award is made at our Greener City Celebration.
The City is reviewing and updating the Long Term Waste Strategy, and they want to hear from you
This strategy lays out how the city can reduce, reuse, recycle and compost waste, and what to do with the leftover ‘garbage’.
Take the online survey by December 20th or join an in-person or virtual open house in December to share your thoughts.
Two and a half years ago, we launched the St. James Town Heat Wave Project with our partner Community Resilience to Extreme Weather (CREW) to protect residents from extreme heat.
The reality is that extreme weather events, like July 16th’s ‘historic’ rainfall, are becoming our new normal. Fortunately, flooded basements and stranded residents don’t have to be, if we act swiftly.
In light of the July 16th storm, we can and must transform our city from pavement to permeable, green surfaces that absorb rain and stormwater before it hits our overburdened sewer system.
We are excited to share our latest research and findings into understanding foodware practices across the city, motivating businesses to reduce single-use items, informing them about the benefits of reusable options, and providing practical resources to guide the transition.
TEA has been fighting against incineration, and for real zero-waste solutions for more than 35 years. And we're not stopping now.
TEA has a long history of collaboration with other environmental, community and health groups to oppose incineration and ‘energy from waste’ in all it’s forms, and the false claims about incineration aren't stopping.
May 23, 2024 City Council Update
All over the planet, people are grappling with the plastic pollution crisis; it’s clear that we need regulations and action at all levels of government to solve this problem.