CouncilWatch
Council Watch - Getting Toronto to 80% waste diversion
Toronto's residential waste diversion rate is stuck at 50% - far lower than the target of 70% by 2010. Outside the home, waste diversion is even worse - province-wide, commercial institutions divert only 13% of their waste.
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Council Watch - Environmental Services Under Threat, Again
This month, another round of cuts was proposed.
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Council Watch - TTCriders give TTC bad grades; summer events in the city
On July 18th TTCriders released The State of Public Transit in Toronto. This summer TEA may be at your local community festival, event, or environment day.
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Council Watch - New recyclables for Toronto & a National Transit Strategy
Starting this fall, clear food containers, the ubiquitous 'clamshells' used for egg cartons, fruit and vegetables, and baked goods, will be recyclable in the Toronto's Blue Box.
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Council Watch - Maps of toxins in Toronto, answers to your plastic bag questions
Why is air quality in some areas of Toronto worse than others, and what does that mean for our health? Toronto Public Health's ChemTRAC program can help answer these questions.
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Council Watch - Transit Rollercoaster & a Hot Summer in the City
Transit riders faced yet another rollercoaster ride in the last few weeks with the birth and death of the OneCity Transit Expansion plan.
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Council Watch - Comedy Jam June 10; Good Neighbour resource website
Comedy Jam June 10 2012. TEA's Good Neighbour Campaign has been helping communities address local pollution concerns by opening the lines of communication with nearby industries that are contributing to the problem.
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Council Watch - City Council report card and TEA's new logo!
Going in Circles, TEA's new Report Card shows that, as a whole, City Council has made little progress on environmental issues over the last year and a half.
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Council Watch - Mapping TOenviro, water polluters convicted
TEA took action last year when Toronto Water tried to remove some penalties for water polluters during the City budget. We won that fight and made sure that the annual reports identifying industrial polluters were brought up to date.
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Council Watch - Pennies for TEA & a cleaner Toronto
Last week TEA launched our "A Thought for your Pennies" drive to collect 2.5 million pennies for the environment.
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