City Council’s most recent meeting was a heated debate on priorities for the 2017 City Budget and resulted in a mixed bag of wins and losses for climate action.

After reviewing over 700 requests to remove lands across the Golden Horseshoe, the Province announced it will not shrink Ontario’s Greenbelt.

TEA's Waste Campaigner Emily Alfred addressed the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee about the future of curbside waste collection east of Yonge and highlighted the stark difference between Etobicoke and Scarborough's waste diversion.

Today, the Toronto Environmental Alliance and some of our allies sent a letter to Mayor Tory and City Council urging them to adopt the revenue tools recommended by the City Manager.

Mayor Tory and Toronto City Council are now halfway through their term. TEA has been monitoring the votes they cast and the decisions they made and today we’re launching a report that evaluates City Council’s first two years on four key issue areas: climate change, transportation, toxics, and waste.

On Monday evening, more than 150 concerned residents and TEA supporters flooded into a Committee Room at City Hall to show support for Toronto’s new climate action plan. Many people were forced to stand as the room was at capacity, and extra chairs had to be brought in to accommodate everyone.

TEA explains why zero waste and the circular economy is important for the City of Toronto

TEA held a unique forum bringing together grassroots leaders to talk about engaging people on climate change. The participants represented communities across Toronto, and worked on a range of issues including poverty reduction, emergency preparedness, housing, settlement services and more.

The just announced Provincial plan to scrap $3.8 billion in renewable energy projects is supposedly aimed at saving ratepayers about $2.45 per month. If the Minister of Energy were really serious about keeping our hydro bills in check, he should focus on what is happening with the nuclear refurbishment at Darlington.

The INHALE Project was at Open Streets Toronto to monitor air quality without cars on September 18th.