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Bill Gates Misses the Bigger Climate Picture

November 27, 2025–Anne Bell

Climate Change•Environmental Education•Habitat•Reduce Your Footprint

Wildfire smoke, Eastern Ontario, 2023 © robin ottawa CC BY-SA 2.0

Two weeks prior to the commencement of the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 30), which just wrapped up in Brazil, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates published a shocking memo ...

Black Ash: A Lesson on How Not to Implement Ontario’s Endangered Species Act

October 20, 2023–Anne Bell

Indigenous Relations•Species at Risk•Wild Species

Black ash © Charlotte Cadow CC BY-NC 4.0

Ontario’s Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MECP) is throwing precaution and good advice to the wind in its approach to protecting the endangered black ash. When the species was ...

Introducing the Alliance for a Liveable Ontario

August 24, 2023–Anne Bell

Conservation News

Earlier this month, the Auditor General released a blistering report critiquing the Government of Ontario’s “indefensible” process of removing thousands of hectares from the Greenbelt. The Premier immediately responded by ...

Bad News for Wetlands: Proposed Gutting of the Ontario Wetland Evaluation System

November 24, 2022–Anne Bell

Campaigns and advocacy•Wetlands

On October 25, 2022, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (MNRF) posted a proposal to overhaul the Ontario Wetland Evaluation System (OWES). The deadline for public comment is November ...

Bill 23 – What You Need to Know

November 10, 2022–Anne Bell

Greenbelt and Greenway•Habitat•Land-use planning•Water•Wetlands

On October 25th, the Government of Ontario tabled Bill 23, the More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022, an omnibus bill proposing sweeping changes to the province’s natural heritage and land ...

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Bill 23 – What You Need to Know

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