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Although we are uncertain as to the origin of COVID-19, it is conceivable that transmission of a virus from a single bat may have resulted in a series of events that has brought human activity on Earth to a grinding halt. As the world is gripped with the COVID-19 pandemic, attention is drawn to the ...
February 6th, 2020 Dear Member of Parliament, Last year, Canada brought in a national carbon price, to make sure polluters have to pay for harming our climate. This includes a special system for big industrial polluters, who create a massive amount of Canada’s emissions. But now Premier Ford wants to give Ontario’s big polluters a ...
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On December 4th, Ontario’s Auditor General, reported that the provincial government’s climate plan was not supported by sound evidence and would fail to meet greenhouse gas emission targets. Given the implications – increases in flooding, drought, fire, extreme heat, insect infestations, disease outbreaks and more – all Ontarians should be demanding a new and viable ...
This blog is the fourth in a series that will help you go #GreenStepByStep. Read the first three blogs in the series here: Go #GreenStepByStep #GreenStepByStep: reduce, reuse, recycle… refuse? #GreenStepByStep: bugging out When I first got involved in the environmental movement, I thought it was all about helping the things I love, like turtles, ...
This blog is the third in a series that will help you go #GreenStepByStep. Read the first two blogs in the series here: Go #GreenStepByStep #GreenStepByStep: reduce, reuse, recycle… refuse? Insects are everywhere and they play a key role in our ecosystems, but have you ever considered that they could also be the answer to ...
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