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Why are we not talking about air pollution in Ontario?

Nov2019

When Clean Air Partnership was established 20 years ago, air pollution was a public health crisis that rightly attracted considerable media and political attention. Smog days were the norm, with 53 days recorded in 2005 alone. In 2005, the Ontario Medical Association released ‘The Illness Costs of Air Pollution’ which showed that 5,800 Ontarians suffered… Read More

Provincial Climate Action Plans and Local Governments: Lessons from British Columbia

Jan2016

Provincial Climate Action Plans and Local Governments: Lessons from British Columbia January 14th, 2016 Webinar delivered by Stephanie Cairns from Sustainable Prosperity & Cora Hallsworth from Cora Hallsworth Consulting Link to Webinar Recording Link to pdf of Presentation Resource Links: Sustainable Prosperity Policy Brief Download BC Climate Action Toolkit BC’s Climate Action Legislation Community Energy… Read More

Community Energy Planning – Why? The Better Question is Why Not?

Nov2015

With renewable energy becoming more productive and less costly, with storage of electrons becoming something that doesn’t have to be dealt with via 12 Volt batteries, how we generate and distribute energy will likely be very different in the years ahead. Our municipalities plan our communities and while past municipal energy planning may have been… Read More

Putting a Price on Carbon

Apr2015

We know we need to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions in order to act on our climate change challenges and opportunities, we know we can and need to do more and a lot faster than we have been moving in the past. Now the more important question is how best can society do that? Climate… Read More

Green Infrastructure in the City Video Series

Dec2014

We at Clean Air Partnership are big fans of Green Infrastructure, huge fans in fact… That is why we wanted to give a shout out to the new video series released by the Green Infrastructure Ontario (GIO) Coalition. The three-part “green infrastructure in the city” series covers a range of topics related to living green… Read More

Why Account for the True Costs of Energy???

Dec2014

Energy use is an integral part of our lives. Whether heating our homes in winter, cooling them in the summer, keeping our lights on so that we can read until the wee hours of the night, or powering our factories to manufacture goods; energy drives our economy and greatly supports our quality of life. Unfortunately,… Read More

Natural Capital and Why it Matters

Dec2014

Healthy ecosystems provide fertile soil, clean water and air, as well as natural resources such as timber and food. They help protect us from floods and the spread of diseases and also help moderate complex climate and hydrological systems. These and other “ecosystem services” are fundamental to our survival. Natural capital is the land, air,… Read More

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Pembina Institute: Fast Cities

Sep2014

A new study from the Pembina Institute shows that investing in public transit is essential for any city to reduce the gridlock their streets face and for commuters who have no access to cars to conveniently travel around their city. But as the report shows, not all transit systems are built equal. The report examines… Read More

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It’s Your Move: Pam Damoff

Aug2014

The Toronto Centre for Active Transportation (TCAT) has just released their 9th video for their It’s Your Move campaign. The It’s Your Move campaign is a campaign launched by TCAT to promote the importance of using the 25% of funding set aside by Metrolinx for local transportation initiatives and to use a dedicated portion of… Read More

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Solar Thermal – How and Where it Works

Jul2014

Solar thermal energy uses solar energy via a heat exchanger to pre heat water that then goes into a hot water tank to be heated up further if necessary to supply hot water to the user to be used in swimming pools, hot showers, dishwashers or any other place we like to have our water… Read More

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