On January 9th, the City of Toronto’s Infrastructure and Environment Committee will decide whether or not to adopt an Electric Vehicle (EV) Strategy. This strategy identifies 10 practical actions to eliminate the 30% of Toronto’s GHG emissions created by personal vehicles, transitioning from internal combustion engines toward zero-emission vehicles. Currently, less than 1% of vehicles… Read More
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Why are we not talking about air pollution in Ontario?
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