Toronto homes can’t go carbon-neutral unless developers get on board
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14 min. readBuildings are Toronto's largest source of greenhouse gases. The city has ambitious plans to fix...
It’s not that animals are coming into the city. It’s that the city is coming to them
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Calgary's population has risen more than 50 per cent over two decades and its expanding...
Is a park still a park if it’s paved?
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People are pushing back against a plan to uproot green space in Peterborough, Ont., for...
Ontario could run out of landfill space in nine years. Then what?
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Industries, businesses and institutions make two-thirds of Ontario's garbage. It's too easy for them to...
‘You start with us’: conservation authority head has parting message for Ontario government
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After 20 years with Conservation Halton, Hassaan Basit reflects on Doug Ford’s cuts and how...
A 94-year-old wants to welcome Ontarians to paradise. A parking lot nearly stood in her way
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Schneider Woods in Wilmot Township will become a 95-hectare nature reserve, after council drops parking...
A five-year battle comes to an end in Ontario
Time and again, the Ford government has tried to weaken conservation authorities. It’s the same...
Ontario weakens watershed protections (again) as natural resources minister gets new powers
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New rules give conservation authorities some new powers to restrict harmful development, but reduce buffer...
Special project G*: Ontario government staff used code name for Greenbelt carveouts
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Ontario government staffers working on contentious changes to the Greenbelt in 2022 edited email chains...
