Just launched: Carbon Emissions Inventory 2024
Yesterday, sparks flew as Mayor John Tory endorsed expressway tolls on the Gardiner and DVP, and the City Manager released a Long-Term Financial Direction Update on new funding sources to be considered by Council, including road tolls and a hotel tax. The report is expected to be considered by Executive Committee on December 1 and […]
A new report by TAF and Evergreen reflects on the lessons learned by a dozen civic groups that coalesced around the need for transit investment in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). The report examines the experience of Move the GTHA, covering the period during which TAF provided funding to Evergreen to launch a […]
Sean Hertel is a professional urban planner who specializes in policy and programs related to transit, housing, and suburbanization. Sean co-authored Next Stop: Equity. Routes to fairer transit access in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, a report that examines why the benefits of building transit are not equally shared, and how to begin to […]
$39.9 billion has been committed to regional transit in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA), leaving a $28.8 billion gap in funding for capital costs. With 35% of Ontario’s emissions coming from transportation, TAF has been supporting advocacy for improved regional rapid transit as a funder and member of Move the GTHA since 2011. Building transit is a crucial and strategic investment […]
Germany, Italy, and Japan ranked the top countries in the world when it comes to using energy efficiently. And Canada? We’re middle of the pack, an un-inspiring tenth. Countries like Poland, Turkey, and Indonesia bring up the rear (and Saudia Arabia is dead last). The 2016 International Energy Efficiency Scorecard published by the non-profit American Council […]
Just a year ago, the Toronto Board of Health approved a report that promoted an active role for Toronto Public Health in responding to climate change. Part of this mandate included developing an understanding of how measures Toronto might take to reduce its carbon footprint might support – or conflict – with improvements to public […]
Time to act! The time has come to face climate change head-on, invest in practical solutions, and reap the environmental and economic benefits. Premier Wynne made this message clear when she revealed Ontario’s new Climate Change Action Plan on Wednesday. Responding to reporters who questioned why Ontario should foot the bill for climate change, she […]
Ian Morton is the CEO of Scout Environmental Two drivers travel down the street in the same model car; and yet by the end of the road one driver has spent more money than the other. Why is that? If you’re getting strong flashbacks to high school math, stay with me, because this situation reflects […]
In the first installment of our GHG quantification series, ABCs of Counting GHGs, we looked at different scenarios of mandating net zero buildings. Now we’ll take a look at how electric vehicles (EVs) can help us achieve Ontario’s ambitious emissions reductions targets, recently legislated under the Climate Change Mitigation and Low-Carbon Economy Act. In 2014, […]
Nancy Smith Lea is the Director of the Toronto Centre for Active Transportation at the Clean Air Partnership. The Toronto Centre for Active Transportation (TCAT), a project of Clean Air Partnership, just held a launch event at Ryerson University to celebrate its new book, Complete Street Transformations in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Region. The book […]
