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Ontario’s plan to sell ‘clean energy’ credits doesn’t wash with environmental groups

3/2022 - CBC- Bryan Purcell says the government's clean energy credits proposal has fundamental flaws that undermine any environmental benefit.

Honda confirms plan to switch Ontario plant to hybrid vehicles

3/2022 - GLOBAL NEWS- The federal and provincial government are investing $130M each in updating Ontario’s Honda plat to produce hybrid-EVs.

TAF News: March 2022

3/2022 - Just a few days left to rescue Ontario’s failing building code

$500M boost for ArcelorMittal Dofasco secures future steel jobs for Hamilton, province says

2/2022 - CBC- Ontario's quest to replace coal-fed coke ovens and blast furnaces with new, low-emission technology got a major boost on Tuesday, with the province contributing up to $500 million in loan and grant support to Hamilton's ArcelorMittal Dofasco plant.

Toronto’s flagging electric-vehicle project given a jolt as council adds more on-street chargers

2/2022 - TORONTO STAR -“We urgently need a reliable and convenient network of on-street charging across Toronto to help speed up adoption of EVs,” Ian Klesmer, strategy and grants director at TAF

Effort to boost electric vehicle charging stations in GTHA gets $2M in new federal funding

1/2022 - CBC- TAF's EV Station Fund to support up to 300 EV chargers in the GTHA

EV Station Fund will support priority EV charging in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area

1/2022 - The Atmospheric Fund (TAF) launched the “EV Station Fund” to support installation of up to 294 charging stations across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA).

Have your say: Pickering invites public to help shape the future of sustainable development

1/2022 - TORONTO STAR - The city is developing a new set of standards to help shape new development and redevelopment in Pickering

TAF News: January 2022

1/2022 - TAF launches fund for EV charging stations in the GTHA

Peel carbon emissions dropped significantly in 2020 but could be back to pre-COVID levels: report

1/2022 - TORONTO STAR - Bryan Purcell, TAF’s VP of policy and programs, said the drop in Peel's emissions is temporary and preliminary data from last year shows that emissions are likely near pre-pandemic levels again.

Peel is warming twice as fast as the global average; will the climate emergency be taken seriously?

1/2022 - THE POINTER - "Each year we fail to meet the trajectory toward our climate targets, it puts more pressure on the future years," said Bryan Purcell.

TAF News: December 2021

1/2022 - New report: GTHA carbon emissions are on the rise

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