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TAF Newsletter: September 2025

9/2025 - In this edition, a new coalition is turning up the heat on maximum temperature advocacy. Be the first to get new emissions factors for Ontario and explore industry recommendations to speed up factory-built housing. Plus, find out how retrofit policies will benefit workforce development.

Experts uncover incredible health impacts of electric cars: ‘Compelling’

8/2025 - THE COOL DOWN - Coverage of the National Observer's feature on the public health benefits of the EV sales mandate.

TAF Newsletter: August 2025

8/2025 - This edition includes a new investment to boost electric mobility, a step toward more wind and solar in Ontario, the latest opportunity for Canada to lead on climate policy, why investing in cleantech is here to stay, our impact report, and more.

The Atmospheric Fund (TAF) announces investment of $4.5M in Jule

8/2025 - CANADIAN MANUFACTURING - TAF’s financing is meant to support the building and deployment of 66 bundled battery-powered fast-charging stations across Ontario.

An EV sales mandate is good public health policy, analysis shows

7/2025 - CANADA'S NATIONAL OBSERVER - “While the EV availability standard has been communicated from the beginning as a climate policy, we think it's equally, if not more compelling as a health policy,” said Bryan Purcell, VP of Policy and Programs.

During a week when climate change felt closer than ever, Peel councillors learned they’re getting further away from stopping it

7/2025 - THE POINTER - In an interview with The Pointer, Ekaterina Tzekova, Director of Reseach and Innovation, emphasizes the need for the province to develop clean, utility-scale electricity sources.

Doug Ford made it legal to create bird ‘death traps’ to speed up home construction

6/2025 - THE POINTER - Bryan Purcell, VP of Policy and Programs, comments that the proposed Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act could restrict municipalities' ability to apply development standards that protect energy affordability, public health, and climate objectives.

TAF Newsletter: June 2025

6/2025 - This edition includes a new call-to-action to support green standards, an interview with Toronto Hydro on electrification, a powerful new report surveying tenants about extreme heat, a new job opening, and more.

Toronto’s green roofs under threat as Ford government pushes Bill 17

6/2025 - VILLAGE REPORT - Policy expert, Bryan Purcell, explains Bill 17 “deeply undercuts” the green standard and may also make the Green Roof Bylaw more difficult for the city to uphold.

TAF Newsletter: May 2025

5/2025 - This edition includes our reaction to Bill 17, an opportunity to incentivize home solar, and lessons from Quebec on EV readiness in multi-family buildings. Are you headed to Canada’s biggest retrofit event? Get your invite!

Hour 3: Are municipal climate plans under threat by Ontario’s new housing bill

5/2025 - MOORE IN THE MORNING - Bryan Purcell, VP of Policy and Programs, discusses the benefits of municipal green standards and how to streamline housing development in the province.

Ford government move could see environmental home requirements sacrificed in the name of building faster, cheaper

5/2025 - TORONTO STAR - Bryan Purcell, VP of Policy and Programs, comments on Bill 17, the Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act, and its potential long-term impacts on affordability, noting that Toronto has exceeded housing targets alongside green standards.