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TAF Newsletter: January 2026

1/2026 - Our first newsletter of 2026 includes big changes to the national model building codes, insights about how to decarbonize municipal transportation, our first grants intake of the year, and more.

Towards clean mobility: How cities can create a transportation system for everyone

1/2026 - In his first TAF blog, our new Director of Clean Transportation, Adam Rosenfield, highlights how municipalities can cut transportation emissions, exploring what decarbonization can look like beyond EVs.

A new era for building codes in Canada

1/2026 - Canada’s newly released 2025 National Model Codes mark a turning point in how the country looks at building performance. The 2025 model codes send a clear message that Canada is moving toward a unified, modern regulatory framework for buildings.

TAF Newsletter: December 2025

12/2025 - We’re closing the year with a big win for Toronto’s BEPS and a clear focus on what’s next. Inside this edition: a key TAF moment, the Ontario towns and cities leading on solar, a guide to tax incentives for cleantech upgrades in buildings, local architects rallying for green standards, and more.

Six Ontario municipalities shine with solar leadership

12/2025 - Ontario’s electricity system needs cost-effective, non-emitting generation to meet demand growth without increasing emissions. Yet the current municipal resolution process is producing outcomes that tilt toward gas and away from renewables.

A general disregard for the public’s rights’: Auditor General slams Doug Ford’s record on environmental rights in latest report

12/2025 - THE POINTER - TAF's 2024 GTHA Carbon Emissions Inventory is referenced in this article about the erosion of environmental rights in Ontario.

How many electric vehicles are in your neighbourhood? Turns out your postal code says a lot

12/2025 - HAMILTON SPECTATOR - Ekaterina Tzekova, Director of Research and Innovation, advocates for EV-ready multi-family buildings in an interview with Nathan Bawaan of the Spec.

TAF congratulates City of Toronto on their climate action plan

12/2025 - Bryan Purcell, VP Policy and Programs, The Atmospheric Fund (TAF) makes a statement in response to the City of Toronto’s TransformTO Net Zero Strategy: Action Plan.

Toronto Pauses Work on Building Emissions Standards

12/2025 - THE ENERGY MIX - BEPS is the biggest opportunity for carbon reduction in the TransformTO climate plan and will deliver other benefits such as lower energy bills and job creation. It also has broad support among buildng residents.

Toronto’s climate action plan is missing a major tool to lower emissions, experts say

11/2025 - CBC NEWS - TAF's VP of Policy and Programs, Bryan Purcell, explains that "reducing emissions from buildings is absolutely key to reaching the city's climate targets and building a more resilient city.”

Why Toronto won’t meet its climate crisis targets to cut the city’s biggest source of carbon emissions

11/2025 - TORONTO STAR - While deep cuts to carbon emissions are a shared responsibility, “there is a lot that cities can do,” said Bryan Purcell, VP of Policy and Programs, in an interview with the Toronto Star.

Toronto blames federal funding cuts and Ford-era limits for shelving building emissions bylaw

11/2025 - CANADA'S NATIONAL OBSERVER - Bryan Purcell, VP of Programs and Policy, spoke to Canada's National Observer about the importance of getting BEPS back on track to ensure Toronto can meet its climate targets.