News

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

TAF News: November 2021

1/2022 - Peek inside a YWCA Passive House for lessons in innovation

TAF News: October 2021

1/2022 - IESO study on gas phaseout misses the point

TAF News: September 2021

1/2022 - Ontario fumbles the easiest path to reduce carbon, again.

TAF News: August 2021

1/2022 - More climate action with Toronto Community Housing

Toronto just passed a host of new climate policies to support a net zero future

12/2021 - The Atmospheric Fund commends the City of Toronto on the new net zero by 2040 target and climate plan adopted by council this week, which includes a suite of actions and policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the building and transportation sectors

Hydro rate hikes, widespread toll roads, free transit part of Toronto’s ‘aggressive’ plan for fighting climate change

12/2021 - TORONTO STAR - “We cannot afford to delay climate action for further planning. We urge Toronto Hydro and the city to ensure implementation of the climate plan beginning immediately, including quick-start actions around LED street lighting, EV charging and development of a large-scale solar and storage program,” TAF's Bryan Purcell.

Meet the net zero neighbours: This tiny Toronto group has big climate-change ambitions

12/2021 - TORONTO STAR - With a small grant from TAF, the net-zero committee for the Harbord Village Residents Association is developing a pilot project around neighbourhood charging stations.

Hamilton still tops per-person carbon emissions in GTA despite pandemic slowdown

12/2021 - THE HAMILTON SPECTATOR - The latest carbon-tracking study from the Atmospheric Fund found emissions in the GTA and Hamilton fell 13 per cent in 2020 as a direct result of a “historic reduction” in vehicle use and industrial output due to COVID-19.

In a wave of ambitious new climate pledges, GTHA emissions continue to rise

12/2021 - The Atmospheric Fund (TAF) today published the sources and amounts of carbon emissions in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA). This year’s regional inventory includes two years of data (2019 and 2020) and provides the first look at emissions since the global pandemic.

Toronto sets ambitious net zero target by 2040

11/2021 - TAF outlines some key components of the TransformTO Net Zero Strategy and provides our take on how it needs to be strengthened to achieve net zero by 2040.