TAF Newsletter: December 202512/2025 - 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 leadership12/2025 - 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 report12/2025 - 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 lot12/2025 - 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 plan12/2025 - 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 Standards12/2025 - 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 say11/2025 - 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 emissions11/2025 - 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 bylaw11/2025 - 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.
Don’t stop momentum for BEPS, Toronto11/2025 - After two years of extensive consultation with stakeholders on the details of a Building Emissions Performance Standard (BEPS) bylaw, it is time for the City of Toronto to resume consultations and approve a BEPS bylaw.
Building Emissions Stall Progress Toward 2030 Climate Goals: Report11/2025 - BUILDING MAGAZINE - Building Magazine reported on TAF's 2024 Carbon Emissions Inventory.
Why GTA emissions are ‘moving in the wrong direction’ despite electric vehicles, transit use11/2025 - TORONTO STAR - “The main story is that emissions are moving in the wrong direction." Bryan Purcell, VP of Policy and Programs, discusses the latest GTHA Carbon Emissions Inventory with Toronto Star's Kate Allen.