News

TAF News: March 2022

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

How Ontario’s proposed clean energy program will actually increase carbon

3/2022 - Ontario's proposed clean energy credit system may sound like a high-impact climate action, but it won’t lead to cleaner electricity. How can clean energy credits increase carbon pollution? Find out

Remembering Tony O’Donohue

3/2022 - Tony O'Donohue, Toronto City Councillor for 25 years and one of TAF's founders, passed away last week. His legacy is remembered in this tribute by Philip Jessup, Executive Director from 1999-2008.

Climate and affordability depend on these essential building code updates

3/2022 - Ontario’s building code is only updated every five to seven years, so we can’t afford to miss this opportunity to reduce carbon emissions by building better buildings that are cleaner and more affordable to operate. Read our recommendations to align it with an affordable, net zero future.

Embracing the challenge of multisolving

3/2022 - Many of the big, complex problems we face cannot be resolved without acknowledging their inter-connections. Multi-solving is based on the idea that “siloed” thinking is part of the problem. Only by working to find solutions that “float more boats” can we access the innovation generated in working across diverse sectors and create truly equitable solutions.

TAF News: February 2022

2/2022 - Wanted: Green New Buildings for Toronto and Ajax

$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.

Three key climate measures for Toronto’s 2022 budget

2/2022 - Council will vote on the City Budget this Thursday: what do we want to see most? To continue its role as a climate leader, Toronto needs to shift to implementation in top three climate priority areas: Climate Lens Policy, electrification of public bus fleets, and green development standards.

News

TAF News: March 2022

How Ontario’s proposed clean energy program will actually increase carbon

Remembering Tony O’Donohue

Climate and affordability depend on these essential building code updates

Embracing the challenge of multisolving

TAF News: February 2022

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

Three key climate measures for Toronto’s 2022 budget

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

Hybrid heat pumps can be a stopgap to an electric future

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

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

News

TAF News: March 2022

How Ontario’s proposed clean energy program will actually increase carbon

Remembering Tony O’Donohue

Climate and affordability depend on these essential building code updates

Embracing the challenge of multisolving

TAF News: February 2022

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

Three key climate measures for Toronto’s 2022 budget

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

Hybrid heat pumps can be a stopgap to an electric future

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

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

Stay up to date

Stay
up to
date