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TAF News: October 2020

4/2021 - Wins to feel good about from Whitby to Ottawa

Budget 2021 is a healthy dose for the clean economy, but climate measures lack potency

4/2021 - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland just announced $101.4 billion in new spending. With the trend toward increasing emissions in the Great Toronto and Hamilton Area and other cities across Canada, there are welcome investments in Budget 2021 to support urban climate action, but a critical missing link is missing.

ZEV industry urges there’s no time to idle on the Clean Fuel Standard

4/2021 - The Clean Fuel Standard is now under review by the federal government and advocates are concerned about potential delays or further changes to the policy following other concessions.

‘Increase in mortality’: Troubling new numbers in Burlington climate change emergency

4/2021 - INSIDE HALTON - Halton is not on track to reach its 2030 and 2050 climate targets. In fact, emissions actually increased seven per cent year-over-year, according to TAF's latest carbon emissions inventory of the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area.

Who should be investing in the creation of a charging infrastructure for electric vehicles?

3/2021 - NIAGARA FALLS REVIEW - “Getting beyond a handful of gas stations to create a convenient charging network will require both public and private investment. Plugging in has to be accessible and affordable to accelerate EV adoption. That’s why government also has a role to play to enable market growth," says The Atmospheric Fund's CEO Julia Langer.

Toronto’s on-street parking spots reserved for charging electric vehicles often sitting empty

3/2021 - TORONTO STAR - “We urgently need a reliable and convenient network of on-street charging across Toronto to help speed up adoption of EVs,” says Ian Klesmer, strategy and grants director at The Atmospheric Fund.

‘Code red:’ New climate change study finds carbon emissions are steadily rising in Toronto and the GTA

3/2021 - TORONTO STAR - Carbon emissions are steadily rising across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, an alarming trend that the climate agency tracking the data said should serve as a “code red” for the municipalities. The Atmospheric Fund (TAF) found that emissions increased by seven per cent in Toronto and rose by 5.2 per cent in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA) in 2018.

Reality check: Latest data reveals 5.2% increase in carbon emissions in the GTHA

3/2021 - The Atmospheric Fund (TAF) today published data that reveals the sources and size of carbon emissions in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA)

Four ways the federal budget should boost the retrofit market

2/2021 - With Canada’s 2021 budget just around the corner, cue TAF’s refrain that investment in deep retrofits will hit the mark local job creation, carbon reduction, and numerous positive social outcomes.

Harnessing the potential of Hamilton industry’s waste heat

2/2021 - HAMILTON SPECTATOR - During the past two years, the Chamber partnered with The Atmospheric Fund and McMaster University’s W Booth School of Engineering Practice and Technology, Hamilton Community Energy Inc., and others, to conduct research on the potential to capture waste heat at Hamilton’s Bayfront Industrial Area.

Toronto has an embarrassing gas problem

2/2021 - Toronto cannot achieve the net-zero carbon emissions target adopted by City Council unless Ontario’s gas-fired power plants are phased out. That's why council should adopt this motion as soon as possible.

Canada’s municipalities push for health-based climate action

1/2021 - THE LANCET - Canada’s cities are leading the efforts to stem the harmful effects of the climate emergency on human health.