Forty-two electric vehicle charging stations to be built across Durham using federal funds4/2022 - DURHAM RADIO NEWS - Durham Region will be partnering with TAF to promote EV charging. TAF will be offering rebates of up to 50 per cent for municipalities, parking authorities, non-profits, residential buildings and other groups to construct new charging stations.
Three key climate measures for Toronto’s 2022 budget2/2022 - 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.
EV Station Fund will support priority EV charging in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area1/2022 - The Atmospheric Fund (TAF) launched the “EV Station Fund” to support installation of up to 294 charging stations across the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area (GTHA).
Toronto sets ambitious net zero target by 204011/2021 - 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.
Toronto needs to speed up its electric vehicle infrastructure to meet targets, critics say8/2021 - CBC - The city's aiming to install 10,000 public charging ports by 2030. A pilot project launched last year has seen the city install 17 on-street charging stations, but far more ambitious policies are needed to convince residents to buy in, said TAF's Ian Klesmer.
ZEV industry urges there’s no time to idle on the Clean Fuel Standard4/2021 - 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.
Achieving bold reductions in transportation-related carbon emissions10/2019 - Funded by a grant from TAF and the City of Toronto, our research group set out to create an on-road emission inventory using traffic count data.
Why is Toronto considering eliminating fuel efficiency standards instead of strengthening them?6/2019 - The City of Toronto is considering eliminating important fuel efficiency standards for the vehicle-for-hire industry.
Setting the stage for an electric mobility strategy for Toronto5/2019 - The City of Toronto has just completed the Assessment Phase of its Electric Mobility Strategy. Here are some highlights.
Scaling and focusing for greatest impact4/2019 - As a learning organization, TAF regularly reviews its progress, learns from failures and successes, and considers how the outside world affects us. We recently undertook this process in order to update our strategic plan for the 2019-2022 period.
TAF welcomes federal government investment in Low Carbon Cities Canada3/2019 - TAF welcomes federal government investment in Low Carbon Cities Canada
Exciting news: Toronto’s carbon emissions are declining. What does it mean?2/2019 - Toronto’s greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory shows how Toronto measures up compared to its goal of reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050. Learn more about these significant results and emerging trends from the inventory and how the TransformTO plan is working to address the challenges in TAF’s summary report here.