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Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · 3d

Premier Ford’s new bill aims to remove many important protections including green building requirements (again). Find out more in our new blog: https://loom.ly/5kLEEmY

Green buildings are popular - so why does Ford keep attacking them?

A Greener City for All

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Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · 3d

We're excited to be exhibiting at the 17th annual EcoFair Toronto on Sunday November 2nd. Come visit us and over 50 green businesses and non-profits at this free event. https://loom.ly/gAGeixg

EcoFair Toronto – Toronto’s fastest-growing sustainability fair

EcoFair Toronto Website

ecofairtoronto.org

Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · 4d

The public wants buildings that are climate-safe, well-built, efficient & affordable to operate. Check out our new poll showing strong local support in Toronto for green building requirements. https://loom.ly/MeYNQkk

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Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · 5d

Toronto is consulting residents on the City's 2026 Budget. Let them know that we need funding for environment and climate action in the 2026 Budget.

Click here to fill out the City survey and to sign up for an in-person or online consultation: https://loom.ly/W5ooRPs

#climateaction #toronto

Fall Budget Consultations

Register for an in-person or virtual meeting or complete a short survey about the City’s Budget. Survey closes October 31. Take the Survey Join Mayor Olivia Chow, Budget Committee Chair Shelley Carroll and Members of Council, online and in person, October 1 to 31 to share your ideas about the City’s 2026 Budget. You …

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Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · 19d

Take the City’s waste management survey to share your support for a shift to reuse!

❗️Tip: Use the comment box at the end of the survey to share support for requiring reusables in major venues and stadiums❗️

Find the link and more info here: www.torontoenvironment.org/help_us_tell... #reusableTO

Tell the City: It’s time for a shift to reuse

A Greener City for All

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Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · 23d

Looking for something to do outside tomorrow in Cedarvale Park?

Join Friends of Cedarvale for a guided nature walk and take in the beautiful fall colours!

Starting at 2pm on Oct 5 🌳🌲
Find more information here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/fall-in-th...

Fall in the Ravine: Guided Nature Walk

Join us on a fall nature walk led by Steve Smith

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Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · 25d

We’re living in a time where it’s hard to know what’s true. But we should be able to trust that our governments are fact-checking environmental claims before repeating them to the public.

We have more information on this issue for you here:
www.torontoenvironment.org/comparing_th...

MEDIA RELEASE: New calculations challenge incineration industry’s “green energy” claims

A Greener City for All

www.torontoenvironment.org

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Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · 25d

This is why we need #watchdog groups like TEA! Corporate lobbyists throw inflated and sometimes outright false claims at governments constantly. If no one challenges those claims, this misinformation can end up going right into government documents. ⬇️

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Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · 25d

Last week TEA spoke up again about greenwashing & false claims in the City’s materials that make #incineration, a toxic #climatedisaster, sound like “clean energy”.

Evidence shows the opposite. Councillors listened with Councillor Morley requesting a review of how this happened. ⬇️

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Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · 26d

TEA & the UCA are excited to be hosting:
An Evening with David Miller, Community Climate Action in an Era for Disasters & Misinformation

📆 Oct 3, 6:30PM
📍 41 Willcocks St, Toronto - In person
🎟️ Pay what you can, seating & standing room

Tickets & more info ➡️ https://loom.ly/g-ccfIcget

Event poster for 'An evening with David Miller, Community Climate Action in an Era of Disasters and Misinformation'

October 3, 2025, 6:30pm
Faculty Club, 41 Willcocks St. Torotno

Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · Sep 14

The City wants your feedback on stronger tree protection bylaws!

Tell the City that you support steeper fines for illegal tree removals and bylaws to protect more trees.

You can show up to an open house in person or take a survey online here: https://loom.ly/VIJcqig 🌳

A tree with sun shining on it, in front of a high rise building. Text over the image reads: Speak up for tree protection. Take the City of Toronto's survey and tell them to protect more trees and grow our urban forest.

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freegrassy.bsky.social @freegrassy.bsky.social · Aug 20

Kinross Gold wants to dump inadequately treated industrial wastewater upstream of Grassy Narrows.

Speak out before Ontario makes its decision.

Take action with 1 click: leadnow.ca/campaigns/re...

#FreeGrassy #GrassyNarrows

Protect Grassy Narrows: Reject Kinross Gold's Mine - Leadnow

leadnow.ca

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Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · Aug 28

This new report shows we're moving in the wrong direction.

The changes we are seeing are scary but we have solutions to this health and climate crisis and together we can make it happen. Follow us and join our work!

CBC's article: www.cbc.ca/news/science...

Wildfire smoke over the City of Toronto skyline. Text in the image is of the CBC article with the headline: Wildfires are reversing Canada's progress on improving air quality. Subheading says: Air pollution is like the zombie that we though we had killed,' says expert.

Quote from article says: And it turns out Canada experienced its worst air pollution levels that year since 1998, according to a new report released today by the University of Chicago's Air Quality Life Index (AQLI). At the same time, the report found that pollution levels didn't change much for the rest of the world in 2023.

If those levels continued for a person's lifetime, the average Canadian would lose roughly two years of their life expectancy, according to the report.

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Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · Aug 18

With allies we're getting the message to the ON government:
Heat is deadly and growing worse because of #climatechange

We have solutions to protect the health of seniors, children, workers, tenants, unhoused people & others at an increased risk loom.ly/KGSSO-o
@cape-acme.bsky.social‬ ‪@cpche.ca‬

Four allies from the following groups: Seniors for Climate Action Now, Canadian Environmental Law Association (CELA) , Ontario ACORN , Ontario Federation of Labour (OFL) , Canadian Partnership for Children’s Health and Environment (CPCHE), Low Income Energy Network, Kingston Climate Justice Coalition , CREW Toronto, Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE) , and The Atmospheric Fund pictured at a Queens Park press conference with a sign that says: "Extreme Heat is a Killer, Ontairo Must Act Now!"

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How-Sen Chong @how-sen.com · Aug 18

I’m at the Ontario Legislative building right now supporting a province-wide coalition calling on a series of measures to provide cooling in indoor spaces.

While we cut emissions from sources like oil and gas, we need to protect everyone from extreme weather.

Photo from press conference inside the Ontario Legislature. Media are filming and writing in the foreground while four people sit at a presentation table with an orange sign behind them that says ‘Extreme Heat is a Killer, Ontario Must Act Now!’

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Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · Aug 7

Join us in our work to build a healthier, greener, less smoky city.

Signing up means you will hear about action opportunities and join a community of people making a difference.

www.torontoenvironment.org/newsletter_s...

Sign up to receive TEA's newsletter

Subscribe to TEA's e-newsletter to get news and updates on urgent environmental issues in Toronto.

www.torontoenvironment.org

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Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · Aug 7

Summer should be a time to enjoy being outside, not feel anxiety & isolation under smoky skies.

It's ok to feel like this isn't normal. These #wildfires are fueled by tinder dry forests from a warming planet. To fight them, we must stop burning climate-heating fossil fuels.

But you're not alone!

A Toronto Star headline that states: 'Toronto's air quality among the most polluted in the world Thursday morning as wildfire smoke lingers'

Included with the headline is an image of a cyclist in downtown Toronto wearing a mask.

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Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · Jul 25

TEA had a great time at the Coldplay show! Thank you to @livenation and @coldplay for inviting us. We loved seeing the tour sustainability initiatives, especially reusable cups!
Way to show Toronto what's possible at large events (like the FIFA World Cup 26™ coming next year)! #reusableTO

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Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · Jul 24

You spoke up demanding bus and streetcar lanes on Bathurst and Dufferin, and yesterday, Council heard you!
There's more work ahead, but this is an important step forward in moving more people faster and accelerating climate action. https://loom.ly/ame8Tu4

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Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · Jul 23

If you are one of the 75,000 people who take the TTC on Dufferin & Bathurst every day, you know this view: stuck in traffic.

We urge Council to support these vital transit lanes today including plans from @MayorOliviaChow & @BravoDavenport to get moving on lanes north of Bloor.

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Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · Jul 22

Did you know that more people take the bus on Dufferin than any other method of transportation? Speak up today to get Council to vote for special bus lanes and get more people moving!
Send a letter to your councillor: https://www.ttcriders.ca/lanes

#rapidto #transitriders #dufferin #bathurst

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Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · Jul 21

Council votes Wednesday on these important bus and streetcar lanes,. Make sure to have your voice heard before then!

Send a letter to your councillor: https://loom.ly/Qm056pU

Toronto: Let's get moving on public transit improvements!

Are you tired of traffic and slow, unreliable travel times? Show your support for priority bus and streetcar lanes as a win for reliable transit, cost of living, and the environment!

act.environmentaldefence.ca

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Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · Jul 21

Council votes Wednesday on these important bus and streetcar lanes,. Make sure to have your voice heard before then!

Send a letter to your councillor: https://www.ttcriders.ca/lanes

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Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · Jul 19

It's #PlasticFreeJuly! Did you know that the Evergreen Brick Works has a reusable dishes at their farmer's market?

They started in 2023 and have expanded to include other events, in 2024 they avoided 147,794 single-use items!

Read our case study all about it: https://loom.ly/BHIkm8A

Evergreen Brick Works

Championing a culture of reusables in Toronto

www.reusabletoronto.ca

Toronto Environmental Alliance @toenviro.bsky.social · Jul 17

Mayor Chow's Executive Committee just approved the first steps in the #RapidTO surface transit network. Now we need to make sure that City Council passes the dedicated lanes on Bathurst & Dufferin.

Everyone deserves reliable transit!

Reach out to your Councillor: https://www.ttcriders.ca/lanes

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