Now is a dark and scary time to remind you all that the Doug Ford government has weakened conservation authorities, the very bodies designed to protect us against the worst impacts of flooding (which will get worse and more intense due to climate change) thenarwhal.ca/ontario-conser…

These #Toronto floods were caused by massive government blunders: rather than building at urban density, we let post-WWII highway sprawl asphalt the headwaters of the Don River. Now Ontario wants to replicate that mistake in the Humber watershed, with #413. #HandsOfftheHumber

Today Ontario's Greenbelt helps to reduce #Flooding . Just imagine the flooding in the 905 and 416 if the Premier moves forward with his plans to build highways and housing in the Greenbelt. #stopthe413 #ONGreenbelt #TOpoli

In the entire U.S. 3,585 quarries and 6,500 pits produce sand and gravel for 333 million people. Meanwhile in Ontario, there are 6,015 active pits and quarries and 8,209 legacy pits for 15 million people. #noneeditsgreed

"Delay, half-measures and political buck-passing has plagued caribou protection for two decades." The boreal #caribou is disappearing rapidly, but what is Canada doing about it? (Hint: not enough). Read on to learn more 👇️ Wilderness Committee Manitoba Office Wilderness Committee Ontario Office wildernesscommittee.org/news/boreal-ca…

Please RSVP: Phone Zap for Salt Action! (Evening Session) wellingtonwaterwatchers.ca/saltzap2?recru…

New from me: last summer, a fire at an Etobicoke chemical facility sent toxic sludge into Mimico Creek. An FOI has new details on how some of the spill hit Lake Ontario —and raises questions about whether the province told the public the whole truth. thenarwhal.ca/mimico-creek-l…

RSVP for #RiverRun2024 on September 18th at noon and walk in solidarity with #GrassyNarrows community members in their fight for mercury justice freegrassy.net/grassy-narrows… #FreeGrassy

Ontario’s former auditor general Bonnie Lysyk believes Premier Doug Ford is “ultimately responsible” for the controversial decision to open protected Greenbelt land for development #yourstoprotect #onpoli #Greenbeltgate Globalnews.ca globalnews.ca/news/10684664/…

Environmental democracy under attack by Ford Nation. #yourstoprotect #onpoli #reformgravelmining Environmental and residents groups call new provincial rules barring OLT third-party appeals an attack on 'citizen rights' thestar.com/real-estate/en… via @torontostar

Awesome to join so many folks For the Love of Water in Barrie yesterday! We called on provincial leaders Doug Downey and Andrea Khanjin to step up & do better for water and wetlands Water event makes a splash on Barrie's lakeshore barrietoday.com/local-news/wat… via @barrietoday

Ford's #Bill185 shuts out citizens while allowing developers to appeal municipal decisions such as the approval of gravel mines to the Ontario Land Tribunal #onpoli #noneeditsgreed stratfordtoday.ca/letters-to-the…

At an Aug. 12 Queen’s Park press conference, Kate Kempton, lead counsel, called the Mining Act “racist and colonial” and said “it must fall" #landback #Reconciliation #onpoli Six First Nations look to take down Ontario's Mining Act elliotlaketoday.com/local-news/fir… via @ElliotLakeToday

What does it mean to designate entire regions as sacrifice zones? Part of our work at the Wilderness Committee is to tell this story and fight against the attitude that deems some places expendable. #stopfracking #climatechange 1/3 🧵

Explosive! Despite the lies, @FordNation highway projects aren't even about drivers, they are 100% for big sprawl developers #onpoli #yourstoprotect #stopsprawl Internal government documents show Hwy. 413 won't end crushing gridlock newmarkettoday.ca/local-news/int… via NewmarketToday

Will species on the brink of extinction be enough to kill Highway 413? | The Pointer #yourstoprotect #onpoli #cdnpoli #https://thepointer.com/article/2024-08-22/will-species-on-the-brink-of-extinction-be-enough-to-kill-highway-413

A Must Read: New records reveal frequent contact between Ontario's government and Enbridge Gas #ClimateChange #Ontario #FossilFuelsOntario is taking cues from Enbridge Gas — a fossil fuel giant ‘freaking out’ about its future: thenarwhal.ca/ontario-consul…

This Month in ‘Meh’: Ontario’s proposal for expanding protected areas lacks ambition #yourstoprotect #onpoli #conservationmatters wildernesscommittee.org/news/month-meh…

Will species on the brink of extinction be enough to kill Highway 413? pentictonherald.ca/spare_news/art… via Penticton Herald

When people say "there's plenty of land" - they're forgetting how LITTLE of it is decent farmland - and how MUCH of that farmland is concentrated in precisely those places Premier Ford's "friends" want to carve up with highways & mcmansion subdivisions.