I’m writing to share with you the reasons why I was motivated to join the #StandForForests movement. But how do I speak about it without sounding cliché? How can I share with you what moved me and hope that it moves you too, all...

Yesterday was a blissfully sunny day, unusual here in Kingston during this long, cold winter. That seemed a sign: today, I’m taking advantage of the weather to do some guerilla advocacy on behalf of Greenpeace Canada. At seven-thirty...

Last week, a local management corporation obtained Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification for the Big Pic Forest in northern Ontario. This is a great step forward and highlights two central components of a sustainable future...

At the top of my all-too-rare “good news on climate” file is Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne announcement that the next phase of Ontario’s climate plan will include some form of a price on carbon pollution . I’ve already written...

Congratulations to Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and her government on taking an important step towards implementing an economy-wide price on carbon pollution. The Premier announced yesterday  that Ontario will be joining with Quebec...

Just a day after the federal Environment Commissioner released his scathing report on the Harper government’s record on biodiversity, Ontario’s Environmental Commissioner, Gord Miller, released similar findings about the Ontario...

Last summer the Ontario government tried to sneak through changes to several environmental laws in its omnibus budget bill. One of the changes it attempted to make was an overhaul of the Endangered Species Act. The proposed changes...