{"id":661854,"date":"2022-05-19T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/environmentaldefence.ca\/?p=33585"},"modified":"2022-05-19T10:00:23","modified_gmt":"2022-05-19T10:00:23","slug":"new-report-reviews-ontarios-poor-track-record-on-climate-change-over-the-past-four-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2022\/05\/19\/new-report-reviews-ontarios-poor-track-record-on-climate-change-over-the-past-four-years\/","title":{"rendered":"New report reviews Ontario\u2019s poor track record on climate change over the past four years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The report argues that the province is not on track to reach its 2030 emissions reduction target\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n

Toronto | Traditional territories of the Huron-Wendat, the Anishnaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Chippewas and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation \u2013 A report released today from Environmental Defence reviews the Ontario government\u2019s last four years of climate change policy and argues that Ontario is not on track to meet the province\u2019s emissions reduction target, despite recent modelling released from the provincial government.<\/p>\n

The report titled Hot Hot Air (and other gases): A Review of the Past Four Years of Ontario\u2019s Climate Change (In)Action<\/em><\/a>, tracks how the current Ontario government took an axe to virtually all of the province\u2019s existing climate policy when it took office, resulting in lost revenue and money wasted in court and legal challenges. It also failed to follow its own climate change plan, which was exposed as lacking credibility, and has essentially not implemented any new climate policy since taking power. Based on its current legislated policy, Ontario is not on track to reach its emissions reduction targets, and greenhouse gas emissions in 2030 are projected to be essentially unchanged from 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cOntario missed out on billions in revenue and got sued for millions in damages due to the government\u2019s ideological battle against carbon pricing and renewable energy,\u201d says Keith Brooks, Programs Director of Environmental Defence and author of the report. \u201cOntarians need to know that the government has done next to nothing to fight climate change the past four years and instead has made more of an effort to battle those who are taking climate action.\u201d<\/p>\n

The report details Ontario\u2019s poor record on climate change, highlighting how the Ontario government:<\/p>\n