{"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":"
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 Ontario has made a few recent moves that will help shift the province to a low carbon economy. However, analysis done for Environmental Defence and presented in the report projects that based on current legislated policies, Ontario\u2019s emissions in 2030 will be 160 Megatonnes (MT), only 5 MT lower than in 2019 and 16 MT short of Ontario\u2019s 2030 target.<\/p>\n \u201cOntario has been playing pretend on climate change for years, wasting time we just don\u2019t have,\u201d added Brooks. \u201cOntario is the second largest greenhouse gas emitting province in Canada. It\u2019s shocking that the provincial government could be so derelict in this effort, given the severity of the climate emergency.\u201d<\/p>\n The report concludes that Ontario has ample capacity to reduce emissions, and there are many things that can be done to tackle greenhouse gas emissions from the major sectors of the province\u2019s economy, including:<\/p>\n The full report is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE (environmentaldefence.ca): Environmental Defence is a leading Canadian environmental advocacy organization that works with government, industry and individuals to defend clean water, a safe climate and healthy communities.<\/p>\n \u2013 30 \u2013<\/p>\n For more information or to request an interview, please contact:<\/p>\n Allen Braude, Environmental Defence, abraude@environmentaldefence.ca<\/p>\n The post New report reviews Ontario’s poor track record on climate change over the past four years<\/a> appeared first on Environmental Defence<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n This post was originally published on Environmental Defence<\/a>. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The report argues that the province is not on track to reach its 2030 emissions reduction target\u00a0 Toronto | Traditional territories of the Huron-Wendat,…Read More<\/a><\/p>\n The post New report reviews Ontario\u2019s poor track record on climate change over the past four years<\/a> appeared first on Environmental Defence<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":717,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24075,529,24076],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661854"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/717"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=661854"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":661855,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/661854\/revisions\/661855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=661854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=661854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=661854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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