Toronto Environmental Alliance

06/23/2026

TEA was at City Hall today with our friends calling for work to move ahead on a maximum temperature bylaw to protect tenants from heat. Council will discuss how to move ahead on a bylaw this week. Read our press release here: https://loom.ly/Zj0wIOc

A Greener City for All

06/16/2026

Don’t pave our lake!

Premier Ford wants to bring loud, polluting jets to downtown Toronto by expanding Billy Bishop Airport. While massive multi-billion dollar investment banks stand to make huge profits, everyday Torontonians will pay the price.
🛑🌊 Take action here: https://www.torontoenvironment.org/stop_island_airport_expansion_2026
If this expansion goes through, it means:
- Skyrocketing air pollution in the downtown core
- Even worse waterfront traffic congestion
- Jet noise booming every 2.5 minutes, ruining parks, concerts, and trips to Toronto Island
- Stagnant, dirtier water harming harbour marine life and restored wetlands
- Flight paths that could halt thousands of planned housing units
The federal government has the power to step in and stop this.
Let's protect our waterfront. Click the link in our bio to send a message to PM Carney, Environment Minister Julie Dabrusin, and your local Toronto MP demanding they stop the island airport expansion now!

06/12/2026

What if we could have all the fun of Toronto’s festivals and concerts, without all the trash?

Join TEA for a webinar on how large events & festivals can kickstart the shift from single-use to reuse. We’ll share some key findings from our report and some Canadian reuse case studies. We’ll talk about how policy is propelling reuse in other jurisdictions, what Toronto is already doing to support a shift, and where we should go next.

We hope to see you there!
Link in bio to register

06/12/2026

What if we could have all the fun of Toronto’s festivals and concerts, without all the trash?

Join TEA for a webinar on how large events & festivals can kickstart the shift from single-use to reuse. We’ll share some key findings from our report and some Canadian reuse case studies. We’ll talk about how policy is propelling reuse in other jurisdictions, what Toronto is already doing to support a shift, and where we should go next.

We hope to see you there!

Click here to register
https://loom.ly/ymU9gnI

06/05/2026

We're calling on the City to focus on less trash and more fun this summer! Even though the City's Single-Use Reduction strategy has been delayed again, there are steps our leaders can take right now to combat single-use waste. We’re calling on our city to:
- Develop programs to help events on public property to cut waste and adopt reuse
- Lead by example and get started on pilots for reusables at City-run markets, and in City-owned theatres and venues

Send a message with the link below!
https://loom.ly/EBL3REQ

A Greener City for All

04/30/2026

The garbage burning industry in Ontario is relying on outdated information to sell incineration and 'energy-from-waste' as a greener option to landfills. We looked into the numbers and incineration is the MOST expensive, toxic, and climate-harming way to deal with waste.

Ontario's air pollution standards are also lower than other jurisdictions despite requests to raise them. Peel Public Health has expressed concerns that the Brampton incinerator will meet or go over Ontario's existing standards and expose the Brampton (and Etobicoke) community to pollutants that cause cancer, heart, and lung problems.

Further, according to their own data 66% of what is going into this incinerator is recycling or organic material, which shouldn't be going into the garbage or getting burned at all. TEA's Emily Alfred explains on CBC's Metro Morning here: https://loom.ly/oKTENmY

(You can also learn about our research here: https://loom.ly/BWU78Ro)

03/31/2026

As expected the Premier Ford has launched another attack on municipal climate action and green buildings. We need to raise our collective voices and tell him to protect people not profits. Take action below!

A Greener City for All

03/27/2026

March 26 was a win for Toronto's trees! Yesterday Councillor Amber Morley said: "This is an existential issue. We need shade. We need cooling. We need clean air." And we couldn't agree more.

City Council will strengthen Toronto’s tree protection bylaw, preventing countless large, healthy trees on private land from getting cut down. This means:
- Stronger fines and enforcement for illegally cutting down large healthy trees on private land
- Special protection for our biggest healthy trees, with a new "distinctive tree" status
- Extra support for people to help protect large trees on their properties
- Support from City Council to protect hundreds of thousands more trees under the bylaw in the future.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to speak up for Toronto's trees, including , .saxe, and