Emily Hunter

Ontario's Electricity Fork in the Road - Environmental Defence The Ontario government wants Canada’s most populous province to become an "energy superpower." That's the promise behind Bill 40 — the Protect Ontario by

#Ontario changed its electricity rules — and it could cost us. Under #Bill40, an “economic growth" focus makes it easier to justify:

• New fossil #gas infrastructure
• Costly, risky #nuclear build-outs
• Shifting long-term costs onto ratepayers
• Deprioritizing #climate accountability

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Canada has a natural advantage in #renewableenergy 🌬️🌊

Offshore wind + tidal power could add $500M+ annually to the economy — creating jobs & cutting pollution.

The energy transition isn’t theoretical — it’s already at our shores.

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#cdnpoli

Toronto’s Energy Future: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back - Environmental Defence In late December, Toronto City Council admitted a hard truth: the city is not on track to meet its climate goals. The city that was once a leading climate

#Toronto has a chance to lead on clean energy — but provincial energy planning still prioritizes fossil gas and nuclear over local #renewables and storage. My new blog breaks down the decisions on the table and why they matter for our #climate and community👇 environmentaldefence.ca/2026/02/10/t...

Lecce's nuclear spin Stephen Lecce says Darlington was “on budget & ahead of schedule.” OPG’s own filings say it’s at least 25% over budget and need 6 more years. The truth matters. #onpoli #ontarionews

Stephen Lecce says Darlington was “on budget & ahead of schedule.” OPG’s own filings say it’s at least 25% over budget and needs 6 more years. The truth matters.

#onpoli #ontarionews

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Darlington isn't “on budget.”

It’s at least 25% over, years behind schedule, and needs another $3.3B to run to 2055.

Yet #Ontario plans ~$400B more nuclear. 🤔

Ontarians deserve FACTS — NOT spin: cleanairalliance.org/lecces-nuclear-spin/

#ontarionews #onpoli

Net-zero scenario is ‘cheapest option’ for UK, says energy system operator - Carbon Brief A scenario that meets the “net-zero by 2050” goal would be the “cheapest” option for the UK, according to the National Energy System Operator

Net-zero scenario is ‘cheapest option’ for UK, says energy system operator

#netzero #climatechange
Story by @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
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GRAPHIC OF THE WEEK | This week, we are showcasing the colossal transformation of Britain’s offshore wind power over the last 25 years 🌊💨

Starting with two small turbines in 2000, offshore wind has grown to generate nearly a FIFTH of British electricity 🎉

https://loom.ly/AWSeFdE

Mark Carney is making a cynic out of me What to do in a political ecosystem where, for anyone concerned about climate change or whose politics run even slightly left of centre, there is precious little choice?

There are still people cutting Carney all kinds of slack on the climate front. But I now think I was naïve to believe Carney would support Trudeau-style, regulatory climate policy. www.nationalobserver.com/2025/12/10/o...

Fossil Fuels Fall Below 1% of Canadian Employment While Global Clean Energy Jobs Surge Fossil fuel employment has fallen to less than 1% of the Canadian work force, while growth in global energy jobs outpaced the wider economy for the third year in a row, according to two reports releas...

Fossil Fuels Fall Below 1% of Canadian Employment While Global Clean Energy Jobs Surge www.theenergymix.com/fossil-fuels...

Doug Ford touts Canada’s largest battery storage facility as a way to counter Trump’s tariffs Ford's comments came at the ground-breaking for the Skyview 2 battery energy storage system, which is expected to open in 2027.

Check out my comment in the #Toronto Star today: #Ontario needs batteries AND renewables — NOT battery greenwashing.
www.thestar.com/politics/pro...

#onpoli #CleanEnergy

Indigenous women leaders at COP30: Listen to us as equals – Intercontinental Cry Nemonte Nenquimo, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, and Rukka Sombolinggi are Indigenous women leaders from the Amazon, the Chad–Congo Basins and Borneo-Mekong basin, res

"Our territories are not carbon sinks or green investments. They are living systems of culture, economy, and spirit.

Ending subsidies and investments that drive deforestation... would do more for climate and biodiversity than any new fund could."

#cop30 #climate
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Critics call on Ford government to address rising hydro rates | CBC News Critics are calling on the Ford government to stop spending billions subsidizing hydro rates, and to instead find ways to reduce the cost of electricity across the province’s grid after a 29 per cent ...

$6.5 B electricity subsidies last year, $8.5 B this year! All to artificially lower rates so that the public doesn't freak out about Ford's high cost nuclear + gas energy plan.
It's time to transition to low-cost, smart renewable energy.

#onpoli #climate #fordnation
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Statement: Ontario Big Battery Plan Falls Short of Clean Power - Environmental Defence Statement by Emily Hunter, Senior Program Manager, Ontario Climate Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg,

Ontario’s “Big Battery” plan is greenwashing.

Batteries should store renewable power, not gas-fired electricity. Without a renewables-first strategy, we’re just powering homes and EVs with gas generators.

Read our statement 👇
environmentaldefence.ca/2025/11/12/s...

#Ontario #Batteries #Climate

How to fight climate change without the US: a guide to global action With the US government absent from the COP30 global climate summit, it will be up to others to avert catastrophe.

The US has abdicated any role in fighting the most urgent threat to human welfare in history, so other countries need to step up and figure out how to do it without us.

This person took this when they called the race

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

26 Groups Call on Toronto to Ditch the Province’s Dirty Energy Plan - Environmental Defence ENVIRONMENTAL DEFENCE, ONTARIO CLEAN AIR ALLIANCE, TORONTO EAST RESIDENTS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY (TERRE), CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF PHYSICIANS FOR THE

#MEDIA: A broad coalition is urging Toronto City Council to reject the province’s fossil-fuel-heavy energy plan. It locks residents into decades of pollution, ignores local climate goals, and sidelines clean, affordable solutions.

Read the full release: environmentaldefence.ca/2025/11/04/g...

Ontario’s Lithium Project is “Mining to Nowhere” Without Renewable Energy Strategy - Environmental Defence Statement by Emily Hunter, Senior Program Manager, Ontario Climate Toronto | Traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabeg,

Ontario’s Critical Minerals push is being sold as clean energy — but without a real renewables plan, it’s mining to nowhere.

Read our statement: environmentaldefence.ca/2025/10/29/s...

#ONpoli #CleanEnergy #Lithium #Climate

Carney gets it wrong on climate Tell PM Carney to build a modern east-west electricity grid powered by low-cost renewable energy – wind, water, solar and storage – not nuclear. #cdnpoli #onpoli

Tell PM Carney to build a modern east-west electricity grid powered by low-cost renewable energy – wind, water, solar and storage – not nuclear.

#cdnpoli #onpoli
www.cleanairalliance.org/carney-wrong/

NEW 🚨Since the Paris Agreement, 4 Global North countries - the US, Canada, Australia & Norway - blocked global progress on oil and gas phaseout.

While the rest of the world reduced oil & gas production by 2%, these 4 countries increased production by nearly 40%. oilchange.org/publications...

From Green to Gas: How Ontario’s Clean Energy Future Is Being Hijacked - Environmental Defence This was supposed to be renewable energy’s big moment. Ontario was set to launch the largest clean-energy build-out ever in our history. Yet, instead of

Check out my new blog - From Green to Gas, how Ontario's Clean Energy Futrure is Being Hijacked!

Great news, Ottawa!

4 new solar projects have been approved, bringing 117.5 MW of #cleanenergy to the region!

This is a huge win for climate action in #Ottawa! We’ll keep engaging as the City develops its upcoming policy framework for community energy projects. Let’s celebrate this solar success!

Hey Toronto - what do you want to see for Toronto - more nuclear and gas OR more renewables and conservation? Tell Council and the ON Gov't on Tues. Join us with your signs, your voices, and your love for the future.
#topoli #onpoli
Find out more: www.cleanairalliance.org/how-much-lon...

Crazy weather. . . .

Renewables overtake coal as world's biggest source of electricity Developing countries lead the historic clean energy charge but the US and EU rely more on fossil fuels than before, a think tank study shows.

I would love to know at what point the right wingers will finally accept that fossil fuels are dying, but never underestimate the power of obstinance I guess lol
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Live Updates: María Corina Machado of Venezuela Is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

As Trump champions fossil fuels, the world is betting on renewable energy Despite a U.S. retreat, solar and wind are overtaking fossil fuels globally, according to two reports published this week.

As Trump champions fossil fuels, the world is betting on renewable energy.

Despite a U.S. retreat, solar and wind are overtaking fossil fuels globally, according to two new reports.

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#Renewables #Energy #Climate #Solar #Wind #Batteries

Pierre Poilievre claims Christians are the #1 victims of hate crimes — but StatsCan shows it’s Jewish & Muslim Canadians most targeted. His speech is packed with racist dogwhistles, designed to make his base think they’re under attack by “foreigners.”

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#SaveTheCBC

Sometimes we need a moment, but if you tune out completely, they win. Fascism doesn’t need your support, just your silence.

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