Climate Change

Bill C-5 The One Canadian Economy Act Environment North wrote a letter to Prime Minster Carney regarding concerns about Part 2 of Bill C-5 The Building Canada Act. July 1, 2025
Bill 5, Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, 2025 Environment North is deeply concerned about Ontario's recently introduced Bill 5, Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, 2025. The opposition continues.
Forest Degradation in Canada It is a problem that can be fixed. New report outlines the harm from forest degradation and how it can be prevented. April 17, 2025
Green Development Standards in Thunder Bay On April 14, City Council votes in favour of accelerating adoption of Green Development Standards. April 16, 2025
Wildfire Insights Hear from community members involved in wildfire protection from emergency response to health impacts. October 6, 2024

Environment North AGM - 2022 Environment North was thrilled to have environmental justice lawyer Kerrie Blaise and author and activist Maude Barlow present at the virtual Annual General Meeting. A recording is available. April 22, 2022
Marathon Palladium Project Environment North made an oral presentation as well as a written submission to the Joint Review Panel. Environment North hopes steps will be taken to address concerns on the climate and socio-economic impacts of this project. March 16, 2022
Emergency Demands Action Thunder Bay has declared a "climate emergency". This requires action and action will require funding. Read the details in an article by the Board of Environment North February 13, 2020
Climate Sense and Sensibility "Climate Emergency" was chosen by the Oxford English Dictionary as the word of the year. Governments need to show good climate sense as discussed in this article by Graham Saunders. December 18, 2019
Climate Changes Everything On May 16, 2019 the former Environmental Commissioner of Ontario Dr. Dianne Saxe was the guest speaker at the Environment North AGM. Learn more about her presentation! May 20, 2019
Environmental accountability Read the article "Accountability ensures gov't puts environment work ahead of games" by president Graham Saunders May 18, 2019
Citizen Participation: Bill 4 and Bill 66 Public participation is important and can make a difference. Read the article by board members Karen Peterson and Graham Saunders March 14, 2019
What Makes People Care? What motivates people to make changes? Read the article by board member Scott Harris November 1, 2018
It is not too late to act Local groups submit a summary of the IPCC's latest report to Member of Parliament Patty Hajdu. Eliazabeth May makes a speech in parliament. The time to act together is now. October 26, 2018
Coal plants Shutting down coal plants was not a "waste of money" but achieved a huge reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, reduced toxins and contributed to reduced smog. Former Ontario Environment Commissioner Gord Miller explains... January 20, 2018